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Duke announces new QuadEx residential system A ‘crying need’ By Leah Boyd and Nadia Bey September 15, 2021

Duke will be rolling out a plan for a transition to a residential college system to begin fall 2022 over the next few days. The plan is built around “a strong affiliation for students’ first-year homes and their sophomore year quad, with recruitment for Greek life and other selective living groups continuing in the fall of prospective recruits’ sophomore year,” according to an email obtained by The Chronicle from Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president of student affairs, Shruti Desai, associate vice president of student affairs for campus life and Chris Rossi, assistant vice president of student affairs. The email states that the 2022-23 academic year will be the last year that selective living groups will have a dedicated residential section in campus housing. “We are not ‘abolishing’ Greek life and have no plans to do so; we are, however, going to continue to emphasize a longer period of time in which incoming students focus on broadening their connections and affirmations within their residential communities,” the email reads. The residential model will be centered around residential quads with their “own identity, traditions and social events,” similar to other private universities. “Initial implementation of some elements” is underway this semester, and the system will be fully operational in fall 2022. First-years will continue to live on East, and beginning with the Class of 2025, one to two East Campus houses will be assigned to one of seven quads on West Campus. Students cannot pick their quads. This is similar to the automated linking system that was established in spring 2020, but linking is now mandatory. The University will announce further details about linking this semester, according to the QuadEx FAQ. The Class of 2026 and following classes will learn their assigned East Campus and West

Campus residences prior to move-in. Students will still be able to rush selective living groups and Greek organizations, but selective housing will be phased out after the 2022-23 academic year. Senior Christina Wang, president of Duke Student Government, wrote that QuadEx “plans to preserve and foster the experience of LLCs, FOCUS groups, and academic-related groups.” “Quads will offer belonging, friendship, and continuity in the transition from East to West Campus, throughout their time at Duke, and well after graduation,” the website reads. Students are allowed to select their roommates and request to block with friends, but all members of a block must be in the same Quad. Students will live in their assigned quad in sophomore year but will still “retain affiliation with their quads” if they choose to live elsewhere after their sophomore year. Approximately 125 beds will be reserved for upperclass students in each quad. Juniors may live in their assigned quad or other upperclass housing on West, including Hollows Quad and 300 Swift. Seniors may live in any of these locations or off campus. Wang wrote that the reason that Hollows isn’t part of the quad system is “a result of its different housing style (suite-style living).” “Additionally, the goal of the Quad program is to build community in shared spaces such as the Gothics and more closely grouped Quads, making the Hollows less ideal as a community-building space for sophomores/ juniors,” Wang added. Beginning in fall 2022, first-years will partake in a quad-based house course called “DukeDurham 101,” which aims to prepare students for “good citizenship” at the University and in the surrounding community. Sophomores will participate in “Sophomore Spark,” which will provide academic and career programming and alumni networking opportunities. Quads will also be assigned Faculty Affiliates,

who will provide mentorship and support quad traditions without the residential component. The planning for QuadEx began in 2018 with the launch of the Next Generation Living and Learning Experience task force, according to its FAQ page.

The history of Duke’s fraternity housing and its role on campus

Why the change? Senior Ysanne Spence, president of Duke University Union, wrote that Duke has been a “near-explosion of selectivity, gate-keeping and imposter syndrome” in her experience. To Spence, QuadEx is an opportunity to “take the guess work” out of the social scene at Duke. “Coupled with the fact that students just got accepted into an institution with a 4% acceptance rate, students are then thrusted into applications and gate-keeping of social and professional events and developments,” she wrote. Wang agreed, citing a “need for more inclusive spaces and community-building opportunities for all students, especially those who choose not to join selective social organizations (and even for those who do choose to join selective social organizations).” Wang wrote that “administrators’ intentions are not to restrict the student experience, but rather to expand it.” “I think a misconception that many students have is that administrators are attempting to limit student freedoms and create restrictions around what students can and cannot do socially, but a large goal behind this program is really to foster inclusivity and community across the board and create a less segmented Duke student experience,” she wrote. The Chronicle reported the pairings of East Campus dorms to West Campus quads on Sept. 27. Bassett and Pegram dorms are linked with Craven Quad, Alspaugh and Brown dorms with Crowell Quad, Bell Tower and Trinity dorms with Edens Quad, Gilbert-Addoms and Southgate dorms with Few Quad, Blackwell and Randolph dorms with Keohane Quad, Giles and Wilson dorms with Kilgo Quad, and East House and West House dorms: Wannamaker Quad.

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Thompson Writing Program faculty continue fight for renewability in wake of program’s shift in direction By Adway Wadekar Last December, the Thompson Writing Program announced a comprehensive shift in direction, sparking a protest at the Duke Chapel. Instead of centering around “writing in the disciplines,” the program will now focus more on rhetoric and composition. The program’s shift will also result in new “professor of the practice of writing studies” positions with renewable contracts. These positions are slated to take the place of current, non-renewable lecturing fellowships as they expire. Faculty in the TWP have been fighting for universal renewability for fellows since 2016. “We want to infuse our program with additional faculty who also have crucial expertise in areas of writing studies that are valuable for Duke undergraduates, including in areas such as digital and multimodal rhetorics, anti-racist rhetorics and pedagogies, multilingual rhetorics, oral communication, and technical, science, and professional communication,” wrote Denise Comer, professor of the practice of writing studies and director of the TWP, in an email to The Chronicle. Lecturing fellows in the TWP feel that the program’s shift in strategy has no educational basis and is instead in retaliation to negotiations by the Duke Faculty Union in 2016, which resulted in an agreement that granted renewable contracts to a subset of the fellows. The fellows claim that the program’s changes are meant to bust the TWP cluster of the DFU, arguing that the new positions are regular rank and therefore cannot be unionized. “I do feel like our jobs are being replaced with non-unionized faculty as a form of re-

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In a Dec. 5 demonstration organized by the Duke Faculty Union, members of the Duke community gathered in front of the Chapel to protest changes to the Thompson Writing Program.

taliation for the role that the TWP played in the 2017 negotiations, for centering our need for renewable appointments in the 2021 negotiations, and for our ongoing attempts to use University channels to improve our work condition,” said a lecturing fellow in the TWP, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation. Comer did not respond to The Chronicle’s request for comment regarding these allegations. Current lecturing fellows also believe the program restructuring represents a major step backward from the original vision of the TWP. The program was founded to teach writing not as an end in itself but as a means for communiSee TWP FACULTY on Page 17

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When selective living is phased out at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, it will have been nearly a century since the practice began—a tradition older than Duke. Fraternities first received housing in fall 1924, a few months before Trinity College became Duke University that December. This was much earlier than sororities and notably did not include multicultural Greek organizations. Two years prior, Trinity College fraternities approached the Board of Trustees to request housing accommodations for their organizations, something that members had been wanting for years. “The agitation for fraternity houses at Trinity College which has been more or less prevalent for the past quarter of a century is to reach its culmination Saturday when the Board of Trustees is to vote as to whether the fraternities are to be allowed to build them,” reads a Chronicle editorial published Nov. 1, 1922. “In the opinion of The Chronicle this is a progressive step and should meet with the approval of the Trustees.” The proposal, however, was not approved. The following week, The Chronicle reported that trustees postponed voting on the matter indefinitely, much to the disdain of students at the time. Supporters believed that having separate amenities for fraternities would relieve overcrowding in other houses, and for some fraternity members, having housing was the only way to achieve the “real fraternity ideal.” A March 1924 editorial called fraternity housing “the crying need of fraternity life at Trinity.” It also blamed the failure of the 1922 proposal on a lack of external pressure and the fact that “most of the fraternity men themselves were not sufficiently interested themselves to forget their selfish ambitions and cooperate for the good of all concerned.” The editorial also noted that rumors of the University’s expansion had “aroused this dormant fraternity ambition.” The University began purchasing multiple lots in Durham in late spring 1924, according to the Durham County Register of Deeds. As a result of the rumors, campus fraternities formed a committee to advocate for housing and planned an interfraternity banquet to which faculty were invited. That banquet was held April 15, 1924, according to a Chronicle article printed the following day. Faculty and significant individuals at the University—such as Robert Flowers and William Wannamaker—were present at the banquet and “showed marked interest in the efforts of the fraternities in securing homes,” See FRATERNITIES on Page 17

ON DUKECHRONICLE.COM ‘People should have a choice of the identity that they want to create here’: How first-year students feel about QuadEx BY MILLA SURJADI| 09/15/2021 Many first-years’ biggest question is why Duke chose to start QuadEx in the middle of the fall semester instead of before the Class of 2025 arrived on campus.

‘Do they feel like equals?’: The history of sorority housing, dynamics with fraternities at Duke BY NADIA BEY | 03/21/2022 Panhellenic Association organizations did not secure on-campus housing until 2011, in part because their predecessors did not believe living as a group was necessary to build sisterhood.

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Student Commencement speech bears striking resemblance to 2014 Harvard student address … even Duke underwear.” When customs officials saw that Parkash “bled blue” as a “Duke national,” they no longer considered her a “national security threat,” she said. “And all of a sudden … the doors to this whole new world of possibilities flung wide open,” Parkash said.

By Milla Surjadi

Harvard and Duke nations Abushaar, who grew up in Kuwait to a Syrian father and a Palestinian mother, described being struck by the “Harvard Nation” after arriving to campus. She compared the John Harvard statue to the Statue of Liberty; the Harvard Clubs of Boston and London to embassies; and the Harvard Alumni Association to a tax collection agency. Parkash’s speech similarly describes Duke as its “own tiny island-nation like Cuba or Sri Lanka,” with its distinct collection of landmarks and agencies. She compared the statue of James B. Duke in Abele Quad to that of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil; the Duke Alumni Association to the Internal Revenue Service, a tax collection donning their university’s merchandise. agency; and DUMAC to the Federal Reserve. When U.S. immigration at Boston Logan International Airport saw Abushaar coming from Harvard and Duke’s ‘diplomatic passports’ the Middle East, she recalled that they would ask, Both Abushaar and Parkash told stories of “What were you doing there? Why are you here? how their identities as “a citizen of Harvard” Why did God make you from the Middle East?” and a “Duke national,” respectively, allowed Thus, Abushaar made sure to dress in them to pass through U.S. Customs and Bor“Harvard hat, Harvard shirt, Harvard shorts, der Protection at airports unquestioned. and Harvard underwear.” When immigration Using identical phrases, both speeches exofficers saw that she “was a citizen of Harpressed that with symbolic “diplomatic passvard,” they disregarded her as a “national seports,” Abushaar and Parkash were no longer curity threat,” she said. considered a “national security threat” when

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When student speaker Priya Parkash took the stage in Wallace Wade Stadium at the Class of 2022 Commencement ceremony on May 8, she dubbed the University as its own “Duke nation.” That metaphor, as well as other elements of the language and structure of Parkash’s speech, bears striking similarities to that of a 2014 Harvard University Commencement speech by Sarah Abushaar. In her speech, Parkash, Trinity ’22, an international student from Pakistan, described her experience of embracing her “Duke citizenship” over the last four years. Parkash, who previously served as a university news editor for The Chronicle and was a 2022 Undergraduate Young Trustee finalist, called on her fellow graduates to use their Duke education to “spur revolutions.” Abushaar’s speech, titled “The Harvard Spring,” urged the Class of 2014 to bring the spirit of the “Harvard Nation” out into the world to enact change. Her speech was “an homage to the 2010 political uprisings known as the Arab Spring,” according to a release. Parkash provided a statement to The Chronicle through the crisis public relations firm Red Banyan on Tuesday night. “When I was asked to give the commencement speech, I was thrilled by such an honor and I sought advice from respected friends and family about topics I might address. I was embarrassed and confused to find out too late that some of the suggested passages were taken from a recent commencement speech at another university. I take full responsibility for this oversight and I regret if this incident has in any way distracted from the accomplishments of the Duke Class of 2022,” Parkash wrote. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in an email Monday night that administrators “have just been made aware of this and are looking into it.” He declined to comment further, including on the review process of student speech applications. Schoenfeld provided a statement to The Chronicle on Tuesday morning. “We are aware of and concerned about these allegations and have initiated a process to understand the facts of the situation,” he wrote in a message. “Duke expects all students to abide by their commitment to the Duke Community Standard in everything they do as students.”

“And suddenly all the gates to the American Dream opened wide,” Abushaar said. “I saw it everywhere, this ‘Harvard Nation.’” Parkash similarly said she heard questions from immigration officers when arriving in the U.S.: “First name? Last name? That doesn’t sound Pakistani enough, so how exactly did you concoct the scheme to be born to Pakistani parents?” But at the end of each semester, Parkash would arrive at the airport in “Duke hat, Duke shirt, Duke shorts, Duke slides, Duke sunglasses

Further similarities Other similarities between the content and language of the two speeches can be found in the descriptions of the universities’ student activities. Abushaar described seeing this “Harvard Nation” beyond tangible structures, but rather in the “invisible institutions” and the “invisible scaffolds around and undergirding the hard institutions.” Likewise, Parkash said she experienced this “Duke citizenship” even more as the “overtly visible, the concrete institutions” were overtaken by an understanding of the “unseen wiring that holds our school together.” Abushaar cited the announcements tacked onto Harvard’s bulletin boards as evidence of student “passions, purpose, creativity … a heartbeat of civic community’s vivacity.” Parkash discussed emails about student group events, social justice petitions and student debates as “proof of our puffing, panting and gasping civic communities.” She added that they were “a testament to the beating heart of Duke citizens, overflowing with ingenuity, fervor, resolve and purpose.” Both speakers mentioned the “potency” of the schools’ student newspapers’ opinion articles to create change. Later in her speech, Abushaar quoted the Arab-American author Randa Jarrar’s description of living in a new place: “...running barefoot, the skin of our feet collecting sand and seeds and rocks and grass until we had shoes, shoes made of everything we’d picked up as we ran.” Abushaar related the quote to her and her fellow graduates’ four years of “running through Harvard Yard” where the “skin of [their] feet [collected] a world of experiences.” She described each student as having “become this place in a strange way, each of us picking up bits of people and history and ideas that changed the way we saw the world.” Similarly, Parkash concluded her speech by pointing out to her fellow graduates that “the soles of [their] shoes have collected a world of experiences.” Like Abushaar, she noted that members of the Class of 2022 have all “become this place in rather perplexing ways, each one of us internalizing pieces of people and history and ideas that have transformed our outlook on the world.” ‘Mortified and embarrassed’ Parkash said she was “mortified and embarrassed to find out through a news article” after giving her speech that parts were “directly taken from” a past Harvard address, according to the Wall Street Journal. “I sincerely regret this incident and I wish I could go back and undo it. I wish that I had been more diligent,” Parkash told the Wall Street Journal on May 11. According to the WSJ, Parkash “incorporated ideas for passages provided by friends without researching if they had been used previously.” She did not find out until Monday about similarities between her and Abushaar’s speeches. She said she had not previously seen Abushaar’s speech. Parkash is now considering different job prospects, as well as graduate school, and hopes that “future employers will see [the speech] as a mistake and will see that I’ve learned from it,” she told the WSJ. She “said she would fully cooperate with the university’s probe.”

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Class of 2022 graduates give guidance to incoming Blue Devils By Ishani Raha

thing right for you when you legitimately enjoy it. There’s a lot of classes I took at Duke that were fine, but there’s classes that I would look forward to going to and would be engaged the entire time I was there. My sophomore year, when that first started happening to me in Economics classes is when I knew for sure I should major in Economics. When you find things that make you really want to learn and do more, I think you’re on the right track.

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The Class of 2022 had a whirlwind of a college experience. With a pandemic-torn four years bookended by normalcy in their first and last years, our recent graduates became experts at adapting to new circumstances and learning to thrive amidst it all. The Chronicle asked three members of the Class of 2022 to share what they learned from their Duke experiences. What would you say to first years during Orientation Week who are just getting their bearings in this huge new place? Margaret Gaw: Give yourself time to breathe amidst the busyness and trust your gut. I biked around campus in those first few weeks to get oriented and that was wonderful in getting to know where I was. I met some of my best friends to this day in my pre-orientation program so be open and curious, strike up conversations with those around you and talk with upperclassmen too! Samarth Menta: Stay grounded. For many freshmen, this may be the most stressful social experience they will have been a part of. By the end of it all, it may seem like the end of the world if you didn’t find your “people.” This is definitely not the case: some of my best friends at Duke, I met during sophomore or junior year. Just keep an open mind during it all and don’t force anything and just remember there is no pressure to find those close connections that quick. Matthew Webber: Don’t worry about finding friends and think more about finding activities. There’s a huge pressure to find your best friends during O-Week but that doesn’t happen for a lot of people. The majority of my clos-

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est friends I made were through the activities I miss out on a lifelong interest or hobby. did, so as long as you’re able to figure out a few things you’re interested in, you’ll be just fine. How did you know that you were pursuing something (a major, for instance) that was How would you recommend spending time right for you? outside of class? Gaw: I chose my major because I trusted it was Menta: Unless you really, really need to buckle the right one for me, because I loved my English down and work, don’t reject a friend’s offer to class and resonated with what the department hang out or study together. As I have reﬂected was doing and wanted to read and write. That over the past few weeks, I realized that you doesn’t mean I don’t wonder what could have are probably never going to have the oppor- been if I stuck with another path I was considertunity to be in the vicinity of your friends in ing. Trust yourself. It’s really not ‘make or break.’ the same way that college offers. I regret not I majored in English but am going to work in having more time with the people that I grew clinical research at a major hospital and hopefulto love at the school, so just cherish those little ly apply to medical school. I was able to combine moments that you can make on a daily basis. interests in my major—whatever you do that exWebber: Outside of class, try as many things cites you and adds to that aliveness makes you a as possible. Duke gives you so many op- more well rounded person. portunities to do some of the most random Ask yourself why you’re pursuing something. things, and it’s not something I think you’ll Talk to people a few steps ahead, talk to your have at any other time in your life. Take ad- advisor. At the end of the day, listen to yourself. vantage of it and don’t be afraid to try some- Trust yourself and the various turns you may thing you don’t end up liking. It’s a lot better take along the way. to have tried and known than to potentially Webber: You can know you’re pursuing some-

What is something you wish you could have done or known more about before you graduated? Gaw: It is very challenging for people in my year to answer this question about “what we wish we had done” because two years of our college was in the middle of a global pandemic. I can say what I find most meaningful—what I’m carrying away from college—are relationships and experiences. Prioritize, put time into those people you love and can be you around. Do spontaneous things with them and just go for it. Duke has mental health services on campus which is one of the many convenient things that comes with living on a college campus and being a student. I would recommend using these services if they improve your wellbeing. I recommend getting off Duke’s campus and getting to know the city of Durham you’re living in. Menta: As I have reflected on my time at Duke, as obvious as it may seem, I took Duke for granted. Although we pay thousands and thousands of dollars in tuition, we rightfully have so many resources in our palms. If you think there is something that Duke can’t offer in terms of resources, there is a good chance you haven’t found that resource yet.

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Nugget, Duke’s beloved golden retriever, dies at 11 By Milla Surjadi and Kathryn Thomas May 12, 2022

‘She’s had more friends than any dog I’ve ever known’

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Nugget, Duke’s beloved golden retriever, died Thursday morning from lymphoma, according to her owner, Keith Upchurch, Trinity ‘72. She was 11 years old. Nugget was diagnosed in March, but had “not been feeling well in recent days,” Upchurch wrote in an email to The Chronicle. She collapsed Thursday morning and Upchurch drove her to the vet to be euthanized. The duo promenaded through Duke’s campus beginning in 2012, visiting almost every day since Upchurch retired from the Durham Herald-Sun in 2016. Often, students found them near the Brodhead Center and chatted with Upchurch as they pet Nugget. “It may be foolish to think there’s a heaven for dogs, but the truth is that Nugget found heaven on earth. She found it every time you stopped to give her a pet. She found it every time you gave her an apple,” Upchurch wrote to The Chronicle Thursday afternoon. “Nugget loved coming to campus each day. She loved you all, and so do I,” Upchurch added. Upchurch first emailed students Thursday morning about Nugget’s passing. In 2019, he told The Chronicle that he estimated he had come to know roughly 2,000 students through Nugget. He often asked to take pictures with students and Nugget, then printed the photos and stored them in a filing cabinet at home. He also regularly emailed photos of Nugget to a lengthy student email list. “She’s not officially a therapy dog, but in actual practice, I’d say she’s providing therapy,” Upchurch told The Chronicle in 2021. “Some students tell me they get more therapy from Nugget than from the Wellness Center.” Nugget would have turned 12 in July.

throughout the 10-plus years, it would be at least 10,000 friends.” This past Sunday night, Upchurch returned to campus to have dinner with a student. They sat at Nugget’s favorite bench, a long bench under a tree near the entrance to West Union. Upchurch was wearing his Nugget shirt, and one of the West Union staff recognized him and told him that there was a card outside for him to pick up. When he went outside, Upchurch found a poster covered in messages to Nugget. “There it was on a bench with ﬂowers beside it, and a beautiful drawing of Nugget and all these signatures, very little space left,” he said. Upchurch still hopes to keep coming to campus. “I thought maybe nobody cared whether I came or not because Nugget is gone, but I’ve already had a lot of people ask me to come,” he said. One of Upchurch and Nugget’s final times together on campus was during the Class of 2022 Commencement. It was cold that day, but they stationed themselves next to one of the Wallace Wade exits. When Courtesy of Keith Upchurch the ceremony finished, Nugget was there LOCATED 2 MINUTES FROM DU greet STREET the sea of AND people 2 that came flow- AWAY emails from students, he said. So far, he’sONto9TH LOCATED MINUTES parents who knew received over 100 emails from people who ing out, including & 10many MINUTES FROM B DUKE who Nugget was.BREENDEN HALL, WHOLE knew him and Nugget, including from peo-UNIVERSITY, “She was sortBEDROOMS of like a dog forAVAILABLE all seasons. NOW STUDIO, & THREE TWO ple who graduated years ago.STUDIO, One student has ONE, ONE, TWO & BEDROOMS AVAILABLE NOW! even created an online petition to rename the She loved all people at all times, no matelevated platform on the Bryan Center Plaza ter what the weather was,” Upchurch said. MBA: HOUSING GUID “There was one day when it was FUQUA pouring in Nugget’s honor. Kyle L. Overall Satisfaction VOTED HIGHEST RATED COM rain, and I sat on the bench with Nugget, “The only thing that would be worseLOCATED 2 MINUTESBY MORE Certified Resident THAN 600+ STUDE DUF and sheSTREET got completely soaked. SheFROM lovesAWAY than her dying was if she died and nobody LOCATED ON 9TH AND 2 MINUTES The apartments at Solis are a fantastic new addition to the already vibrant 9th Review by Fuqua School of Business, MBA Stu seeing students so much, and some of them cared, but that’s certainly notStreet thecommunity. case,”Thehe 10 MINUTES B community at 810 Ninth itself is& also growing as more "What sets 818 Ninth FROM apart WHOLE is that the manag DUKE UNIVERSITY, BREENDEN HALL, would come up to her during that pouring and more people arrive. creating a fantastic mix of people and cultures. The said. “She’s had more friends than any dog here. Every request has been completed within Leasing Office has been an absolute pleasure to deal with, and every person staff is very It's 9th st rain … So when I say sheto was atohelpful. dog forlocated all righttheonsame STUDIO, ONE, & TWO BEDROOMS I’ve ever known. I think if STUDIO, you added will go out of theirit wayup to help with anything you need. Overall, I'm extremely be closeAVAILABLE everyone else, but atNOW t ONE, TWO & THREE BEDROOMS AVAILABLE NOW! get your own space if you need it. I am very gl happy with my decision to take seasons, a chance with a new development in Solis. that’s figurative and literal.” here instead of any other building. My one bed and would happily recommend it to anyone who asked.

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I first met Keith Upchurch, Trinity ’72, and Nugget, his beloved golden retriever, during my first semester at Duke. I would join them on the steps of Marketplace, watching as grinning students stroked Nugget’s fur or fed her slices of apples. Throughout my next three years—as a global pandemic forced classes online and dramatically altered the University—Nugget and Upchurch remained constants, there at the benches near the Bryan Center Plaza or outside the Brodhead Center. They seemed immune to change, the same kind smile from Upchurch and Nugget’s familiar mound of golden fur, in season and out. And so, like many others, I was both shocked and saddened to hear of Nugget’s death last Thursday. Her collapse came as somewhat of a surprise to Upchurch, too. When I called him on Monday, he told me that a couple days before Nugget’s death, he had gotten a blood test that showed Nugget’s red cell counts being far below normal. “So the vet told me I needed to start thinking about euthanasia. And so I had been thinking about it, but I just didn’t think it was gonna come so soon,” Upchurch said. “But on Thursday morning I just had no choice because she collapsed.” Upchurch said that his grief has been coming in “waves.” “Sometimes I can make it through part of the day and sort of push it out of my mind for a few minutes, but it always comes back,” he said. “It’s slightly better each day, but only slightly.” It’s been helpful to read people’s tributes to Nugget in The Chronicle and to receive kind

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‘We have to divest now, President Price’

Duke Climate Coalition files legal complaint against Duke, holds protest By Vishal Jammulapati April 7, 2022

The Duke Climate Coalition has filed a legal complaint against the Duke over fossil fuel divestment, the group announced at a Wednesday afternoon protest outside the Allen Building. The purpose of the complaint is to call on North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein to investigate potential legal violations associated with Duke’s fossil fuel investments. Students and supporters gathered to demand that Duke divest from fossil fuels, following a recent referendum overwhelmingly in favor of divestment. During the protest, DCC Treasurer Brennan McDonald, a sophomore, criticized Duke’s reluctance to begin divestment efforts despite the referendum. “Duke has not budged and has refused to take action,” McDonald said. “That is why earlier today, DCC, supported by the Climate Defense Project, filed a legal complaint that calls for an investigation into the administration for refusing to divest from fossil fuels.” McDonald said the legal complaint was a new tactic for achieving divestment, a not-so-new goal that students have been campaigning for over the years. “I’m assuming that we’re all well aware of the ethical and scientific reasons for taking action on climate change,” he said. “But there are also clear legal guidelines that mandate how our institutions respond to the crisis.” Following McDonald, junior Sarah Kelso read aloud to protesters a section from the complaint that focused on the disproportionate effects of climate change on marginalized communities, highlighting the economic instability of fossil fuel investment. First-year Abby Saks, a member of DCC who also published a recent op-ed in The Chronicle, pointed to the conflicting interests of Duke’s Board of Trustees as one of the reasons the University still hasn’t divested from fossil fuels. “Divestment is necessary to prevent the deaths of millions of people,” Saks said. “But personal interests are currently obscuring any legitimate concern for many members of the Board.”

Saks mentioned by name three members of the Board of Trustees: Robert Penn, president of three oil and gas production companies; Michael Rhodes, an executive at TD Bank; and General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who was recently announced as the Class of 2022’s commencement speaker. Senior Katherine Li, who attended the event, emphasized how important divestment from fossil fuels truly is despite some calling it symbolic. “[Duke divesting] would build momentum for other schools and other powerful institutions to do that,” Li said. “We have a big role to play here as students to demand better from our administration.” Recently, student activists at universities across the country have filed similar legal complaints, aiming to kickstart divestment after years of little change from administrative bodies. The complaint, which is 61 pages, puts forth a number of claims to demonstrate the potential illegality of Duke’s fossil fuel investments. The overarching message is that Duke as a nonprofit institution violates legal requirements for the use of charitable assets. It claims that the Universi-

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Protestors mobilize amid possible overturning of Roe v. Wade ByAudrey Wang and Sevana Wenn May 19, 2022

“We hold that [Roe v. Wade] and [Planned Parenthood v. Casey] must be overruled,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito in an initial majority draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 98-page document, obtained by Politico, was leaked to the public on May 2 and has since reignited the debate around abortion rights in the United States. Both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey uphold a woman’s right to terminate their pregnancy under the 14th Amendment. If these landmark cases are overturned, abortion access would be left in the hands of the states. Thirteen states currently have “trigger laws” in place, banning abortions almost immediately in the event that Roe is overturned. Following public outcry, Planned Parenthood organized nationwide “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies to unite against the Justices’ decision. On Saturday, May 14, demonstrations took place across the United States. From coast to coast, people of diverse walks of life gathered outside courthouses to protest and share their stories. Los Angeles, California California has a long history of supporting abortion, and state legislators have been bracing for an influx of abortion-seekers across state lines for months. Thirteen bills have already been introduced codifying protections for out-of-state patients. And on Saturday morning, thousands gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall to support women in less abortion-friendly states.

Raleigh, North Carolina According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research organization, North Carolina does not have trigger laws and is considered one of the three Southern states that will not immediately ban or restrict abortion. Though the North Carolina General Assembly is dominated by conservatives, North Carolina remains an enclave for abortion-seekers in the South partly because the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, holds veto power. Protestors in Raleigh gathered at the State Capitol at 11 a.m., then marched around the legislative building and N.C. Supreme Court. When protestors returned, they encountered a smaller Students for Life counterprotest, which didn’t disperse until 3 p.m. The day of action was the work of multiple

en, but for all Southern women.” Johnson saw the protest as moving beyond abortion to “universal freedoms” for those who were unable to access reproductive services while Roe v. Wade was secure. “It’s not just about abortion anymore. There have been people who have not been able to access abortion and reproductive services, even when we could still count on Roe,” she said. “It’s time to bring other people to the table who have been affected before Roe was taken. It’s going to take all of us, and it’s time for us to go to their house.” Jennifer Kilpatrick, a marshal at the rally, echoed Johnson’s sentiments. “This is not just about abortion rights—this is also an attack against minorities, it’s an attack against the working class, it’s an attack against LGBTQ people,” she said. “No matter what our political backgrounds are, we fight for rights for us, not for the people at the top.” Members of Socialist Alternative, an active leftist national organization, held a booth at the rally. One Socialist Alternative member expressed her exhaustion with political messaging within the prochoice movement. “This messaging we get from some women’s rights nonprofits that are really big right now is that we need to just wait and vote for SEVANA WENN KATHRYN THOMAS From left: Lautaro Galvez and his two sons attended the rally in front of Los Angeles City Hall on May 14. Across the country, Democrats, and it’s clear—we already voted for Democrats,” she said. “That’s not the way it pro-choice protesters gathered in Raleigh outside of the North Carolina State Capitol. “I just want to show my support, first of all groups, including Pro Choice with Heart and looks right now; the Democrats are not really for my wife, just to show everybody that sup- Women’s March. Katherine Johnson, one of putting up the fight that they could.” Across the street, Students for Life counterport,” Galvez said. “She can choose. She’s a per- the main organizers of the Raleigh protest, deprotestors held signs, such as, “I am the postson just like I am.” scribed the movement in North Carolina as a Roe generation.” fight “not just for all North Carolinian wom-

One protester, Patricia Perez, stood in the sweltering heat, her body draped in a thick scarlet robe and her hair concealed beneath a white bonnet. Her clothing was a reference to The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel and television series portraying a dystopian future with extreme governmental regulation of womens’ bodies. “The costume is just a very fast way for people to recognize what can happen, even though it’s happening already,” Perez said. Perez found news of the leaked draft “gut-wrenching,” describing it as a “setback of women’s health.” Across the lawn, Lautaro Galvez expressed similar beliefs. Standing beside his wife and two young sons, he described current events as “outrageous.” His activism was primarily driven by concern for the rights of his loved ones.

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Ben Cederberg, the president of Students for Life at UNC Wilmington, defended his movement against anti-feminist allegations and pointed to his true point of the protest. “The only reason why we’re here is because we love babies,” he said. “We know that it’s bad to kill a child because they’re defenseless and innocent, and it’s even worse for a baby—but when it comes to something younger than a baby, why is it suddenly okay?” Brooke Larkin, the southeast regional coordinator for Students for Life, pointed to the fact that the majority of the pro-life protestors were women. “We are out here because we want to support pregnant and parenting women,” she said. “Women are better, women are stronger, women can have a child and finish school [and] women can have a child and pursue their career.”

though a few pro-choice protestors, including Monahan, attempted to engage with counter protestors, he did not find the conversations “very fruitful.” “I’d say it was fairly hostile–it was kind of a mix between people just shouting each other down,” he said. “Since there are more pro-choice protestors, the pro-life people kind of got drowned out.” Monahan wishes he could consider himself surprised about the leaked decision, and worries that other landmark decisions under the 14th Amendment are now more vulnerable. One such case is Obergefell v. Hodges, which requires states to license and recognize samesex marriage. “As important as abortion is, they’re not going to stop there,” he said. “You have to keep organizing and anticipate what the next thing is going to be.”

Washington, D.C. Like North Carolina, Washington, D.C. may also be in a tenuous political position. D.C. law currently has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation, legalizing the procedure at all stages of pregnancy. However, the Constitution grants Congress jurisdiction of the District “in all cases.” This would make the District vulnerable if Republicans controlled Congress in a postRoe v. Wade nation, despite 70% of adults in the District believing that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. The D.C. rally began at the Washington Monument and ended with a march down Independence Avenue to the Supreme Court, where Students for Life counter protestors stood. At the Supreme Court, a broad range of

Charleston, South Carolina In downtown Charleston, hundreds of people gathered in Marion Square. Though South Carolina does not have a “trigger ban” in place, its laws regarding abortion are stricter than those of Los Angeles. Currently, an abortion cannot be performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there are serious health concerns for the mother. The patient is also required to get an KATHRYN THOMAS ultrasound and consult with a physician 24 Clockwise from top: In Raleigh, pro-choice protesters and pro-life protesters faced one another on East Edenton St. Protes- hours before the procedure. tors with Students for Life held a banner that read, “We are the post-Roe generation.” On the other side, protestors held up Pro-choice South Carolinians fear that signs like, “My body, my choice” and, “Abortion is healthcare.” the controversial “heartbeat bill” could be abortion rights activists and protestors gave many of the speakers were Black and Latina enacted in a post-Roe future. The bill, which speeches. Speakers included members of la- women, many of whom placed emphasis on was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster bor unions, reproductive justice groups and the intersection between reproductive and rain 2021, was blocked by the courts using the well-known pro-choice organizations like cial justice. legal underpinnings of Roe. It would outlaw EMILY’s List. Like in Raleigh, pro-choice protestors See ROE V. WADE on Page 20 Duke junior Will Monahan noted that clashed with pro-life counter protestors. Al-

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On Feb. 3, the Arts and Sciences Council approved the Asian American and Diaspora Studies minor with an overwhelming majority. The minor is housed in the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies department and will be administered by the Asian American and Diaspora Studies Program. The approval of the AADS minor is a result of generations of student activism. The Chinese Student Association was founded in 1971, and the Asian Students Association (ASA) was founded in 1981 as the Society for Asian American Students. In 2016, the Asian American Studies Working Group (ASSWG) was founded. They played a crucial role in the development of the AADS program that launched in May 2018 and have been amongst the many student groups to push for an Ethnic Studies department at Duke. “It’s collective efforts both in recent years and in decades from students, faculty and staff that have resulted in any institutional change, including the AADS minor,” said senior Shania Khoo, former president of ASA and a member of ASSWG. Khoo believes that the AADS minor is significant because the movement for its creation has always been sustained by students. It’s also the first minor of its kind in the American South, aside from Florida and Texas, according to AADS Director Esther Kim Lee, a professor of theater studies at Duke. The AADS minor requires one introductory course—either AADS 198/History 198, See AADS on Page 20

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Duke is one of 16 major universities in the United States being sued for alleged antitrust violations because of how they work together to determine financial aid for students, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday morning. The universities engaged in price fixing and unfairly limited aid by relying on a shared method to calculate applicants’ financial needs, according to a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court late Sunday. The complaint alleges that by eliminating price competition, the 16 universities have artificially inflated the price of attendance for financial aid recipients. Over almost 20 years, the schools have overcharged 170,000 financial aid recipients by “at least hundreds of millions of dollars.” The plaintiffs are five former students who attended some of the universities involved in the lawsuit, per the complaint. One of the plaintiffs, Sia Henry, graduated from Duke in 2011. According to the complaint, the universities are members of the “568 Presidents Group,” in which they have agreed on the “Consensus Approach,” which is “a set of common standards for determining the family’s ability to pay for college.” The restraint of interstate trade and commerce is a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which outlaws “every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade,” and any “monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize.” Duke has been a member of the 568 Cartel since 1998, per the complaint. The

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‘Disappointed but not the least bit surprised’: Students react to racially insensitive party invite from ADPhi fraternity By Milla Surjadi May 12, 2022

A racially insensitive party invitation from the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity contained language that played up immigrant stereotypes, drawing backlash from students and campus groups. The GroupMe message, sent May 2 to multiple group chats, read, “Need help crossing the border? Lucky for you ADPhi has a few too many Latinos who are extremely skilled at evading law enforcement,” according to a screenshot obtained by The Chronicle. “Just don’t get deported,” the message ended. The message included the address of the party, which was in North Carolina but near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where many Duke students at the time were on their end-of-year beach week trip. Screenshots of the GroupMe message quickly circulated on social media. ADPhi president Cole Darrow, a senior, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. When junior Anthony Salgado, president of Mi Gente, Duke’s largest Latinx student organization, saw the message, his first question was, “Why?” “So there’s this party happening in North Carolina versus [most students’ locations in] South Carolina. What did that have to do with deportation? It felt like you had to go out of your way to make that joke,” Salgado said. Laura Poma Gomez, a junior and a member of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin sorority, first saw the message on the night of May 2 at a dinner with members of her sorority; La Unidad Latina, a Latin fraternity; and Phi Beta Sigma, a historically

Black fraternity. A first-year who received the message in a group chat shared it with Poma Gomez, asking for advice. Poma Gomez immediately stood up and showed the message to the people at dinner. “It was immediate shock, outrage and really, disgust,” Poma Gomez said. While Poma Gomez had heard about previous similar incidents, “I had never seen something this blatant in my own time [at Duke],” she said. “COVID put a lot of this stuff underground, so being able to see this right now, I understand that, actually, yes, our community still is very much under attack,” she said. “A lot of our students can’t feel comfortable on campus, but even going away for beach week, trying to have a relaxing time in a space of Black and Brown people, we still had to face this.” But Ana Trejo, Trinity ‘22, who was also at Myrtle Beach at the time of the message, wrote in a message to The Chronicle that “she was

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disappointed but not the least bit surprised.” Trejo was one of the students who painted the Latinx Heritage History Month mural on the East Campus bridge in 2018. A day after, it was found defaced. “My initial thought was, ‘Wow that really came full circle’... Now my senior year, my beach week was tainted (once again!) by racist actions,” Trejo, the former president of Define America, wrote in a message. Salgado said the consensus among members of campus cultural groups was that this behavior was expected from Greek life. “I think one reaction is like, ‘Oh, you’re taking it too seriously’ or ‘Oh, it’s not that deep,’” he said. “But for a lot of people, it is that deep.” Trejo described the message as “racist, classist, anti-immigrant and completely unnecessary.” “They knew what they were doing when they sent that message, and we are tired of making excuses for alleged ‘ignorance,’” Trejo wrote. The message comes at a time when “undocumented students have told me that they felt very vulnerable, very alone on campus because they don’t know a lot of students like them,” Salgado said. “If someone was bold enough to throw this joke in a chat, they obviously don’t care about [the undocumented student] population, but they also don’t really see this population as a big deal,” Salgado said. When asked what kind of response he might want to see from ADPhi, Salgado explained that it’s difficult to demand anything from fraternities that have disaffiliated from Duke. Members of the Durham Interfraternity Council have no official connection to Duke, though they are still expected to fol-

low all Duke policies and procedures. “[Cultural group leaders] are tired. We’re human too. Every time we see one of these things, it hurts us, even if it’s not for our own group,” he said. Poma Gomez recalled her friend telling her, “Nothing is going to change. This is what they do, this is what they’ve always done. And you’re just putting yourself in a line of fire at the end of the day [by speaking out].” “That’s a sentiment that’s held by a lot of students of color and minority students on campus,” Poma Gomez said. “Really just a sense of hopelessness.” In response to the message, a collective of 23 campus cultural organizations released a list of demands to the Durham IFC on Thursday. They called for systems “to allow confidential peer reporting” and a “visible counter of racial bias incidents,” a “peer judicial board,” bystander training, equity and bias training and a public list of executive members. ADPhi most recently came under fire in February, following an allegation from Durham residents that an ADPhi member was caught urinating on a house. Durham residents circulated a petition calling to ban fraternities from residential neighborhoods and called members of the fraternity residing at five addresses on Chapel Hill Road—nicknamed the Compound—a “public nuisance.” Darrow wrote in an email to The Chronicle in February that “numerous” allegations in the petition predated current members of ADPhi and that the fraternity has taken action to prevent the issues mentioned, including “proactively engaging with the neighbors.”

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My first article for The Chronicle was about a student who left Duke to launch a rocket. When I wrote it in my first year dorm room, amid a pandemic, I wondered if I would ever chase a dream like his. Two years later, my time at The Chronicle has given me countless stories to chase—stories that served as testaments to the multitudes of the Duke experience and articulations of collective truth. Stories are not dreams, I recognize that. But I’ve decided that they might be even better. Stories insist they be told, that we bear witness, that we understand. They’re real. The Chronicle taught me that journalism asks nothing of us, except to know nothing and be ready to learn everything. I learned how to listen, how to question, how to hold both feeling and wonder at once. I learned how to fall in love with Duke, in its totality: to celebrate, to examine, to hold accountable. What is love if not a commitment to witness, together, all of our complexities? Through the summer, we kept a watchful eye on Duke’s changing COVID-19 policies, including mask mandates and vaccinations, for the 2021 fall semester. And in June, we covered the Duke community’s reactions to former men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski announcing his retirement. When we arrived in the fall, we were eager to tell the story about a campus renewed, only to be met with another change—in September, we broke the story of Duke’s plans to transition to a residential college model under QuadEx. Beyond a complete overhaul of Duke housing, it marked Duke administration’s ushering in of a new “culture of belonging,” expedited by the pandemic. We covered the moments where Duke fell short—the changes to the Thompson Writing Pro-

gram that critics say pushed out unionized faculty, for example. We reported on marginalized students’ concerns about lack of adequate campus space and followed the Duke University Press Workers Union’s year-long journey to legal certification . When Duke changed its plans for the start of spring semester with less than a week before classes started, we were there for students with the information they needed. When a former Duke doctoral student sent a video referencing a mass shooting to University of California, Los Angeles campus members, we found that Duke philosophy graduate students had previously raised concerns about his behavior that went unaddressed. We covered how Durham petitioned to ban fraternities from residential neighborhoods and how student groups petitioned fraternities for greater accountability. We broke the story that the 2022 student Commencement speech bore striking resemblances to a 2014 Harvard address. I lay all this in front of you, though, to tell you that Duke is better than our worst moments. We are better than our administration’s missteps and union-busting tactics, our COVID-19 spikes and the conditions that necessitate student group demands. The Chronicle has shown me Duke’s worst moments, yes, but it’s also shown me what it can be for future generations. We covered the approval of the Asian American & Diaspora Studies minor, which was the result of generations of student activism. We talked to Duke students who are pushing the University to divest from fossil fuels after students overwhelmingly voted in favor of it. The Chronicle was there to cover the return of tenting, Coach K’s last game and the exhilaration that comes with being a Cameron Crazie, which will never change. When Nugget, Duke’s beloved golden retriever, died in May, The Chronicle was the one

to deliver the news to the community. But we were also here to publish the community’s tributes, to commemorate what one dog meant to thousands of people. I watched our brilliant staff cover all the chaos and tenderness that came our way with such ferocity, empathy and commitment to the truth for our readers. There were difficult moments, of course, but there were also late night Bella Union coffee runs, Chron Jeopardy, watch parties, our semiformal and formal. I have laughed and cried and laughed until I cried in our office, 301 Flowers, more times than I can count. And as we look to the next year, as we watch how the community will react to and navigate this new Duke experience, writing the first draft of history takes on a whole new meaning. If you’re interested, we hope you’ll join us. You don’t need any prior experience and, barring the opinion section, don’t need to submit an application. Our sports department covers all 27 Blue Devil teams in the NCAA. That means all things basketball, especially during Jon Scheyer’s first year as head coach. But it will also include Duke football under new head coach Mike Elko’s leadership and our impressive teams such as women’s golf, softball and tennis. If you’re more interested in sparking community conversation, our opinion section is the place for you. Apply to be a columnist, where you can share your takes on Duke news, issues that matter to you or, as one columnist did this year, whether the Blue Devil is too sexy. If humor’s more your thing, apply to be our anonymous satire columnist, Monday Monday. We’d love to have you join Recess if you’re into arts and culture. Across three sections— campus, local and culture—our writers have reflected on the authenticity of social media app BeReal, covered campus runway shows and re-

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of rooms that would have been otherwise occupied by students into chapter and card FROM PAGE 3 rooms reduced revenue for the University. giving fraternity members “the optimistic Fraternities paid rent for the number impression that fraternity homes were soon to of beds in their sections and also signed be a reality at Trinity if proper plans could be contracts with the University saying that presented by the fraternities.” they would be charged for unused space, By September of the same year, Pi Kappa which they eventually tried to relieve Alpha, Sigma Chi, Chi Tau and Lambda Chi themselves of in 1953. Alpha had each gained housing for 20 to While fraternity housing was initially 25 men. Chi Tau had an apartment above proposed as a way to free up space in the home of a faculty member’s wife, while campus housing, fraternities eventually ran the other three fraternities had houses. into space issues of their own. In 1974, 54% A residential housing timeline from the of male students were in fraternities but University Archives says the houses were only 48% of men’s housing was allocated along Markham Avenue. A March 1925 to fraternities, according to a Chronicle Chronicle article describes the Sigma Chi article. As a result, fraternities started house as being “in front of the small North rejecting members due to space concerns Gate and scoreboard of the athletic field” and Duke’s Interfraternity Council on East Campus. leadership advocated for more bed space. “The success of the fraternity house The housing shortage was still an issue plan will, of course, depend largely on three years later, so fraternities began to the manner in which the houses are run advocate for off-campus housing. and fraternity life conducted,” a Sept. 24, 1924 Chronicle article reads. “But present The role of fraternities on campus indications are that the men are proud At multiple points in Duke’s history, enough of their houses to want to make residential life committees grappled with the them an established institution at Trinity.” role of fraternities on campus, only to allow fraternity housing to remain. Despite financial Space issues challenges and other changes to Duke’s housing As the University continued to expand, system—including the proposed abolition fraternity housing remained a staple. of fraternities, as University Archivist Valerie When new dorms opened on East Campus Gillispie wrote in Duke Magazine—fraternity in 1927, fraternities were given housing housing remained relatively constant at sections and common rooms, according Duke until the 2020-21 academic year, when to the residential housing timeline. Three selective living was suspended due to the years later, fraternities were granted 20- COVID-19 pandemic. room sections on West Campus and could Fraternities’ long-lasting presence on rent additional rooms if necessary. campus had ripple effects on the community. These changes carried financial Students in 1978 saw fraternities as having implications. In 1943, the superintendent the most convenient housing, and those that of West Campus buildings and grounds weren’t in fraternities either got placed in told The Chronicle that fraternity sections “undesirable,” crowded independent houses or had higher maintenance costs than non- moved off campus. Some thought the existence fraternity sections, and that the conversion of fraternity housing and not sorority housing

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can choose from a variety of different areas of inquiry—across disciplines—to develop as academic writers,” she wrote. Current TWP lecturing fellows were hired specifically because their doctoral degrees were in a wide array of disciplines, allowing them to teach writing through the “thematic lens” that Comer referenced. Now, when their non-renewable contracts expire, the current fellows will be “locked out” of applying for the new, renewable positions because they do not meet the educational requirement. These positions require a doctoral degree with specialization in rhetoric or composition, despite Writing 101 still being taught thematically. “This department, in terms of program, was built with this premise of being an interdisciplinary department in which people like me—I am a cultural anthropologist—would go there, teach a class that is sort of content based … which is also a writing class,” said Paolo Bocci, lecturing fellow in the TWP and cluster representative in the DFU. The new positions, he added, “are carved FROM PAGE 3 so that none of us can apply because none of us have a [doctorate] in English, rhetoric cation in a variety of fields, they assert. “I really think that if Duke actually cared or composition.” about the quality of its writing program, or student learning outcomes, that it would keep the ‘We’re not postdoctoral anything’: Why TWP awesome program that it already has,” said Mi- lecturing fellows ﬁght for renewability The TWP is the only department at Duke randa Welsh, lecturing fellow in the TWP and cluster representative in the DFU, in reference to have lecturing fellows with non-renewto the U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of able contracts because these positions, at the TWP as number two among the country’s least on paper, have unique attributes compared to other lecturing fellowships across “Writing in the Disciplines” programs. “These are the faculty that made the TWP the University. These positions, Bocci said, are marketed to so strong and effective in the first place. But those faculty are unionized,” she said. “And it newly-minted graduates of doctoral programs seems like Duke is willing to shoot itself in the in a variety of disciplines. The positions were described as being similar to postdoctoral fellowfoot to get rid of them.” Comer stated that Writing 101 classes will con- ships—with opportunities for training, mentorship and preparation for a future academic tinue to be taught from a “thematic” perspective. “Writing 101 courses will continue to be taught through a thematic lens so students See TWP FACULTY on Page 19 was unequal; in 1980, the Association of Duke Women filed a Title IX complaint against the University, alleging gender discrimination in housing among other areas. Some students of color felt unwelcome on West Campus and found it difficult to secure West Campus housing without rushing. “Fraternities occupy most of the housing on the main quad of West Campus. Why shouldn’t independent houses, coed houses, and even sorority houses have the same chance?” a student questioned in a 1979 Chronicle article. That year, approximately 70% of selective housing was occupied by fraternities. Additionally, not all fraternities have had the same opportunities for housing— Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is the only historically Black Greek organization that has had campus housing, and Multicultural Greek Council organizations had housing from 2012 to 2020.

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TWP FACULTY FROM PAGE 17 career. And, like postdoctoral fellowships, they would be fixed in term length. “The non-renewability was predicated upon this idea that [the TWP] was going to be a training program, like a [postdoctoral] lab,” Bocci said. “We would train you and then you will become something else.” Bocci said that in reality, the lecturing fellowships came with very few characteristics of a postdoctoral fellowship. “What were the postdoctoral aspects of our positions that would warrant non-renewability?” Bocci said. “We get an email once a month, a forwarded email or a listserv of grants. And sometimes we can do a bunch of peer feedback on our teaching statement.” Bocci added that the promise by the TWP was that lecturing fellows would be assigned a mentor who would guide them in their research, which never happened. According to him, Duke doesn’t regard lecturing fellows as trainees and the vast majority of their duties involve teaching students. “We’re not postdoctoral anything,” Bocci said. “We’re faculty. Contractually, we’re faculty.” The anonymous lecturing fellow agreed with Bocci. “By virtue of giving us a non-renewable appointment, the University is declaring that we’re trainees, and how can someone be a trainee if they’re not provided with training?” they said. “If I teach five courses per year, I’m full-time faculty.” Welsh added that the DFU was able to successfully argue in 2017 that the characteristics which defined a postdoctoral fellowship were not present in the TWP lecturing fellowships. According to Welsh, the memorandum agreement that gave the TWP lecturing fellows hired before July 1, 2016 the option to shift to contracts that were renewable every three years, contingent upon a “successful review of teaching, scholarship and

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service,” was an acknowledgement of their non-trainee status. “We have the same level of professional development that they do in any other [lecturing fellowship] program. We’re not getting anything extra,” Welsh said. “So that is what we argued, and that did have some traction because we won some renewable positions.” However, new classes of fellows were hired after that date and were subject to the same sort of job conditions—but without the renewability given to prior classes in the agreement. The anonymous lecturing fellow, who was hired in 2017, said that the job postings were identical to those posted in 2016 and 2015—the same jobs that were converted to renewable positions. “It was also advertised as a postdoctoral program in the advertisement for the job. [It was] called a postdoctoral fellowship,” they said. “The text for the job ad, when I applied, was exactly the same as those in 2016 or 2015 … What they continue to offer today is very similar to what they already were told in 2017 was inadequate [for non-renewability].” The DFU has been formally advocating since 2021 for renewable contracts for the classes of fellows hired after the 2016 date using the same reasons as they did in their previous negotiations. “We didn’t win renewability for everybody. And that’s kind of been a big sticking point ever since,” Welsh said. Bocci and Welsh, who are both part of these negotiations, said that they’ve been unsuccessful in securing renewability for the later classes of fellows so far. According to them, this is because TWP has maintained since the 2017 agreement that “disciplinary diversity” in the program was necessary to its success—and granting renewability to everyone would get in the way of that. Thus, the sudden turnaround from a disciplinary, fixed-term model to a permanent-

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term rhetoric and composition model did not make sense to them. “They consistently argued that full renewability would jeopardize the disciplinary diversity of the program, which was so important to its success,” Welsh said. “And now out of nowhere, they decided that they don’t want [the program] to be multidisciplinary.” “How come we lose jobs both when the department wants multi-disciplinarity and when it doesn’t?” Bocci wrote in a follow-up email to The Chronicle. “Answer: union busting.” Welsh added that posting ads for the new, renewable, non-unionized positions—without any notification to current lecturing fellows—was another red ﬂag to her. “Combine that with the fact that they posted the job ads for new faculty secretly without telling any of the current faculty, and they continue to be totally obscure about it, even when we ask them directly,” Welsh said. “The only logical explanation here is that it’s an attack on the union. You know, I really did try to sort of withhold judgment for a long time.” ‘Actively engaged in shutting us down’ According to Bocci, six lecturing fellows, including himself, are set to have their contracts expire in June and two will have theirs expire next year. Since the changes to the TWP were announced in December, the lecturing fellows have been seeking updates and explanations from the TWP administration. Bocci said that during the January TWP-wide monthly meeting, the fellows asked to discuss the changes to the TWP, but their request was denied by Comer because the topic was not on the agenda. “She came up with [a] strict rule that no one can talk about anything outside the agenda, and that we cannot add an item to the agenda on the ﬂy,” Bocci said. “That’s all her fabrication. But even if that was true, [we] requested to talk about it for the [February meeting]. She

refused.” The request for the February meeting was made in writing on Jan. 26—a week ahead of the meeting—to Comer by one of Bocci’s colleagues, and was obtained by The Chronicle. “I am emailing because I was tasked with requesting if it would be possible to discuss the projected shift in the TWP Program during our next faculty meeting,” Bocci’s colleague wrote. Comer’s response, which was also obtained by The Chronicle, read, “Thank you for this request, but the [Dec. 2] announcement shares the decision. The February Faculty Meeting Agenda has already been set and I’ll be distributing it on Monday through the listserv.” “She actively engaged in shutting us down,” Bocci said. “Honestly, at this point, firing me isn’t even the biggest problem. To me, the way I’m treated … it’s just a complete repudiation of dignity and respect.” For Bocci and the five other lecturing fellows whose terms are expiring this year, their fight for renewability is now over. In April, these fellows settled with the University over the claim that “Duke has not met its contractual obligations regarding mentorship and career development support,” according to the settlement agreement, which was obtained by The Chronicle. Though the agreement says that “Duke strictly denies each of those allegations,” each of these lecturing fellows will receive six months of salary. Comer wrote to The Chronicle that “plans to renew existing contracts directly to TWP faculty” have already been communicated. But Welsh, who has a renewable contract, is afraid that she will eventually lose her job. “One of the reasons that they can use to not renew contracts, even if they are renewable, is if they decide to change the curriculum completely,” Welsh said. “You know, the director of the program should fight for their faculty, not against their faculty,” Bocci said.

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a particularly powerful experience for her. Rees recalled two sto“Students were part of a lot of the job talks and got to ries: one from a victim of childhood sexual assault and one from sit in on interviews with them. Our opinions, and what we FROM PAGE 8 a woman who performed a risky at-home abortion when she wanted to get out of professors were really, really taken to investment. Furthermore, according to the complaint, the Board was 16. heart by the [AADS] program and the community,” Khoo of Trustees fails to uphold its social and environmental com“Stories like that kind of make you understand the issue mitments. Saks said during the protest that conﬂict of interest on that deeper level and understand that it’s not just about said. The approval of the AADS minor is only “the beginning,” among trustee members is also a concern and potential cause the lives of the fetuses,” she said. “It’s about the lives of actual Lee said. She wishes to do a senior hire in the 2022-23 acafor investigation. living and breathing women.” demic year. The DCC’s complaint was signed by 14 climate science and Though there were some counter-protestors who drove “I think [the AADS] program will continue to grow expolicy community members, 11 Duke faculty members and 12 or- by and verbally harassed attendees, the pro-choice rally ponentially. In terms of the number of courses, faculty, ganizations such as the Sunrise Movement, Durham Hub and Op- ran smoothly, Rees said. hopefully heading towards a major departmentalization— eration Climate. Of the 12 organizations, nine are Duke student orAfter attending the protest, Rees and her friend were inganizations, including the Asian American Studies Working Group spired to volunteer with Planned Parenthood and Emerge I mean, those are the long term goals. And to be at an elite institution like Duke, and to have a minor degree program and Duke Environmental Justice Network. South Carolina, a political organization which recruits and in the South is an incredible achievement,” Lee said. Junior Leah Roffman, an attendee at the protest, expressed trains Democratic women to run for office. As a Southeast Asian student, Khoo hopes the AADS frustration at Duke’s refusal to divest from fossil fuels. program will incorporate opportunities in Southeast Asian “I think that the administration’s arguments are not really holdidentity or research. “What does it mean to think about ing up,” Roffman said. “They need to reﬂect the urgency of the cliFROM PAGE 12 Southeast Asian American and South Asian American idenmate crisis and actually live up to their words.” Introduction to Asian American History; or AADS 201S, Introtities as well as West Asian [identities], things like that?” After the event, student organizers were optimistic that Khoo said. the legal complaint would compel initiative from the Univer- duction to Asian American and Diaspora Studies—and four electives. Sophomore Huiyin Zhou is an sity administration. “To be at an elite institution international AADS 201 will be offered in the student from China “Hopefully, this aggressive action really shows the adminisinterested in transnational organizlike Duke and to have a tration that there’s no time left for them to stall on divestment,” fall and is listed as being taught by Departmental Staff. ing, and she believes that the AADS McDonald said. minor degree program in Three AADS electives are availprogram and minor don’t pertain Saks, who feels even more strongly about climate change because her house was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, said able for students to take in fall 2022. the South is an incredible just to Asian Americans, but also to AADS 232S, Asian American Theissues related to racial justice, libshe is “cautiously hopeful.” achievement.” ater, will be taught by Lee. AADS eration, community building and “We have to divest now, President [Vincent] Price,” Saks said community organizing. at the end of the protest. “We are calling on you to do what is not 290S, Special Topics in AADS: Lisesther kim lee Zhou is particularly interested in only good for the planet and community as a whole but also for tening to China, will be taught by AADS director, professor of theater studies the conversations about diasporic poliYun Emily Wang, assistant professor what is consistent with what the University claims to be.” of music and gender, sexuality and tics that the AADS minor will provide. feminist studies. AADS 364S, Race, She hopes for courses related to the Gender and Sexuality, will be taught by Anna Storti, assistant understanding of the role of international students in the US. professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies. “I’ve often felt stuck in between just very complex geoFROM PAGE 11 In the spring 2023 semester, the AADS Program will be political issues and multiple nationalisms, and that I don’t abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat at around offering four or five courses, and three or four of them will necessarily identify with either side. I think having the six weeks—before many women even know they’re preg- be brand new, Lee said. AADS minor would grant a lot of space for having those nant. Lee attributes all the credit of the AADS minor’s creation kinds of critical discussions,” Zhou said. Duke sophomore Sophie Rees was among the group of to students, both former and current. Lee emphasized that the AADS minor is not just for protestors at Charleston’s Bans Off Our Bodies rallies. Rees de“I am immensely proud that their efforts are not in vain, Asian American students—it’s for all Duke students. scribed her fellow protestors as coming from various walks of that they are able to see that they made this,” she said. “I think the minor will enhance everyone’s education. life: college students, mothers with their children, elderly womLee mentioned how students were involved in the search It will make the Duke’s curriculum much more interesting en with signs that read “I’ve been fighting for this for 50 years.” and hiring process of last year’s cluster hire of Storti and Cal- and so much more comprehensive,” Lee said. “I want to Listening to the personal stories of pro-choice speakers was vin Cheung-Miaw, assistant research professor of history. welcome everybody to the minor.”

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Tsundoku is the art of buying books and leaving them unread, or the pile of unread books themselves.

Jocelyn Chin I found this term in an article titled 23 Words Every Book Lover Should Know while spending fall 2021 in New York. Sparsity of affordable furniture inspired me to convert a windowsill to bookshelf, and in my eagerness to explore a new city (home to Strand, McNally Jackson, Unoppressive Non-imperialist Bargain Books, stalls littering sidewalks), I accumulated a row of tsundokus before September began. Now, I am reminded of Gatsby’s library in his West Egg mansion, where Owl Eyes, the bespectacled drunk, lifted and admired each book. An absolute triumph, he says, that every book is absolutely real — pages and everything! Of course, we know the pages remain uncut, each book unread. Gatsby too practices the fine art of tsundoku, and look where that got him: dead in a pool, abandoned by the mad love of his life. Tragic, iconic, romantic. Everything I’d expect the city to be. So, a century after the Jazz Age, I spent hard-earned work-study money on to-reads, shelving them in rainbow order. A pigeon occasionally ventures up to my 11th floor window and leaves white droppings on the ledge. Gatsby collected silks, threw parties, drove creamy cars. I rinsed and reused plastic containers, ripped napkins in half to make them last, rewore clothes to save laundry money. I scrimped through my stipend from Duke by skipping meals, staying in bed on days without class to conserve energy, substituting

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Tsundoku, Gatsby, marshmallows, me sleep for calories. As the weather chilled, nights grew longer, and adrenaline from heightened independence wore off, it became even more difficult to wake, eat, even feel hunger. Already slightly underweight, I cut another 15 pounds in October. Also, I couldn’t help buying books. Walk past the ramen shop. A $4 copy of Salvage the Bones. Ignore Trader Joe’s shiny aisles. A $1.99 thrift of A Promised Land. Live another day off stale bagels. A $20 fresh print of Oliver’s Devotions. Here I was, four years of college expenses covered through Questbridge, yet unable to rid myself of a selfinstilled instinct to hoard, save, and leave things to enjoy in the future. I attended a private high school northeast of Cleveland on 90% aid. My family lives on the west side and buys groceries with EBT. I used to pack extra sandwiches during school lunch to eat on my hour-long bus ride home at 5:30pm. I’m sure that, as beings with the cognitive capacity to plan for the future, we all hoard a little: creating bucket lists, to-read lists, accumulating belongings, saving for tomorrow. Have you heard of the marshmallow experiment? In this study, children who waited longer, rejecting immediate gratification for a greater reward (two marshmallows), grew up to have higher standardized test scores, better self control, greater life achievement. A revisiting of this study, however, discovered that “affluence — not willpower — seems to be what’s behind some kids’ capacity to delay gratification.” Socially disadvantaged children tend to eat their

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marshmallow sooner because they lack stability, can’t trust when the next meal may come. I never consciously realized being low-income actually affected my life until college, when I joined Questbridge and DukeLIFE GroupMe’s. Peers shared resources for clothes, textbooks, food. Only after finding solidarity did I comprehend my previous lack — who else at my high school was stowing sandwiches into backpacks? I took what I had and didn’t have for granted. Yet my peers were demanding more for themselves, for people like me. Why wasn’t I? Occasionally I wonder if I’m experiencing some sort of “privileged poor” stereotype threat. My family’s annual income nearly reaches the American poverty line sometimes, but with my finaid at Duke, I can feel rich like my classmates. This is old news, but I’m still mind blown by the fact that there are four times more students at Duke whose family income ranks in the US top 1% than there are students from families in the bottom 20%. It also seems like half this school visits NYC for spring or fall break, a weekend trip that could cost more than all I spent last semester. Yet I find their social media posts relatable, likable, a facade of attainable. Glittery, gorgeous, not at all tragic. Only iconic, romantic. I reach for another glossy cover on a shelf. I wonder if I have problems prioritizing as I balance on scales, watch my weight drop, know it’s the cost of saving each HEERF fund, stimulus check, meal stipend, the cost of piling books on my windowsill instead. I’m the low-income kid who just eats the marshmallow, can’t help delaying gratification,

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spends the little control I have. At the same time, I want to wait longer, avoid the stereotype, forget my hunger. In a sense, Tsundoku allows me to contain both choices — it’s taking the marshmallow, but waiting to eat it. It’s buying the book, but waiting to read it. It’s taken me writing and rewriting this article, struggling to form coherent, non-contradictory thoughts, to understand this simple fact: tsundoku, this lovely lifestyle, is detrimental to my well-being. It’s not art, but an unhealthy compromise veiled in romance. I’ve reflected on stories, gathered lessons, listened to so many voices — from Gatsby, children with marshmallows and psychologists, my peers — trying to understand both NYC glamor and low-income life, compromising two contradicting experiences, neither truly mine, yet both fully mine as well. Spring 2022 simply melted away, and life still feels off-balanced sometimes, but this summer, as I study away again, I know to avoid falling for fantasies, to reckon conflicting expectations. I know to prioritize my health, call home more often, cut the pages wide open. Let my mind and body be the mad love of my life. Meanwhile, I may still long for a romanticized city, imagine tsundokus across a windowsill: a rainbow-ordered, triumphal march against cold glass. Some things I simply can’t bear to cut. Let me woo a dream across the shore. Let me believe I can eat my cake and have it. Let me save a little reading to look forward to. Jocelyn Chin is a Trinity junior. Her column, Bibliobibuli, is named for a term coined H. L. Mencken, meaning “to be drunk on books”: from the Greek biblio (books), and the Latin bibulous, from bibere (to drink).

Ashes of War

“No one ever wins a fight.” That’s what the theologian Howard Thurman’s grandmother told him when he was a boy after he had a fight with another child from his school. Those words are true not only for schoolyard battles but also when nation rises up against nation.

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war. At our core, we are fragile human beings, so why seek to war against others when we already know that we are delicate ashes? We don’t need to make more ashes through the violence of weaponry. Ashes versus ashes makes no sense when we are of the same human family. Because we are all ashes, alike, we should all be better stewards of ashes, treating each other with great care, gentleness, tenderness, kindness and love. Hate may destroy the hated, but it will also execute the hater. No one ever wins a fight or a war. As a boy, Howard Thurman learned that lesson from his grandmother and went on to become the man whose writing about Jesus’ love ethic and God’s solidarity with the disinherited of the world inspired the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders to choose love in the face of hate. He came to see that we are all humans, humus, from the same earth with the same basic genetic makeup in the family of dust. So this Wednesday when I mark people’s foreheads with ashes and say, “remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” I will be saying it as a ritual reminder of our mortality—and also as a statement against a senseless war.

Russia has invaded Ukraine but there will be no winner at the end of the day, only losers because love is lost in the vicious cycles of violence. More money may be gained. More power solidified. Land taken. But there will be no real winner because there will be too much human collateral damage, too much human death, a flood of ashes. History shows that post-war territories endure so much brokenness—structurally, economically, relationally, mentally, physically and much more—that they may limp along forever. Whether we see it or not, there are always remnants of ruins, internally and externally. Many places and people never recover from the effects of war. We know that even in the United States when we consider the many challenges our veterans face. They have seen the ashes of war, The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery is Dean of Duke the devastation of it all, including the blood of University Chapel. other human beings spilled over the dust of the earth. So often, as many grieving families touched by war know, there only remains the ashes of loved ones, sometimes never to be recovered. This timing of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is poignant. This Wednesday, If you’re an undergrad with March 2, is Ash Wednesday in the Christian opinions, or you love to write, we liturgical calendar. It is the beginning of the want you as a columnist. Publish season of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, ministers will place literal ashes on the forehead of indibiweekly, work with an editor to viduals as a reminder that we are dust and to hone your skills and ideas, and dust we will return. That mark tells us that we, join a community with a chance to as human beings, are ashes—vulnerable, frail, and mortal. become an editor in future years. The mark on foreheads on Ash Wednesday reveals our common humanity and shows that opinion@dukechronicle.com we are more alike than different. Maya Angelou put it this way in her poem, “Human Family”: Email for updates on recruitment We are more alike, my friends, this summer. than we are unalike. Ashes on the forehead are also a sign of mourning, which is a proper response to insane

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My hesitation with presentations Our culture is not your frat party If you had to give a twenty minute presentation, right here and now, what would you give it on? I’m sure, as the diverse community we advertise ourselves to be, I would receive a variety of answers. Skittles. Quantum Physics. Furries. The Hubble Space Telescope.

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Now you’re probably thinking, “Does this person have a life? Why is she so obsessed with lectures?” I’m so fixated on the idea of presentations because I don’t have an answer to the earlier question, which I feel like I should. The earlier twenty minute presentation question was actually another, more abstract and complicated question in disguise: what is your passion? As a sophomore, a student who has been living the Duke experience for two years, I should have an answer to this question. Perhaps it’s because I’m always surrounded by ambitious, innovative students who are always thinking of invention and creation, but I feel like it’s a crime to not feel passionate about something at Duke. I wish I was so engrossed, so suffocatingly possessed by something, that if I was requested to conduct a twenty minute presentation on the spot, I could do it. I try to comfort myself saying, “Sweetie, don’t worry, all that comes with time and experience.” Yet, I have peers who are stably committed to some concept in their fields, students who live, eat, and breathe Linear Algebra or Jane Austen or Pharmacology. Whereas…I don’t. My hands are empty. Somewhere along the way, my brain switched to autopilot, and I’m just cruising along the tracks, no premonition about direction. So, which one am I lacking? Time or experience? Or is it something else entirely? Some people say that this is just the sophomore slump or imposter syndrome. I acknowledge the possibility that I’m experiencing sophomore slump, but this is not imposter syndrome. I know that I belong here, that I have a place here at Duke. Yet, after Duke, I have no idea what place I’ll hold in the real world. I can’t even imagine it. I don’t like to conclude my articles with such an unsatisfactory notion, but I don’t want to pretend and preach that I miraculously found my passion last Sunday volunteering for wounded animals or some other cheap, emotional lie. Rather, I’ll put my faith in the future and leave a question for the future-me: Hi, do you have twenty minutes to spare? I think you owe me a presentation.

I…don’t know. I think I would stare at the flickering projector screen considering my options for the whole twenty minutes. Don’t get me wrong, I have interests of course. I have hobbies. I have many proud possessions in my “give-me-a-will-to-live” bag. Sure, I could ramble about Harry Potter or Captain America for twenty minutes. But a presentation is more than just speaking for twenty minutes. You need to make a point. You need to make people think. You need to inspire. The most common form of presentation students get are lectures. Professors are obviously very intelligent and knowledgeable about their fields. I’ve seen professors stumble over their lectures, jump inconsistently between concepts in a lecture, heck, some even forget to show up to lecture. All lecturers are smart people, but not all smart people are good lecturers. Before I even came to Duke, I was strongly advised to take Psychology 101 with Dr. Hard. I was told that the class was interesting, engaging, and not ridiculously stressful (something rarely found with Duke classes). Sure, all of that is true. However, in my first in-person class with Dr. Hard, I wasn’t in awe at any of those aspects. Instead, Dr. Hard never uttered a single filler word (ex. um, uh, like) during her lecture. There’s nothing wrong with using filler words; in fact, we use filler words to help us buy time to formulate thoughts. But I was in awe because I’ve never heard a professor deliver such a wellrehearsed lecture; it made me wondered how well she must have known the lecture’s content. You might think, “please, these professors have been studying their fields for decades. Of course, they know the material well.” Well, I’ve read Harry Potter for nearly ten years; I know the books forward and backwards. But I would only be able to give a presentation of recitation, where I stand there and describe important plot points. I wouldn’t be able to create something new from my familiarity with the content; I wouldn’t be able to give a lecture of inspiration. Linda Cao is a Trinity junior.

Letter: The spirit of our years at Duke Charlie Zong Dear Keith, When I came back to Duke and saw Nugget for the first time in a year on Monday, I didn’t think it would be the last time we spent together. But with old friends, we never think so. It was 70 degrees, a warm breeze heralding the encroaching summer. Most of the graduating class had moved out and moved on. But there was Nugget, sitting patiently on the stone bench outside West Union, just like she had when we met seven semesters ago on the steps of Marketplace. Trotting over, she was still as gracious as I remembered. Her fur shone golden in the sunlight as she nudged her way into my hands, panting insistently. We watched people passing by in caps and gowns, a few of the thousands of students she and you came to know. A few of them stopped to say goodbye to Nugget. “Do you think she knows which of her friends are graduating?” I asked. “Oh, I don’t think she can tell,” you said. “But when there aren’t so many people, when she hasn’t seen her friends for a while, she gets confused about why they’re gone.” You’ve told me so before, but until today, I didn’t truly understand. After all, there was no confusion when you could always see a friend again tomorrow. And so sophomore, junior and senior year slipped through our hands, until suddenly, it was time for us to say goodbye.

You said she’d found heaven on earth with all of her friends here. But the truth is, we found ourselves through her, too. For many of us, your daily visits set the tempo of our college lives. Thrown into the temporal gyre of Duke, with its classes and deadlines and meetings, with friendships formed and dissipated, no amount of loss or confusion could dissuade Nugget from nudging her nose into our hands. When I wasn’t sure where, exactly, the soul of this campus might be found, she would be there. She was always there—the constancy of her daily presence, the subtlety of her wordless reassurances, was friendship distilled into animal form. “Nugget—shake! Other! Other!” you said that day. She put her paw in your hand, a little slow and hesitant that day, but still reliable. You’d taught her the trick when she was a few months old, you said. She’d been shaking hands for ten—no, twelve—years now. I thought that someday this summer, I would learn to shake her hand. I thought she might be there to see me graduate next spring. I thought we would always have more time. In a way, Nugget was all of us. She was the spirit of our time at Duke—always there, until we weren’t. She didn’t take any of us for granted. And though she’s gone, we shouldn’t take each other, and our years here, for granted. Thank you for bringing her to see us— forever her friends, and yours. Your friend, Charlie Charlie Zong is a Trinity senior.

Cultural Organizations Coming Together

In 2003, Sigma Chi hosted a “Viva Mexico” party. This was a party in which fraternity members dressed as border patrol agents, handed out green cards and danced in construction vests. President Keohane shortly responded by saying “officials would look at party registrations more closely now.” Almost 20 years later, the university continues to be plagued with racist incidents On May 2, members of Alpha Delta Phi (ADPhi) drafted a message promoting their party stating: “Need help crossing the border? Lucky for you ADPhi has a few too many Latinos who are extremely skilled at evading law enforcement. Join us in [location]. Just don’t get deported.” It is both racist and classist to undermine and stereotype the experiences of Latinx students and their families. This statement criminalizes and dehumanizes Latin American immigrants whilst ignoring the hardships faced by them. We unequivocally condemn these racist statements, and the many others that have historically and continuously occurred. These incidents speak to quite a few issues that Duke University needs to resolve. Even outside Greek life, people continue to be affected by racist incidents at both systemic and direct levels. Last year, the Cardea Fellows Program was attacked with a racist printout that tried to justify the murder of George Floyd. Students said Duke administrators’ response characterized the incident as an opinion rather than an attack on their identity. Similarly in this case, there is a rhetoric among members of the Duke community that the ADPhi message was ‘just a joke’ or that ‘there is a different time or place to discuss racial issues.’ These are classic examples of tone policing, prioritizing comfort among participants in the attack rather than addressing the racist issue. When we begin to minimize the hardships of marginalized identities, and not just Latinx—all those who come from historically underrepresented backgrounds—we are trivializing the experiences of hundreds of thousands of people. Trivialization is always the first step in diminishing someone’s fight against injustice. Without accountability, this leads members of the university to continue promoting these behaviors and even escalating them. The disaffiliation of Greek life from Duke University has ignited this behavior. When Duke allowed Greek life to go off campus, Durham residents and those from marginalized backgrounds were left facing the consequences. Many Durham community members have come forward against ADPhi and their behavior. We stand with Durham residents and urge the university to take any action possible. This is not to say fraternities should be on campus with increased regulation, but all around Duke there seems to be no accountability in any form from the university. Many fraternities, sororities and selective living

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groups (SLGs) put up black squares and made posts supporting Black Lives Matter (BLM) following the summer of 2020. However, little to no meaningful action was taken during the summer or the time following that directly impacted the Duke or Durham community. Furthermore, disaffiliating executive members of Durham IFC justified the move by stating it would reduce racial bias incidents, but this has still not been the case. Statements have no substance if they aren’t met with transparent actions to reduce the rates of racial bias and prejudice. There is still no online mechanism to report racially motivated attacks that is widely available or accessible to the general public. Other than a hotline promoted during a rise in COVID cases or through messaging Durham IFC on instagram or Facebook messenger, there seems to be no way to easily contact them. Selective social groups, unaffiliated or not, need more transparency in their systems to address racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, ableism and sexual assault. Money and statements don’t mean much when the behavior you promote internally through members counters the actions you try to promote externally as an organization. Although some organizations such as Durham IFC are unaffiliated, they still interact with members of the Duke community and, therefore, should be held accountable for their actions. As an organization with entirely Duke students, these fraternities are still within Duke University’s purview and must still oblige to the Duke Community Standard which includes the Duke and Durham community. As such, to Durham IFC we demand: - More systems to allow confidential peer reporting from both inside and outside Greek life including a visible counter of racial bias incidents, along with what specifically was done to address an incident. - A peer judicial board that allows peer to peer accountability, partially run by students who are not in Greek Life. - Bystander training for all events on and off campus with alcohol. - Equity and bias training for all executive members, with an easily accessible way to see which groups choose not to. - A publicly available list identifying every executive member of Durham IFC and the executive boards of fraternities within its purview. Signed, Arab Student Organization Asian American Studies Working Group Asian Students Association Black Student Alliance Define America Duke Disability Alliance Duke Diya Duke Pamilya (Filipino Students Association) Duke SHAPE Duke Student Government La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Rho Chapter Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated Zeta Mu Chapter Latinx Business Organization Mi Gente Muslim Student Association Native American/Indigenous Student Alliance Our Urban Future Pakistani Students Association Persian Students Association PorColombia Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Students for Justice in Palestine Students of the Caribbean Association We await your response.

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From the man on the sidelines of Cameron Indoor Stadium to student activists, The Chronicle’s list of icons, leaders and pioneers seeks to highlight the contributions of members of the Duke community who make us all proud to call ourselves Blue Devils. Chron15 hopes to celebrate those who make Duke the lively community that returned in full capacity this year. From The Chronicle office, we cover the important stories about Duke. Throughout our coverage, we seek to shed light on the intricacies of Duke and tell the stories of the people behind “Duke.” Nominated by readers of The Chronicle and chosen by a special committee of staff, the members of this year’s Chron15 list are individuals and organizations that have committed countless hours to improve the University’s academic programs, succeed in athletic competitions and create spaces for all students to feel represented. They are people who have poured their hearts out during a close game, people who have advocated for a more diverse and representative Duke and people who make it their mission to make everyone they talk to feel loved and appreciated. The members of this year’s Chron15 are what make Duke, Duke. But more importantly, they are the people who teach your 8:30, wave to you on the BC plaza or study next to you in Perkins. They are Blue Devils just like you and me, a reminder of the potential of a dedicated group or individual. As you read the profiles of these 15 remarkable people and organizations, I hope you will take the time to reflect on their contributions but also those of the many people and groups that did not make the list. The Chronicle can only name 15 winners, but our readers can thank countless more community members for all their contributions. Kathryn Thomas chaired the 2021-22 Chron15 committee. She is a Trinity junior and the Vol. 118 news editor.

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The 2021-22 Duke men’s basketball season was many things, but most of all it was an ode to Coach K. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced prior to the season that it would be his last with the team after over four decades at the helm and five national championships, and at every step throughout, those in proximity to the team took the chance to honor what he has done for the sport of basketball. From personalized gifts at nearly every away game to endless articles and media—though Krzyzewski himself said he wanted the season to still be about the team—it was impossible not to see the season in a different light given his forthcoming retirement. After a supremely successful season that saw the Blue Devils win an ACC regular-season championship and go to Krzyzewski’s 13th NCAA tournament Final Four—the most by a single coach in NCAA history—the Blue Devils lost in the Final Four to North Carolina. Krzyzewski’s head coaching career was over.

WRITING 101 classes are geared to teach students the skills needed for academic writing throughout one’s college education. But instead of teaching these skills as an end in itself, the TWP was founded in 2000 with the goal of teaching students how to write within the context of a discipline. This thematic approach—revolutionary for its time—is what earned the TWP a number two ranking among “Writing in the Disciplines Programs” according to US News and World Report. The backbone of the TWP is its lecturing fellows. The fellows were hired to teach these discipline-based writing courses because of their doctoral training in a specific field, ranging from anthropology to ecology. The fellows were originally recruited to Duke on a promise that their positions would be similar to postdoctoral fellowships that would set them up for a career elsewhere. However, they didn’t receive any of the training that a postdoctoral fellow would. And so they unionized in 2016 and negotiated with the University for renewable contracts as they felt that they were teaching faculty rather than trainees. Though renewability was won for some fellows in 2017, the TWP is restructuring itself to focus on rhetoric and composition instead of disciplinary writing, and the new classes of fellows will need different qualifications consistent with this new goal. Current fellows claim this is simply to push out the remaining fellows fighting for renewability and to bust the TWP cluster of the Duke Faculty Union by changing the educational requirement of the new positions and ensuring they are non-unionized. As this happens, the iconic program that Duke students—past and present—know and love, is changing. By how much, exactly, remains to be seen. Adway Wadekar, Vol. 118 university news editor

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The team thought he could use a companion in his retirement years. Before the start of the 2021-22 season, Krzyzewski’s beloved Labrador Retriever, Blue, died. Though he took the season to focus on basketball, in March, Krzyzewski told the News and Observer, “I miss my dog.” Then, at the team banquet in April, team captain Wendell Moore Jr., presented Krzyzewski with a Labrador puppy named none other than Coach. Though nothing can truly repay Coach K’s contributions, at the very least he will get to spend his well-earned retirement surrounded by those he loves: his wife Mickie, his family and now, man’s best friend. Sasha Richie, Vol. 118 sports managing editor

John Rose serves as associate director of the Civil Discourse Project and as an instructor in the Kenan Institute of Ethics, but his impact on the Duke community goes far beyond his formal job titles. Through his courses, Civil Discourse Project programming and more, Rose creates spaces on campus in which students can regularly engage in conversations on controversial political topics with peers and experts who may hold vastly differing opinions. A champion of intellectual diversity and freedom of thought on campus, he encourages students to engage in collective thought, discussion and disagreement, an especially pressing mission in today’s increasingly polarized political climate. To foster such open forums, Rose makes sure his students know that they won’t face

Members of the Duke community protesting changes to the TWP in December| Adway Wadekar

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DeWayne Carter

DeWayne Carter wears the number 90, is a legend from Ohio and an icon at Duke and in Durham. When I walk from practice to class with Carter, he always stops and shares a smile and a laugh with everyone he passes. On top of his academic and athletic pursuits, Carter has continuously found ways to give back to the Durham community through volunteering with local schools. Carter has worked exceptionally hard in school, twice earning a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. He is an excellent defensive player, grasping an All-ACC selection player in his junior season. Carter was also a recipient of the Ace Parker Award, an annual award to an individual who demonstrates unwavering devotion to the team and perseveres in the face of adversity to contribute. As a captain of the Duke football team, his commanding voice inspires his teammates and classmates to To see more of Duke’s icons, see ICONS on page 2

INSIDE ‘It’s all about the people’ Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby reflects on her time at Duke before she departs for University of Maryland Baltimore County. PAGE 5

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For as long as can be, every undergraduate Duke student has had to take WRITING 101 in their first year. For many of them, the course has been a transformative experience. Offered through the Thompson Writing Program and taught by its lecturing fellows,

any social or professional penalties for the opinions they voice, and tells students to assume that all opinions are being offered in goodwill. Beyond these contributions, Rose’s personal demeanor and approachability make him a beloved member of the Duke community. Exceptionally attentive to students, Rose cares about them beyond their academics. In a class of 80 people, he remembered personal details about me after a single conversation, for instance. By consistently making time for “coffee chats,” he welcomes conversations of all kinds, helping students who seek him out truly understand how welcoming the Duke community can be. Andrew Nguyen, Trinity ’22

Meet the new DSG President She hopes to implement a “cultural reset” to bring DSG closer to the rest of the undergraduate population. PAGE 6

The faces behind the mascot John Rose | Courtesy of Andrew Nguyen

After four years behind the Blue Devil suit, graduating Blue Devils share the highs and lows of their time as mascots. PAGE 11

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FROM PAGE 1 believe in themselves. Carter is the face of a bright future for Duke Football. As the Public Relations Chair for Duke United Black Athletes, Carter amplifies the platform of Black student athletes. Carter also represents Duke Football on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, connecting Duke’s athletic teams and creating a cohesive and supportive environment among the sports community at the University. Carter dreams of becoming a middle or high school principal to inspire young students. He volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, tutored for KIPP Durham College Prep, and tutored for Ignite! Online Academy. In addition, he coached a little league baseball team in Durham, leading many young athletes to succeed in their eyes. Carter has changed lives in the Duke and Durham community. From sharing a laugh with a classmate, supporting a teammate to encouraging a young scholar or athlete, he always inspires those around him and encourages people to achieve their dreams. Calib Perez, Trinity ’24 and Offensive Lineman for Duke Football

of past and present volunteers by name, interest, majors and more; she arranges DPK events for everyone from law students to pediatric nurses, and she ensures that the puppies are happy, healthy and bringing joy to everyone around them. Woods’ job brings her into constant contact with the Duke community and beyond. It is a good thing then that science outreach is one of Woods’s greatest talents, as she a former winner of the Australian Science award for journalism. She seemingly pops up anywhere interested audiences may lie—60 Minutes, Washington Post articles, PBS, the Smithsonian Magazine—so clearly she’s an expert at getting the public interested in science. On campus, Woods serves as a role model for both high schoolers and college students interested in science and research, and she will readily encourage anyone to get involved in any way they can. Her impact as an icon and leader in the Duke community and even beyond can not be understated—ask anyone who’s visited or volunteered at the Duke Puppy Kindergarten, and they will readily agree. Jonathan Pertile, Vol. 118 recess editor

Vanessa Woods

Have you visited the Duke Puppy Kindergarten? Maybe you attended one of their many events. Did the puppies visit your dorm? Perhaps you know a volunteer at the kindergarten or even happen to volunteer yourself. If so, then you can thank Vanessa Woods. Woods is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning journalist and a research scientist in the department of evolutionary anthropology, but on Duke’s campus, she is best known for her role as director of the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. There, Woods organizes volunteering and outreach for the puppies, and she does an amazing job of it—she knows all the hundreds

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these topics persisted on campus and through DSG. Carlos eventually became Duke LIFE president and worked to continue reviving these identity spaces as the University relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. Aside from having an impressive impact on the administration, Carlos has also been a mentor and close friend to many. Nearly all of those who come through La Casa know the name Carlos Diaz. His campaign slogan “Todo El Trabajo Para Mi Gente,” meaning “All the work for my people,” isn’t just a saying to him. Diaz’s time at Duke in many ways has been emblematic of this, with his tireless commitment to underclassmen inspiring many others to tackle the same issues he has. Anthony Salgado, Trinity ’24

Carlos Diaz’s time at Duke has been marked by a deep commitment to student advocacy. Diaz started his Duke journey in 2018, inspired by Latinx Student Recruitment Weekend. His sophomore year, he joined Mi Gente’s executive board as Unidos Chair and began working for the Center for Multicultural Affairs. His junior year, he stepped up to the plate as president of Mi Gente. Diaz guided Mi Gente through tumultuous times and engaged with administration on COVID-19 policy as well as racial bias training following summer 2020. Any time there was an equity issue, Carlos was there to Penny Jacobs Fleming’s passion and care advocate for student-facing solutions even if for Duke is evident in every interaction she has it meant clashing with administration. with the community. A leader with untold hours of volunteer service to the University, she is distinguished by the level of dedication, insight and sought-after institutional knowledge she provides. Fleming’s stewardship of the parent Facebook page during the COVID-19 pandemic has left a mark on many. As the University implemented online classes and restrictions on in-person gatherings, Fleming calmly answered anxious parents’ questions about University protocols. If she didn’t have an answer, she provided comfort, wisdom and a steady hand to Carlos Diaz | Courtesy of Anthony Salgado Duke families during unprecedented times. Beyond her role During his campaign for Duke Student Government president, he put issues on the as an omnipresent page table concerning Title IX and cultural groups Facebook and called the University out on classism c o - a d m i n i s t r a t o r, Penny Jacobs Fleming like no candidate had done before. Despite Fleming is everywhere | Courtesy of ultimately losing, conversations surrounding on campus. She’s a Scholars@Duke

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In his four years at the University, Shrey Majmudar, Trinity ’22, undoubtedly played a role in redefining the Duke experience for thousands of students. Majmudar, a first-generation Indian American, recently graduated with a major in public policy, minor in computer science and certificate in science and society. Much of Majmudar’s work originated in Duke Student Government, where he served as its chief of staff, vice president of academic affairs and founder of DSG’s mental health caucus. He helped lead Duke’s undergraduate COVID-19 response as chair of the Student Advisory Board, a role in which he worked 60 to 80 hours a week in the summer of 2020. Majmudar also helped found Blue Devil Buddies, the popular mentorship program that pairs incoming first-years with upperclassmen. Other initiatives included the syllabus bank and a revamping of the University’s incapacitation form to acknowledge mental health issues. Beyond DSG, Majmudar, a 2022 undergraduate Young Trustee finalist, served on two standing committees of the Board of Trustees. He also served on over 20 university committees, councils and search committees, including the Next Gen Living & Learning 2.0 Steering Committee and the Provost’s 2030 Working Group on Education, and worked with many senior administrators. With extensive involvement in both the student and administrative sides of Duke, Majmudar’s work hinged on the relationships he built with students, administrators and faculty in efforts to better the University. At Duke, Majmudar was particularly skillful at centering student voices and advocating

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First-Generation Engagement, Clifton has proven himself to be a reliable leader, advocate and friend. Clifton became involved in his various activities because of an intentional choice to impact the area around him, he said. In his hometown of Henderson, North Carolina, he mentors high school students who have questions about applying to college. His main motivation for this comes from wanting to be someone who students can “talk to freely without being judged.” This is the same motivation behind his desire to attend graduate school for psychology, become a therapist and open a free clinic. Many of Clifton’s efforts have been focused on the African American community. Aside from having membership in the Black Men’s Union, Black Student Alliance and Alpha Phi Alpha, Clifton helped charter a Duke chapter of 100 Black Men of America. According to Clifton, he and around eight other men focused on creating Duke-specific traditions, fostering a mentorship program and networking with other campus chapters. When reflecting on his influence at Duke, Clifton looks to an idea he said derives from Maya Angelou—the measurement of the person you are is the effect you have on people. “Oftentimes people remember the things you said and did to them more so than anything else,” Clifton said. “I want individuals to say, ‘Victor was active, Victor was a part of the community.’ That’s all I really want, it to be known that I was one of the individuals that tried.” Alison Korn, V. 118 enterprise editor

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Man killed by police officer at Duke Hospital in January was shot three times in back, documents reveal BY NADIA BEY | MAY 15, 2022 Law enforcement told Raishawn Jones to put the gun down, but Jones “ignored their orders and was subsequently shot several times in the back,” according to the investigation report. Jones’ autopsy reveals that he was shot three times, resulting in damage to his heart and other internal organs. level, Jin has also been an invaluable resource for international students, visiting scholars and their families, helping them adjust to Duke and address any challenges they may face. Jin’s genuine desire to improve Duke is crystal clear to anyone that meets her. Jin completes the Duke community. She is selfless, warm and always equipped with snacks to give out anywhere at any time. We hope the 2022 Chron15 is the first of many outlets where Jin receives the recognition she deserves for all of her hard work. Ashley Bae and Annie Cui, Trinity ’24

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Duke Athletics saw significant changes this year, from new hires in men’s basketball and football to updated NCAA rules for studentathlete compensation to bringing fans back to Duke games. Nina King, newly-promoted vice president and director of athletics, has been there through each change to lead the transition into a new era of Duke sports. King made history when she was hired to succeed athletic director Kevin White in May 2021. King is now the first woman as well as the first Black person to hold this position at Duke. Among Power Five conferences nationally,

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for policy changes, utilizing his unique knowledge of the University’s structure and its players. Majmudar recently received the 2022 Terry Sanford Leadership Award from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. In a video, Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president of student affairs, dubbed Majmuadar a “once in a generation talent.” It’s an apt description for a man who has given so much of his time, care and attention to better Duke, unfailingly passionate and dedicated to the University—with all its current successes, but also, always, what he believed it could be. Milla Surjadi, Vol. 118 editor-in-chief

Ling Jin’s official title at Duke is the assistant director of International House, but “assistant director” cannot fully represent the role that Ling fills on campus. Despite an understaffed IHouse, Jin has worked tirelessly this past year while also maintaining the bubbly attitude that she is beloved for. From guiding international students through the convoluted visa services and tax filing processes to overseeing the Global Fellows Program through a successful first year, Jin has proven herself to be a kind, responsive and most importantly, a compassionate leader. Jin’s impeccable management of the Language Partners Program and English Conversation Club has been central to highlighting Duke’s sometimes hidden international community. On an individual

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and bracketing for the Women’s March Madness tournament. An adjunct professor of business administration, King also teaches a graduate sports business class in the Fuqua School of Business. “The Duke brand is strong,” King said. “We want to honor tradition, all while keeping our priority number one [the] student athlete experience.” Anisha Reddy, Vol. 118 senior editor

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King is the third Black woman to be athletic director. “I’m so proud to be a part of progress,” King said. “It’s my responsibility to create opportunities for women and people of color to continue to build our pipeline and ensure that some of these underrepresented groups are represented at all levels.” King wears many other hats in addition to her athletic director role. In 2021-2022, King served a second consecutive year as the chair for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, which determines selection, seeding

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After going public in March 2021, the Duke University Press Workers Union faced a year-long battle with the University that culminated with a successful recognition from the National Labor Relations Board on March 20, 2022. The union began in response to “constant turnover, extended vacancies, low compensation, inconsistent policy enforcement, and patterns of discrimination” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the union’s press statement on March 29, 2021. Just over a week after workers voted 35 for and 31 against in favor of unionization on June 29, 2021, University lawyers petitioned for a re-run election, citing logistical errors present during the election. While the NLRB ruled to overturn the petition in early October, the University appealed the ruling. Nevertheless, on Feb. 4, the NLRB rejected Duke’s request, allowing the DUP to win its election for unionization. On March 20, nearly a year after going public, the DUP Workers Union was officially recognized by the NLRB. Over this time, the union garnered support from multiple elected Durham officials, including the mayor and mayor pro tempore; over 70 Duke faculty members; over 350 DUP authors and editors and fellow unions. While the University launched another appeal in early April, the union will remain certified “unless the NLRB issues a stay or decides to accept Duke’s specious arguments,” wrote a DUP Workers Union tweet on April 5. Audrey Wang, Vol. 118 university news editor To see more of Duke’s pioneers, see PIONEERS on page 4

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Asian American Studies Working Group After decades of student activism, Duke established the Asian American & Diaspora Studies Minor this year after a unanimous vote of approval from the Arts & Sciences Council. The new minor is a partnership between the Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program and the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies. But it was the student-run Asian American Studies Working Group (AASWG) that worked tirelessly to advocate for the minor and for more comprehensive ethnic studies curricula. Founded in 2016, ASSWG was a key component in the AADS program’s development, which launched in May 2018. It is also one of many student organizations pushing for an Ethnic Studies department at Duke. The AADS minor represents a breakthrough in AASWG’s advocacy, as it is the first minor of its kind in the American South, aside from Florida and Texas, according to AADS director Esther Kim Lee, a professor of theater studies at Duke. In addition, AASWG played a large role in the advocacy in the cluster hire of two new AADS faculty members, Anna Storti, assistant professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, and Calvin Cheung-Miaw, assistant research professor of history. The AADS minor is a milestone for AASWG, and is a step in the right direction for the creation of an Ethnic Studies department. Classes for the AADS minor are available to be added to shopping carts for fall 2022. Ishani Raha, Vol. 118 university news editor

Police Department to identify patterns of crimes to better identify repeat offenders. The When you think of computer algorithms, New York Police Department used the team’s you might think of lines of code that code to develop a software system called stretch to infinity. But Cynthia Rudin, Patternizr, which compares each new “seed” professor of computer science, electrical crime to older incidents to analyze if the events and computer engineering, statistical could be part of a series. “I didn’t want to just work on methodology science and biostatistics & bioinformatics, writes algorithms small enough to fit on an or theory,” Rudin wrote to The Chronicle. “I wanted to see how it worked in practice. AI is index card. starting to have a huge impact in our world.” Rudin is also the director of Interpretable Machine Learning Lab at Duke, and her work has been recognized nationally. In October 2021, she was named the 2021 recipient of the AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. In April, she was awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, which provides “no-stringsattached” funding for fellows to pursue impactful projects. Rudin is using the funds to develop a multimedia textbook for introductory, graduate level and advanced undergraduate

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Instead of developing increasingly complex algorithms, Rudin focuses on their accessibility and ease of use. She is known for her research and design of interpretable forms of artificial intelligence, and her approach to machine learning has had profound impacts. For example, she worked with a team to predict seizures, which allowed doctors to monitor 2.8 times more patients and saved over $6 million at two major hospitals in fiscal year 2018. In 2019, Rudin worked closely with her former student, Tong Wang, and the Cambridge

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level machine learning, and she is making artificial intelligence’s interpretability a core focus. Katie Tan, Vol. 118 managing editor

Lydia Wang

Hailing from the small town of Ardmore, Oklahoma, dancer and micro influencer Lydia Wang came to Duke in 2018 with big ambitions. Wang, Trinity ‘22, was one of the earliest members of Pureun, Duke’s premier K-pop dance organization. In her first two years at Duke, Wang helped expand Pureun’s virtual platform among the K-pop community by establishing the group’s Instagram and YouTube. Maintaining Pureun’s online presence was especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wang, then copresident, brushed up on her filmmaking skills to record group dances and share them on the group’s social media. In April, Wang was able to put her filmmaking and cinematography skills on display in Pureun’s inaugural showcase. She worked with Cinematic Arts at Duke and Freewater Productions to create many of the short dance films that were shown during the showcase, which she said were “labors of love, but so much fun.” “We didn’t know what to expect [of the showcase] because we had no prior experience organizing one before, but we had a good turnout,” Wang said. “We had around 300 or more attendees which was insane for us.” Wang graduated this year with an interdepartmental major in psychology and visual media studies. She has plans to make an impact in the fashion industry at Abercrombie & Fitch in Columbus, Ohio, but she’s not ready to put her love for filmmaking and dancing to rest. She also plans to work with local dance groups and musicians in Columbus. Morgan Fletcher, V. 118 staff reporter

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‘IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE’ Trinity College Dean Valerie Ashby reflects on her time at Duke By Anisha Reddy May 22, 2022

Valerie Ashby, dean of Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the daughter of two high school teachers, was seemingly destined to be an educator. Now, after a seven-year tenure at Duke, Ashby has a wealth of memories, accomplishments and advice under her belt. In August, Ashby will begin a new role as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Growing up in Clayton, North Carolina, Ashby recounted, “My mother was an English teacher and a Shakespeare fanatic. My father was a math and science teacher. And that’s where my love for math and science began.” Surrounded by aspects of the liberal arts education that Duke places the same emphasis on, Ashby said she knew early on that she would be an educator. “Teaching is in my blood; it’s what I love most,” she said. Ashby received her bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and conducted postdoctoral research at Universität Mainz in Germany. After completing her education, Ashby was a faculty member at Iowa State University from 1996 to 2003, then at UNC from 2003 to 2015, where she served as chair of the chemistry department from 2012 to 2015 before coming to Duke. Through her career, Ashby has worked to increase the visibility of underrepresented minorities in academia and STEM research. After receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation to increase doctorate degrees in STEM fields among minorities,

Ashby’s work helped improve the doctoral completion rate for these students at UNC from 60% to 85%. “The only way to obtain excellence is through diversity,” Ashby said. Steve and Ann Potter, Trinity ’79 and former co-chairs of the Trinity Board of Visitors, wrote in an email that Ashby helped expand pathways in STEM fields for women and people of color. “If everybody teaching or in leadership was the same race, gender, that would be unbelievable to us and hard for us to imagine. And so to that I say, ‘Imagine being a student who never ever saw anybody like you,’” Ashby said. “Role models are really important. I think it’s just encouraging for people, it’s inspiring for people, and it lets you know that Duke belongs to you.” Ashby’s efforts were “guided by a vision for inclusive excellence that is a hallmark of Valerie’s leadership,” Michael Gorman, Trinity ’88 and TBOV member, wrote in an email. Assistant Professor of Biology Gustavo Silva wrote in an email that Ashby’s leadership was one of the main reasons he joined Duke’s faculty. “Her life-long experience as a Black scientist gave me confidence that this would be the perfect place to launch my independent career,” Silva wrote. Beyond efforts to increase diversity, Ashby will be remembered for her commitment to Trinity’s mission of delivering a world-class liberal arts education. In this effort, Ashby said that she sought to hire faculty equally committed to teaching and research, deliver a diverse curriculum and mentor faculty and students seeking leadership positions. But beyond the Trinity policy reforms she oversaw or the faculty she hired, speaking to

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Ashby’s colleagues left a sense that she will be most missed for the relationships she carefully cultivated with the people around her. Ashby explained that her support system includes department chairs, directors of graduate and undergraduate studies, all 700 faculty members and countless staff. Gorman wrote of her “inherent optimism” and her ability to combine “the mind of a chemist” and the “heart of a humanist.” “From day one, she made sure that we assistant professors knew that we had full access and support from her and her team; a promise that was made good every day in the five years I have been at Duke,” Silva wrote.

Kathryn Kennedy, executive director of communications for Trinity, added that after Ashby’s appointment as UMBC’s president, the hundreds of congratulatory texts and emails Ashby received were a “testament to how her authenticity, integrity and high-touch leadership style have been deeply appreciated by so many.” Ashby holds her role as a mentor dear to her heart. “I have student office hours every week and have forever, and those have been some of the most fun conversations that I’ve had with students,” Ashby explained. “You just see ASHBY on page 14

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DSG President-elect Lana Gesinsky shares hopes for term

By Audrey Wang May 24, 2022

When Lana Gesinsky’s high school teacher sent her report card to her parents, she noted that Gesinsky was “a follower instead of a leader.” Now, the tides have turned. Gesinsky, a senior, is the president-elect of Duke Student Government, with ambitions to implement a “cultural reset” to bring DSG closer to the rest of the undergraduate population. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gesinsky found herself at the center of a “switch time” for DSG, as administrators began reaching out to the organization for its student perspective. “DSG had to work three times as hard to try to make sure that we were in the conversation,” she said. “That’s really when I found my voice of advocacy and assertiveness.” And find it she did—Gesinsky worked on a number of programs, including collaborating on the Blue Devil Buddies mentorship program, increasing on-campus outdoor seating and helping block students with their friends in on-campus housing throughout the pandemic. Behind the scenes, she recalls hopping on multiple calls a day with administrators to address everything from Zoom classes to missed COVID-19 tests. “Lana has proven that she is willing to amplify constructive and dissenting student views to administration—which leads to better outcomes for everyone,” Christopher Rossi, assistant vice president of

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student affairs for strategic engagement, wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “One of my biggest concerns is that staff only hear from a small portion of the student body; Lana has shown an ability to broaden the feedback channel to help us see the broader picture.” Despite the busy days, this time also allowed Gesinsky’s love for DSG to truly blossom. As members worked tirelessly on their projects, the three-hour-long Zoom calls became chances for them to bond and become more familiar with one another. “That’s when I really became friends with people in DSG and also just realize the power that we had and how we can use it,” she said. “My love for DSG has grown ever since and made me want to continue and run for president.” The beginning of the road Gesinsky was involved in DSG for the three years she’s been at Duke, serving as a senator of campus life for two years and the vice president of campus life her junior year. Yet, student government was far from first-year Gesinsky’s mind. As the former student body president of her high school, she was adamant about trying “something new.” When she stepped into the activities fair, she immediately found it overwhelming. While throwing out ideas to her friends about how to improve the fair, they suggested that she run for DSG—and supported her ever since. “[In] freshman year, one of my best friends, Nancy [Beaujeu-Dufour, a senior], was like, ‘You know, if you run for president, I’m going to be your campaign manager,’” Gesinsky said. At the time, Gesinsky didn’t even know if she was going to run, but Beaujeu-Dufour’s words stuck with her. Two years later, when Gesinsky decided to run for president, she immediately knew who was going to be her campaign manager. Gesinsky’s attunement with others was a major force driving her to the presidency. A self-described extrovert, she thrives when talking to and connecting with others. “Her leadership superpower is how personable and empathetic she is,” Landy Elliott, the assistant vice provost for undergraduate strategic initiatives, wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “She is definitely not afraid to roll up her

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sleeves and tackle all the behind-the-scenes, unglamorous work to get the job done.” Elliott, who first met Gesinsky her sophomore year, described her strengths in understanding all sides of an issue and building rapport with both students and administrators.

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Former DSG Executive Vice President Ramya Ginjupalli, Trinity ’22, echoed these sentiments. She wrote in an email to The Chronicle that Gesinsky “is known for not only her kindness towards others but her dedication to improving the University while empowering student voices.” This extroverted nature also helped Gesinsky make a tangible impact through her DSG work. She guided her projects through the idea of “making the Duke experience less stressful.” “You don’t have a mentor to guide you? Let’s get one. There’s no outdoor seating? Let’s figure it out. [The Brodhead Center] closes at 7 p.m., but you have meetings at 8 p.m.? Let’s try to extend those hours,” Gesinsky said. Ultimately, it was this satisfaction with seeing the impact of her work and her connection to the greater Duke community that drove Gesinsky to run on a platform of ushering in a DSG “cultural reset.” The campaign stop Gesinsky is open about the emotional strain of her campaign and her gratitude for the support she received over the weeks leading up to the election. “I would not have been able to do this without my friends and family,” she said. “[The campaign] took a lot out of me, see DSG on page 14

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Duke to increase minimum wage for students and employees By Preetha Ramachandran, Nadia Bey and Gautam Sirdeshmukh April 8, 2022

Effective July 1, the minimum wage for general student job postings will increase to $15 per hour, a jump from the $10.50 baseline currently outlined by the Karsh Office of Undergraduate Financial Support. The minimum wage for specialized student jobs will increase to $16 per hour from the current $11.50 rate. Maximum wages will also rise, with general assistant positions increasing from $16.50 to $19.50 per hour and specialized assistant positions increasing from $19.50 to $22.50 per hour. A full outline of the proposed changes can be found in a memo obtained by The Chronicle, sent from Kimberley Harris, associate vice provost and director of academic human resources services, to various deans, directors and program heads in December 2021. Student pay rates are determined based on what category a given position falls under. The first category, “Student Assistants: General,” includes office support, service workers, general library support and program support. The second category, “Student Assistants: Specialized,” includes advanced tutors, research assistants and students performing advanced technical or computing tasks. Students on work-study for summer session I will still be paid between $10.25 and $16.25 per hour for general positions and between $11.25 and 19.25 per hour for specialized positions, according to verification notices from the Karsh Office. Summer session I ends June 23, about a week before the new minimum wage is set to take effect. Employee minimum wage increases Employee minimum wage will now also increase to $17 per hour for all eligible Duke employees, according to a press release. The new wage will go into effect on June 1. The minimum wage for eligible Duke employees and full-time contract workers is currently $15 per hour, a wage that was set in 2019. The federal and state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. The new wage applies to all eligible “regular University and Health System staff,” meaning those working at least 20 hours per week, 36 weeks per year. This covers 3,100 Duke staff members. Since students cannot work more than 19.9 hours per week, they are assigned the $15 baseline wage. The press release stipulates that positions that are covered under a collective bargaining agreement “will be addressed under the provision of the contract.”

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Moments from a Tuesday on the BC plaza By Matthew Griffin April 19, 2022

It’s the kind of day a college campus was made for. The sun shines from a blue sky patterned with clouds. New leaves and dogwood flowers splash green and white onto old gray stone. A tour group stands on Abele Quad while Keith and Nugget greet people outside the Brodhead Center. On the Duke Gardens lawn, a family eats lunch by the pond, and a pair of seniors work on their tans on a nearby bench. Seemingly everyone has come outdoors on April 12, a Tuesday, and the Bryan Center plaza is the beating heart of it all. It’s a hot afternoon, but cooler in the shade of the plaza’s trees. Hardly a table is unoccupied. Many are laden with computers and books, cups of iced coffee and to-go containers of food. And the sound of voices is impossible to ignore. One table erupts with laughter. At another, students chat in Spanish over lunch. At others, stories are shared from past nights out and plans are made for future revelries. If you close your eyes it all becomes one great cacophony, so loud it feels almost like a physical vibration. The conversations blend intellectual musings and small talk, the profound and the inane. At one table, three sophomores debate the ratio of ants to humans on Earth. “Definitively, Google says that there are 1 quintillion ants on Earth compared to 8 billion humans, so there are 125 million ants per human,” Ahan Kaul says. He and the others, Chinmay Amin and Kidest Wolde, agree that there are not in fact 1 billion ants per person, a number they’d discussed as a possibility. The conversation wanders, touching on whether you eat spiders by accident when you sleep, then on ant infestations. “I got ants in my dorm room one time, and it felt like there were some quintillion amount of those,” Amin says. “You had spiders in your room?” Wolde asks. “Not spiders, ants,” Amin says. Then he muses, “How many spiders are there in the world per human?”

Throughout the afternoon, the plaza is a whirlwind of activity. Students come and go from the tables. People walk past carrying drinks and food containers and bags from the Duke Stores, a stream of activity that becomes a churning river between class periods. Some of the passersby stop to talk to the students tabling for events and causes—the Wind Symphony’s Viennese Ball; PARE, a program that educates and empowers Latina women who have survived Matthew Griffin abuse; Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit raising money for a free clinic in Henderson, N.C. Under the trees, students discuss job hunts and summer plans, infusing the whole scene with that heady springtime feeling of impending change. Against the chaotic backdrop, moments of stillness play out. Seniors Jadon Kerry and Frank Marinello sit in the sun in their free time before lacrosse practice, drinking iced coffee. Kerry does research for a class paper on paying student athletes and Marinello reads Matthew McConaughey’s memoir, “Greenlights.” On a swinging bench, senior Noemie Bacigalupi tells a story to Michelle Lauer, Trinity ‘13. Bacigalupi had a difficult semester last fall and would often stay up all night working on campus. On nighttime walks to campus, she sometimes saw groups of deer. “They were fairly comfortable with people, so they wouldn’t immediately run away. We would just have, like … this stare-down,” Bacigalupi says. “And a lot of the time in the early fall I would see the little babies, and they were so cute.” Lauer listens. She laughs from time to time but doesn’t yet jump in to speak. Bacigalupi recalls the way her mindset about those walks changed. She’d tell herself she was walking to see the deer— having to work late was just a “casual byproduct.” “I’m a big believer, and we’ve talked about this, in the idea of feeling very grateful for little things,” she tells Lauer. “The little amens of the world.”

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‘The worst-kept secret in the history of Duke’ Blue Devil mascots reveal their identity, reflect on time at Duke let the cat out of the bag. In recent Instagram posts, both Thomas and Schick revealed their identity as the Blue Devil mascot, garnering reactions of shock, elation and a few “I knew it!” comments from friends, according to the pair. Beyond attending sporting events, riling up crowds and dancing around fields and courts, life as the well-loved mascot contains hidden aspects. From accidental identity reveals to having a head almost fall off in the thick of a game, Thomas and Schick have experienced it all.

“It turns out one of the mascots at the time was the roommate of my Bible study leader. So my Bible study leader said, ‘Hey, this guy wants to do this,’” Thomas recalled. “And they created a special audition for me.” After prevailing through multiple intensive audition rounds with tasks like mimicking another Blue Devil hyping up a crowd, a dance-off and test-running with the costume at a tennis game, Thomas got the gig. Thomas has attended a variety of events, ranging from charity fundraisers to weddings. Despite this demanding schedule, he still doesn’t have a “least favorite” part of the job. ‘The hype man of all hype men’ “All of it’s pretty fun. We do a lot of events Thomas has described the “awesome” outside of sporting events that are usually a experience of suiting up in the Blue Devil little bit less exciting, but those are still really costume as “one of the favorite parts” of fun,” Thomas said. “It’s all been a blast.” his college years. Along with the serious aspects of the job, “It’s just an electric experience, Thomas would fool around with his friends being the hype man of all hype men,” while in the mascot costume. “One of my favorite things has been getting to he said. From being in costume for just mess with people in the student section who are the Duke-UNC game in his my friends, but didn’t know I was the mascot,” he sophomore year to traveling to said. “I would mess with them, screw around with shoot commercials to being on them and have some crowd interaction with them. the Final Four court earlier this After the game, they’d be like, ‘Oh my gosh, the Blue year during March Madness, Devil was all over me, what was going on?’” Thomas said that “just getting to Many of those friends didn’t find out that be there was insane.” Thomas was the mascot until his reveal via Thomas started performing as the Instagram in April. Still, that wasn’t because Blue Devil as a first-year. Despite missing Thomas was particularly good at keeping the traditional auditions held during the fall secret. In his post, Thomas dubbed his alter semester that year, he was determined to ego “the worst kept secret in the history of find out what it would take for him to be Duke University.” the person in the iconic costume. “I definitely didn’t do the best job,” Thomas In a long shot, Thomas, who was involved said. “My roommates and the people I lived with with Duke Cru, texted in his Bible study knew, because at some point, you get invited to GroupMe, “Hey, does anyone know how to every basketball game, and you have to say, ‘No, become the Blue Devil?” I can’t go.’ Your friends will see you outside of

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Cameron and afterwards, and they’re like, ‘You’re all sweaty, what are you doing?’” But after his final season as mascot, Thomas was excited and more than ready to reveal his double life. “I’ve been looking forward to that [reveal] for

“There’s really something about it that releases all the stress and pressure, and I have always been able to get in the suit and adopt a different persona.” stratton thomas

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like two years, because it’s something that every mascot at every school gets the opportunity to do,” Thomas said. “[The reveal post] has become my most popular Instagram post, so no complaints there, but also all the comments from both friends and acquaintances that I’ve known since my freshman year are overwhelming and amazing.” Though being the mascot was an activity Thomas took on for his own enjoyment, he still enjoyed the fame that revealing his secret identity brought. “I was getting Instagram DMs and texts that said, ‘What? You’ve been the mascot?’” Thomas said. “I got to say, ‘Yeah, it’s been me the whole time.’... I almost feel like a campus celebrity because I’ll have people that I’ll see, and they’ll say, ‘Wait, I saw your post. You’ve been the Blue Devil!’” For Thomas, leaving the costume and the “most impactful, most memorable, most crazy experience” of his college career behind has been a bittersweet experience. “There’s really something about it that see MASCOTS on page 12

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FROM PAGE 11 releases all the stress and pressure, and I have always been able to get in the suit and adopt a different persona,” he said. “But really, I’m going to miss the opportunity that it gave me to just be unbearably myself.” ‘It’s all about being a part of something bigger’ To Schick, donning the mascot suit meant embracing the larger Duke spirit and community. “To me, it’s all about just soaking it in … it’s all about being a part of something bigger,” Schick said. “Whenever I’m in the suit, I always associate it with getting on the court, making people smile, dancing around and just getting that hype.” Though being in the Blue Devil costume has been one of Schick’s most “rewarding experiences” at Duke, she said that many underestimate

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the time commitment and long hours Schick dedicated to this work. She said that she had to step away from executive positions on other activities to commit to the mascot job. “It takes 30 minutes to get into the suit and 30 minutes to get out of the suit. There’s highs and lows with it, and it’s not just fun basketball highlights, so it is literally a job that comes with fun,” Schick said. Many of Schick’s fondest memories as the Blue Devil come from shooting commercials with different brands and companies. During her sophomore year, Schick was asked to travel to Atlanta, Ga., on a mystery assignment. When she arrived on set, she found out that she was filming a commercial with Marriott and former Duke basketball player Grant Hill. The commercial, which shows Hill sitting on a basketball court with several college mascots, including Schick as the Blue Devil, eventually ends with all other mascots walking away, leaving the Blue Devil. The commercial aired during March Madness earlier this year, and Schick expressed her shock at seeing herself on national television. “Marriott never told us they were going to air the commercial,” Schick said. “We shot that in 2020 in the spring and then never heard from them again. It started airing this year, and when I saw it, I was like, ‘Whoa.’” Being in the costume allowed Schick to form connections with celebrities in all kinds of circumstances. “When we were filming all those commercial shots [after the other mascots got up and left], it was literally just me and Grant Hill,” Schick said. “I took my head off, and he chatted with me, being like, ‘Hey, what’s changed? What hasn’t changed about Duke?’ And actually having that personal experience with him was crazy.” Unlike Thomas, Schick was able to keep her identity as the Blue Devil under wraps pretty well and evade perceptions that came with being a girl in the costume. “You do have random people that might be

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“When I went from being a huge basketball fan to not really going to games, it was pretty telling.” cate schick

blue devil mascot, trinity ’22 like, ‘Hey, are you the mascot?’ And what we’re supposed to say is, ‘No, we just worked with him,’” Shick said. “But my roommates know. Whoever will shut rumors down the fastest and will keep your secret are trustworthy, and those are people you should tell. When I went from being a huge basketball fan to not really going to games, it was pretty telling.” Part of her commitment to keeping the secret came from her unusual position as a female mascot. If people at games knew the gender of the person behind the Blue Devil mask, Schick wondered if that would have detracted from

their viewing experience. From running through the streets of Las Vegas with 30 other mascots she’d met just hours prior at a Nissan commercial to becoming good friends with the Gonzaga mascot to attempting the worm at a March Madness game in San Francisco, Schick’s time in the Blue Devil costume has been a “crazy journey.” When she returns to Cameron and sits in an upper-level seat, as opposed to kneeling on the court, it will undoubtedly be a different experience, she said. “As much as I can wear blue, as much as I can cheer, as much as I can try to be the biggest basketball fan, I don’t think I’ll ever get as close to it again,” Schick said. “Part of that sucks, but a part of that is exciting, because I’ve had this one thing that brought me so much joy, and now my next task in life is to find another thing that is as exciting.”

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many things. It’s impossible to experience all that the University has to offer, she said. “[Juniors and seniors] don’t ever say, ‘I wish I’d done one more activity,’ right? They always say, ‘I wish I’d spent more time getting to know these people or with my friends.’ It’s all about the people.” As those who have gotten to know her can attest, it’s all about the people for Ashby as well.

FROM PAGE 5 name it, they ask about careers or leadership or being a woman in leadership, I get all kinds of questions asked.” Gorman wrote that Ashby loves to celebrate students’ accomplishments as “rock stars” and get to know mentees’ personal journeys leading to Duke. Ashby said she’ll also dearly miss staff appreciation events, such as the annual staff gratitude luncheon. “We give away staff awards and just celebrate FROM PAGE 6 the staff who often are not as visible as visible or as and there is no way that you can do it on talked about or celebrated. And we have amazing your own.” staff across Trinity and across Duke, really,” she said. She said her campaign team consisted Ashby serves as faculty director for the of about 30 people, including close friends, Reginaldo Howard Scholars, a scholarship fellow DSG senators and others that the program offered to Black and African- campaign brought closer to her. Meanwhile, American students and those of African her parents and relatives sent their support in descent who “excel academically and texts and comments from afar. demonstrate a commitment to leadership “I did feel very, very supported, because the and social justice.” campaign process can feel very lonely,” she said. Ashby described these scholars as “Knowing I had that support was crucial.” “extraordinary”, and the feeling is mutual. Nigel Despite the strain of the election, Gesinsky Sapp, Trinity ’22 and former Reginaldo Howard noted that it helped her develop a “tougher skin”. Scholar, wrote that his experience with this When the polls officially closed on election day, program was career-making. her phone exploded with texts from her friends. “It is so utterly difficult to navigate white “I think people thought that I would be spaces as a Black person without feeling, at some freaking out and not okay—I was actually so point, that you must/should concede elements relaxed,” she said. “I was like, ‘At this point, of your blackness to conform to white norms,” what happens is what happens.’” Sapp wrote. “When I watch Dean Ashby in ANY While lying on her bed, she received a call space, she is so true to herself in a way that is so from DSG Attorney General Nellie Sun, a admirable and remarkable.” senior, and from the tone of her first words, He fondly recalled group dinners in Ashby’s Gesinsky knew she won. home, gifts she gave the “Reggies” and most “I was just so ecstatic. It had been such a hard importantly “the unwavering compassion” process, and I wanted it so bad, and I’m so excited Ashby showed his peers and himself. about it,” she said. Ashby had two pieces of advice to give The road to the presidency began at home. incoming first-years. Gesinsky immediately called her parents after she First, to “try things you’ve never imagined,” heard the news. She attributes her leadership style she said. “Don’t leave the diversity of offerings to the values instilled by her parents—empathy, and people at Duke on the table; explore that.” leading by example and conflict resolution. At the same time, her other instruction was “My parents are my parents, but they’re for incoming students to not try to take on too also like two of my best friends,” she said.

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“They’ve always just pushed me to try to reach the best of my abilities.” Afterward, she called Beaujeu-Dufour, who started screaming. “They all knew that I was doing something that I cared about and were more than willing to help—and that meant a lot to me,” Gesinsky said. Former DSG President Christina Wang, Trinity ’22, expressed her hopes for her successor’s presidency. “[Gesinsky’s] very much a go-getter and an initiator, and I’m really excited to see what she brings to the presidency next year,” Wang said. The path forward: community, clarity and communication Gesinsky describes her leadership style as “leading by example” and hopes that as DSG president, she can help tap into others’ potential and “[put] everyone on the same playing field.” During her term, she hopes to emphasize transparency about DSG to include the rest of the undergraduate population in the conversation. Her platform focused on community, clarity and communication to make DSG more accessible to students and student groups. “No one knows what DSG does. It’s very mysterious, unclear, feels high and mighty,” she said. “I want to bring that back down, change the culture, make it approachable and pursue projects and policies students themselves want to see.” As part of building community on campus, Gesinsky is currently working on expanding Blue Devil Buddies under QuadEx by pairing buddies across accompanying quads. She also hopes to create a similar program that pairs students with alumni. She held conversations with Duke Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention and Education

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The Chronicle (SHAPE) over her campaign with hopes of building a strong working relationship with the program and DSG, and she also hopes to revitalize tailgating in collaboration with DUU and other organizations on campus. To improve clarity and communication, Gesinsky pushed multiple DSG reforms that aim to strengthen recruitment efforts and institute a mentorship program for first-year senators. She also intends on holding “pulse checks” once a week, where Gesinsky will sit on a BC plaza table and hold open office hours. She’ll also be accessible via a DSG phone number that students can “text with questions, comments [and] concerns.” Finally, Gesinsky hopes to improve communication between DSG and student groups. “In the past, DSG has not fully served student groups appropriately, and we need to be a lot more transparent and communicative,” she said. For her, this starts with setting progress goals and communication channels, as well as giving student groups a direct voice to the senate by opening a nomination process for cabinet members. Gesinsky is also working on communicating with identity group leaders in advance so that they can disseminate information about joining DSG to their groups, thereby making DSG more accessible and potentially more representative of minorities at Duke. She is also working on a “massive survey” to be sent over the summer or early fall, which she hopes will help senators be more attuned to issues pressing the undergraduate population. Ultimately, Gesinsky hopes to make the most of the impact DSG can have. She noted that DSG has the power to pursue projects and policies that will “genuinely affect students.” “We’re all students about the same age, and we all have different opinions— and I want to hear all those opinions,” Gesinsky said. “Not gatekeeping or holding information, but making it more of an open, free-flowing conversation.”

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