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Connection Bar opens to help researchers

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Blue Devils bounce back, rout Wake by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE

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When it comes to providing in-depth data analysis, a newly-established help desk is raising the bar. The Connection Bar, located on the second floor of Gross Hall, offers students and faculty many resources for accomplishing their research goals. The bar is modeled after Apple’s Genius Bars and is staffed by several graduate students throughout the day who can provide detailed assistance on all steps of the research process. Affiliated with the Social Sciences Research Institute, the bar also encourages interdisciplinary crosstalk and aims to help clients across a wide variety of departments. Jonathan Morgan, a graduate student in sociology who works at the Connection Bar, said it was created for three primary purposes—to help researchers organize data collection, to expose different research methods across multiple departments and to serve as an open atmosphere for answering general research design questions. “I think the Connection Bar is a really wonderful idea and addition to the services Duke provides,” said Alison Koenka, a fellow in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience who staffs the Connection Bar. “I’ve really enjoyed interacting with students and faculty at different stages of their academic careers.” The computers the bar uses for consulting are PCs loaded with data analysis software, but personal Macs are also available, Koenka said. Moreover, Koenka said the bar recently added a chat feature that allows students to ask questions online without coming in directly to the desk for help. Koenka is well-versed in meta-analysis software to integrate results from different studies, but she said the Connection Bar is most effective due to the extensive and different software each graduate student assistant specializes in. The work she has done as See BAR, page 5

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Freshman Jabari Parker led the Blue Devils with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting as Duke dispatched Wake Forest 83-63.

Coming off a long road trip and a quick turnaround from an emotional loss to Syracuse, Duke took some time to find its rhythm against Wake Forest. When the shots started falling, the game did not stay competitive for much longer. The No. 11 Blue Devils used an 18-1 run at the end of the first half to break open the contest and blow by the Demon Deacons 83-63 Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Jabari Parker led all scorers with 21 points and Rasheed Sulaimon followed up his heroic effort against the Orange with 19 points. “We beat the emotional hangover of being in two amazing games last week, and especially the game over the weekend when we lost a difficult game on a controversial play at the end,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “The last eight minutes of the first half we really started playing well defensively, and then our execution on offense was outstanding.” With Duke trailing 28-26 with 6:02 to play in the first half, Parker hit a turnaround jumper in the lane to begin Duke’s run. After Rodney Hood took a charge, the redshirt sophomore—who was scoreless to that point—found his See M. BASKETBALL, page 13

Kat Zhang looks to shape higher edu. at Duke by Imani Moise THE CHRONICLE

Senior Kat Zhang hopes to help reshape the face of liberal arts as Young Trustee. A Robertson Scholar from Charlotte, N.C., Zhang believes she has the expertise, breadth and passion necessary to be successful in the role of Young Trustee. In her four years at Duke she has served as chair of the The Chronicle’s independent Editorial Board, a first-year advisory counselor, a Common Ground

facilitator, a house course instructor and co-president of the Asian American Alliance. Zhang believes she is most qualified for the position because of her passion for higher education and Duke’s evolving place in it. “Duke is at an exciting point in its history,” Zhang said. “It’s deciding what kind of school it wants to be in 10, 20, 50 years in terms of curriculum, physical campus and student culture.” As the first person of color to serve

as chair of the independent Editorial Board founded in 2006, Zhang described her role as being similar to working at a “think tank” for the University, an experience that would allow her to join in on the Board of Trustees’ discussions about the future of interdisciplinary and online courses without having to play catch up. “Duke wants to cement its place at the top, but it’s wrestling with the same See KAT, page 8


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