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Construction overview Outline of campus renovations in the past, present and future.

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Global Health at Duke External review of DGHI confirms leading position in global health.

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Duke Kunshan officially set to open next month Though final plans for opening are still being set, the campus is ready to welcome its first students this August

ter Lange announced that the opening would be delayed to Spring 2013 beConstruction delays in China mean cause of construction challenges related students and faculty will be housed in to poor weather. Issues with construction a conference center—the only standing and funding persisted, and work came building on campus—when they arrive nearly to a stop in 2012, causing the at Duke Kunshan University in August. opening to be pushed back to the curAfter a number of setbacks, DKU rent schedule. In Fall 2013, administrais scheduled to officially open next tors maintained that five of the campus’ month—three years after its initial six buildings would be completed by this launch date. The last of the plans for summer—but construction will continue on all but one of the the August opening buildings throughout are being finalized by a team of administrators, “The other facilities the Fall semester. other facilities who say that the campus [at Duke Kunshan will“The be ready for occuis ready to welcome its University] will pancy as soon as posfirst students this Fall.

Initially, DKU will offer sible during the Fall be ready for semester-long undersemester,” Nora Bynum, graduate programs and occupancy as soon vice provost for DKU several graduate proand China Initiatives, as possible during previously told The grams including a Master’s in Global Health the fall semester.” Chronicle. “Incoming and Master’s of Managestudents and faculty are — Nora Bynum, aware of this schedule ment Studies.

The idea of a Kunwe expect it will vice provost for DKU and and shan campus was first not impact their experipursued by the Fuqua China initiatives ence.”

School of Business, and The DKU conference by the winter of 2009, center—where students the school had secured a partnership and faculty members will initially be with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and housed—will serve as the sole site for was scheduled to open by Fall 2011. The classrooms until the Academic Center is partnership with SJTU fell through, how- completed, Bynum said. ever, and the opening was pushed back Approximately thirty full-time DKU to Fall 2012 while the University looked employees are currently on staff as the for a new partner—finalizing a deal with DKU leadership team continues to hire Wuhan University in February 2011. program and campus operations personIn September 2011, then-Provost Pe- nel. Chaired by Professor Edna Andrews,

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Despite several significant delays, Duke Kunshan University, pictured above, will welcome its first students in August. Faculty and students, however, will be housed in a conference center when they arrive on campus.

a nominating committee of Duke faculty members have led several international searches in order to complete a successful year of faculty recruitment. In addition, more than a dozen Duke faculty members will attend Kunshan in 2014.

Faculty are presently finalizing their syllabi and teaching plans as the administration organizes pre-arrival information and orientation planning, said See DKU, page 22

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Ninth Street sees major changes over recent years

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Ninth Street, known by locals and students alike as the “college town” area of Durham, has seen its fair share of change over the past several decades as local businesses move in and out—in the past few years, however, a different kind of change has been taking place.

The past two years alone have seen the construction of a complex containing 303 new apartment units slated for completion in Fall 2014, a brand-new Hilton Garden Inn, a drive-through bank and a new shopping center that includes the popular 53,000 squarefoot Harris Teeter supermarket. With the influx of residences and amenities, Ninth Street continues to put itself on the line between a community haven and a more developed tourist destination.

“Ninth Street has done a pretty good job at retaining its character,” said Shelly Green, president and CEO of the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau. “It’s still a destination that people want to go to.”

Green noted that some people have expressed worry that the new stores, including chains like Harris Teeter and Panera Bread, would take away from the homegrown atmosphere of the street. However, most locally owned businesses on Ninth have stayed put so far—the notable exceptions being Charlie’s Pub & Grille, which will close later this year after facing rent hikes, and old-fashioned soda shop Ox and Rabbit, which closed in May. Green pointed out the necessity of some new amenities that have been brought in recently.

“You don’t want to destroy it by getting rid of the older places,” she said, “[But] the people who live there in those apartments, they need a grocery store, otherwise they’re going to leave that area.”

With new stores and dining, the street has

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also seen additions to parking, as well as a $1 per hour rate in a popular lot where it was previously free.

Tom Campbell, co-owner of The Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street, expressed concern that rent could also increase with chain restaurants popping up across the street, even though it has remained steady so far.

“Some of the local businesses might not be able to afford that,” Campbell said.

Green said although the area has maintained the delicate balance of history and growth, it has also been at the forefront of development when compared to similar areas in Durham or across the country—progress that elsewhere might be considered unusual.

“I don’t know that you’d find that level of redevelopment nationally because we have been coming out of a recession,” Green said.

“Some people are thrilled that some of these new developments are coming.”

Danielle Rios, owner of Ninth Street’s Blue Corn Café, said people should not be surprised by the rising costs if they consider the corresponding prices in downtown Durham.

“We are in line to be in competition with the rest of the city…. Ninth Street has always been a staple, and everyone has been trained to think Ninth Street is inexpensive,” Rios said. “But it’s the same cost of food, oil, electric, staffing as the rest of Durham, so it really shouldn’t be any cheaper to come [here].

There are some small business that would fold but I think they would fold anyway.”

Rios said the consequences of development on Ninth Street are “nothing but positive,” with landlords refurbishing their buildings and people adapting to the flourishing atmosphere. She noted that the recent revival of downtown Durham—which happened

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The shops at Erwin Mill, pictured above, are located on Ninth Street’s west side and include, among other businesses, a recently opened Harris Teeter, Panera Bread and other locally owned stores.

mostly after Ninth Street had already been established as a commercial district comparable to Franklin Street in Chapel Hill—has raised the bar for Ninth Street to compete in a different type of market than it had been used to.

“Change is inevitable,” she said. “Do you feel like Ninth Street should remain the same?

Why shouldn’t it grow with [Durham] and improve?”

Because most of the street is locally owned, its business tenants stand to lose more by not competing with the rest of the city, Rios said.

As long as the corporate aspect of the new buildings and businesses are contained, she thinks it should benefit the area by bringing an influx of customers who are staying at the See street, page 22

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Butterfield and Rich contest U.S. House seat so he spends his weekends in North Carolina meeting the people of his district.

The race for the congressional seat of “You cannot cast an intelligent vote in North Carolina’s 1st District is developWashington without really knowing your ing quickly in anticipation of the Nov. 4 district,” Butterfield said. “And you can’t learn about your people over the Interelection.

After the ballot was solidified in the net or by guessing.”

May 6 primary Butterfield won the 2012 elecelections, cantion in a landslide with more than “Younger Americans have been didates G.K. 75 percent of the vote.

Butterfield received both an Butterfield and promised a better life through Arthur Rich undergraduate and law degree education and career opportunities from North Carolina Central Unihave wasted no time informing versity and served in the Army but the career opportunities have voters of their from 1968 to 1970. Before venturstance on the is- gone backwards, not forward, at a time ing into politics, he has worked as attorney and, G.K. Butterfield sues that matter when everyone struggles to keep up.” an later, a judge in most to the state and country.

— Arthur Rich, District One. The two candidates represent Republican Candidate, differing perspectives on the isArthur Rich— sues facing voters in the upcomU.S. House District 1 Republican ing election cycle—though both Challenging have expressed a concentrated Butterfield’s reeffort in informing voters and encourThe 1st District is a “voting rights dis- election is Arthur Rich, aging young voters to engage in politics trict” as described by the Voting Rights who is hoping to make Arthur Rich aside from solely presidential elections.

Act—the district must be drawn so that this his first successful at least 50 percent of the population are venture into the world of politics.

George Kenneth Butterfield—Democrat minorities of voting age. Butterfield said After failing to win the primary election After representing North Carolina’s it important for black voters to have a say for the Republican bid for lieutenant gov1st Congressional District since 2004, about who represents them in Congress. ernor of North Carolina in 2012, Rich anButterfield easily claims the title of most During his tenure as House repre- nounced his intention to run for election experienced in this race. sentative, Butterfield worked under the in November of 2013, nearly a year before The North Carolina native is seeking Committee on Energy and Commerce. Butterfield’s term was set to expire. He his fifth consecutive election in the dis- During this election cycle, the key points then clinched the May 6 nomination with trict—though this is only the second time in his platform include absolute right to 5,519 of the 10,791 votes cast. that Durham falls into his constituency. gun ownership, prioritizing green energy Rich presents his connection with the During the congressional redistricting and women’s rights to abortions. people of North Carolina through his past after the 2010 census, the 1st District exMany citizens do not understand the See house, page 18 panded to include Durham and Duke’s workings of Congress, Butterfield noted, Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE

campus, areas that tend to vote heavily Democratic. Butterfield previously told The Chronicle that he happily welcomed the expansion.

He added that the nearly 750,00 people living in his district constitute an incredibly diverse electorate.

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Durham issues factor into U.S. Senate race

by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat. With the large number The U.S. Senate election for North Carof college students in the area—at various universities, including Duke—the party in olina may have the potential to shift power power in the Senate will have the power to on Capitol Hill, but Durham will also feel impact how financial aid and loans are fiaftershocks in public policy depending on nanced, Hall said. the outcome.

The debate over Incumbent Democratic Senator Kay minimum wage that has Hagan will attempt to defend against N.C. emerged across the counHouse of Representatives Speaker Thom try is an additional SenTillis, a Republican. As one of 17 Democratic incumbent seats in play this elecate issue that is highly tion cycle, the North Carolina race has a applicable to Durham, high potential to shift a critical majority for Hall said, which pertains Democrats given the party’s current threenot just to full time jobs person majority. Even with the nabut part-time and tional attention hourly wages as “Depending on which party goes Thom Tillis the race has rewell. ceived, however, into power... we could see an impact As of January, the minimum wage the outcome will in North Carolina is $7.25 per hour, on Durham.” also hit close to the same as the federal rate. A bill — John White, was introduced in the Senate manhome in Durham on several key isdating a national $10.10 minimum vice president of public policy, wage in two years. It did not receive sues.

“Members of Durham Chamber of Commerce enough support to proceed, as all Congress pass but one Republican—along with Kay Hagan several Democrats—voted against laws that affect every aspect of our lives,” said Bob Hall, sales tax paid for 50 percent of the rail, letting the bill proceed to a final vote. Givexecutive director of the nonpartisan po- with the city paying 25 percent and federal en Senate procedures, this means that the litical group Democracy North Carolina. funding accounting for the remaining 25 bill could be reintroduced for another try at a later date.

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“Having the option on the table allows Even though parties in Congress will that we might not even recognize.”

Immigration reform, a pressing issue in us to be an attractive community for the try to convert their platforms into legislaCongress, would have direct implications workforce,” White said. “Depending on tion they believe will benefit their constituin Durham, said John White, vice president which party goes into power… we could see ents, some local issues are insulated from for public policy at the Durham Chamber an impact on Durham.” goings-on in Washington. Chrissy Pearson, Another issue with potential local rami- chief communications officer for Durham of Commerce. Non-Americans come to the area to earn degrees but must return fications is the student loan crisis. In June, Public Schools, noted that concerns such to their home country after six months if the Senate voted not to move forward with See Senate, page 18 they have not gained employment. This de- a bill refinancing student loans, introduced

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creases the number of people who would become part of the workforce in Durham, White said.

“We can’t process visas fast enough because of additional security measures after 9/11,” White said. “We’re educating people yet again about the process of how to keep them here and put them to work.”

The Chamber of Commerce has also worked to attract workers through means of advanced transportation, White said.

In 2011 a referendum was placed on the municipal ballot to raise sales tax by one half-cent in order to pay for a 17-mile light rail from Chapel Hill to East Durham. The

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Duke Forward campaign continues ahead of schedule

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Four years into its seven-year campaign, Duke Forward has raised approximately 66 percent of its $3.25 billion goal.

At this point, all of the schools have raised more than 50 percent of their goals—compared to July 2013 when the Sanford School of Public Policy, Trinity Col-

lege of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School were the only entities to fall below the 50 percent mark. “We’re actually a little ahead of schedule,� said Sarah West, associate vice president for strategic planning and the campaign. “We came out of the gate incredibly strongly. The success of the campaign is a testament to the enormous amount of love that the alumni have for Duke.�

The campaign—which is set to conclude in 2017— raises funds for Duke’s ten schools, health system, athletic department, facilities and financial aid and is dedicated to enriching the Duke experience, activating the University’s power for the world and sustaining its momentum.

Duke Medicine has reached 70 percent of its $1.2 billion goal, and the Nicholas School of Environment, the University Libraries, the Pratt School of Engineering and the Divinity School have raised more than 80 percent of their goals. “Each school’s goal was set in collaboration with academic and development leadership,� said Jennifer Haslip, executive director of development marketing and communications. “We are confident that all of our schools are well-positioned for success.�

Campaign co-chairs Anne Bass, Bruce Karsh and David Rubenstein are among the campaign’s top contributors, with gifts collectively totaling more than $150 million.

In early June, alumni J. Michael and Christine Pearson, Pratt ‘81 and Nursing ‘84, respectively, committed $30 million to the Pratt School of Engineering in the sixth largest gift of the campaign.

But the campaign is not driven by the big-givers alone. West said that “Duke Forward: On the Road�—a series of events bringing the campaign to alumni in nine cities across the U.S.—has gone even better than its organizers anticipated. “We’re doubling the size of any events the University has previously held in these cities,� she said.

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After positive review, DGHI to New year means new dean and continue with current format new building for Nicholas School

by Grace Wang Townsend is an ecosystem ecologist, forReviews following this protocol are given THE CHRONICLE mer director of the Division of Environto all University institutes that were named The Duke Global Health Institute re- in a 2006 strategic plan. Five reviews have The Nicholas School of the Environ- mental Biology at the National Science cently went through an external review been conducted in the past year, including ment will enter an era of transition this Foundation and former professor at and confirming Duke’s leading position in the the most recent one on DGHI. Fall with the arrival of a new dean and director of the Environmental Studies area of global health and focus in interdisthe completion of Environment Hall.

Program at the University of Colorado ciplinary studies.

Alan Townsend’s term as dean of the Boulder. Both the new dean and the Positive report Although the review—conducted as part Roth said the reviewers were especially Nicholas School becomes effective July 1 of the University’s standard plan to review impressed with the progress made at the as Dean William Chameides steps down.

See nicholas, page 19 all signature institutes—identified places institute in a relatively short period of time for improvement within the institute, such since it was established in 2006—including as stabilizing its financial model, the report the amounts of collaborative research, eduwas overall positive and praised the insti- cational programs and engagement around tute’s model for continuous interdisciplin- the world. The reviewers also ranked Duke arity. The office of Susan Roth, vice provost as one of the top four global health profor interdisciplinary studies, initiated the grams in the country. external review.

“I think that one of the telling things “The Global Health Institute has not was that the reviewers said to us, ‘we should only led incredible educational programs have paid you to come here,’” she said. and having a real impact around the world, The reviewers also recognized the it has been a real unique teachleader as well in ing model used “One of the telling things the kinds of global

by DGHI, which was that the reviewers said allows faculty to opportunities for our students and their time to us, ‘we should have paid divide between their faculty,” Roth said.

During the rehome tenure deyou to come here.’” view process, expartment and — Susan Roth, the institute, said ternal reviewers came for a twovice provost for interdisciplinary studies Michael Merson, day visit, which director of DGHI included intensive and Wolfgang Jokmeetings with the researchers, faculty and lik professor of Global Health, in an email administrators affiliated with the institute, June 20.

Roth said. These meetings were followed “This structure enables collaborative by verbal feedback and an ultimate report and interdisciplinary work, cross-pollinates is made by the end. A self-study conducted schools in the study of global health and offile photo/The Chronicle by the institute internally was also an imThe Nicholas School was formerly housed within the Levine Science Research Center, pictured above, See institute, page 20 and has now moved into the new $40 million Environment Hall. portant part of the review process.

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Proceed with Cau Projects still to come Page Auditorium Built in 1930, the West Campus auditorium is the largest venue on campus other than the Chapel. It will be closed for the 2014-2015 academic year to receive $5 million in long-awaited cosmetic updates—including new lighting, refurbished seating and a new entryway.

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Duke Chapel In 2012, the University learned that the roof of the Chapel—built in the 1930s—was not stable, and so Duke’s most iconic space will be out of commission for a year beginning in May 2015. Initially, repairs were to take place without the need for a closure, but they were found to be more extensive than originally believed. The repairs will include a full replacement of the exterior roof and a rehabilitation of the interior ceiling, with a projected price tag of approximately $10 million.

Wallace Wade Stadium Following the 2014 Blue Devil football season, Wallace Wade Stadium will close for renovations. The construction will commence with the removal of the track that currently surrounds the field and will increase the number of seats for spectators. The improvements to the 85-year-old facility will cost approximately $15 million.

Health and Wellness Center In March 2015, work is set to begin on a new Health and Wellness Center.

The 70,000 square-foot space will unite student health, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Wellness Center and the case management office under one roof—facilities which are currently scattered across campus. Located on Towerview Road near the Penn Pavilion, the Center is expected to cost $30 million and open in late 2016 or early 2017.

Projects of the past Penn Pavilion Currently housing a dining hall while West Union is closed for renovations, the Pavilion opened in Fall 2013 after a year of construction that totaled just more than $20 million. When West Union opens in 2016, the Pavilion will begin serving in its intended role as special event space.

Environment Hall The new home of the Nicholas School opened in April 2014, after two years of work that cost $35 million. Adjacent to the Levine Science Research Center, the building features 70,000 square feet of classroom and research space.

Baldwin Auditorium The East Campus auditorium reopened in Fall 2013 after two years and $15 million of renovations. With a new interior that includes vastly improved acoustics, the remodeled venue was the subject of much praise in its first year.

Renovations: cha West Union One of the most high-profile projects on campus, the remodel of West Union is a three-year endeavor that will total nearly $100 million. The renovations are intended to transform the building—originally constructed in 1931—into the center of campus life, with a wide variety of dining options and spaces for student interaction. The project includes converting the space under the Bryan Center Plaza into an outdoor seating area, which has led to the closure of the plaza between Kilgo Quad and the Flowers Building. Funded largely by the Duke Endowment, the project is expected to wrap up in Spring 2016.

Perkins and Rubenstein Libraries The work currently being done to the two libraries marks the final stage of the Perkins Project, a comprehensive renovation that began in 2000. Focusing on the building’s original structure—built in 1930—along with a wing added in 1948, the construction will give Perkins a new entrance and remodel the space housing the Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Set to be completed in Summer 2015, the project requires the closure of the library’s main entrance. While the library’s foundation is being waterproofed, the construction has also led to the shutdown of Chapel Drive from the West Campus Bus Stop to the steps of the Chapel—a set-up that will be in place until November 2014.

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While the foundation of Perkins Library is being waterproofed, a section of Chapel Drive is closed to vehicles and pedestrians.

Bostock Library The first floor of Bostock Library, built in 2005, is currently closed to allow for renovations that will transform the space into a “Research Commons”—a 14,000 square foot facility with workspaces and tools specifically designed for collaborative learning and digital education. The bulk of the project is being done throughout summer 2014, and the space is set to debut in November.

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Construction near Kilgo Quadrangle is part of the West Union renovation project due to be complete within two years. Kilgo residents have complained to the administration about the noise of the renovations.

Confluence of construction: product of fate, not design Overlap in extensive campus renovations fueled by recession plete the renovation, Welborn added.

“Construction gets more expensive the For students returning to campus this longer you wait,” he said. “If you have the Fall, it may appear as though West Campus money, you do it so the costs don’t continue has been swallowed up by bulldozers and to rise.” related machinery—but the current overlap The entrance to Perkins facing the acain construction projects was not necessarily demic quad and the adjoining lobby area will deliberate. be closed for the upcoming academic year Extensive work is currently being done as part of the renovation to the Rubenstein on either side of the Chapel quadrangle, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which with the restoration of the West Union on was named for Rubenstein following his one side and renovations to Perkins and Ru- 2011 donation. To enter the library, people benstein Libraries on the other. Both proj- must now use the side entrance of Perkins or ects have necessitated the closure of major the exterior door of the von der Heyden Pacampus walkways—a vilion. Both doors are portion of the Bryan “No one knew [the 2007- now unlocked durCenter Plaza in the ing regular library 08 financial crisis] was case of West Union, hours in an effort to and the main enaccommodate higher going to happen. All of trance to Perkins and traffic. our construction plans adjacent parts of the “In terms of secuacademic quad in the rity, it will be somehad to be put on hold case of the libraries. what better because Although such limuntil the economy could there will only be one ited mobility might main entrance,” Welrecover, which is why all born said. “It will be cause frustration for students and proa little bit of a chalof this construction is fessors, the projects lenge to train people, happening now.” were not originally but once they figure planned to be conout, it will become — Aaron Welborn, itwhat current. The work they’re used to.” on the libraries was This final stage director of communications, significantly delayed of the Perkins ProjDuke Libraries ect also includes the due to the 2008 crash of the economy and transformation of ensuing recession, noted Aaron Welborn, Bostock’s first floor into a new academic cendirector of communications for the Duke ter similar to the Link currently found in the Libraries. basement of Perkins. Designed to meet the “No one knew that was going to happen,” needs of interdisciplinary studies and teamWelborn said. “All of our construction plans based, data-driven research, the new center had to be put on hold until the economy aligns with the goals of the new Bass Conneccould recover, which is why all of this con- tions interdisciplinary initiative. struction is happening now.”

Currently called the “Research ComThe present work is part of the Perkins mons,” the new space is set to open in JanuProject, which began in 2000 and led to a ary 2015. Funding for the space came from redesign of Bostock Library in 2005 and the Libraries’ Duke Forward campaign, the creation of Von der Heyden Pavilion in particularly the support of Todd and Karen 2006. The current construction was intend- Ruppert and the Bostock Family. The Reed to be completed several years ago, but the search Commons will provide a variety of recession left the University unable to move digital tools and workspaces, rooms for projforward. ect teams and expanded technology and A gift of $13.6 million from Board of training facilities.

Trustees chair David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70, “More and more students at Duke are in 2011 enabled the construction team to See constrUction, page 21 finish raising the money necessary to comby Kali Shulklapper THE CHRONICLE

ange in progress Water Reclamation Project Work began on this manmade storm water reuse pond in January 2013. Located at the corner of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive, the pond will be large enough to cut Duke’s dependence on water from the city of Durham by 20 percent. The area around the pond—totaling nearly six acres—is designed to be open to the community, with bike paths and an amphitheatre. Additionally, the cooled water will help to provide air conditioning to several facilities on campus. The project is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2015 and will cost approximately $9 million—over two thirds of which will be used in the creation of the pond itself.

West Duke After a portion of West Duke’s ceiling unexpectedly collapsed in February, the building was closed to allow repair work to be done. The collapse was attributed to a combination of the building’s aging and structural changes that had compromised the plaster ceilings—no one was harmed by the ceiling, though several offices and classrooms were displaced.

Built in 1912, West Duke is one of the oldest structures on East Campus and the renovations will replace the roof and sprinkler system, along with adding an elevator. The project is expected to be finished before the start of the school year.

Campus Drive Pipe Installation For the second consecutive summer, construction crews are working along Campus Drive to install pipes going from West Campus to East Campus. Intended to help cool buildings on East Campus—a number of which do not have central air conditioning—the project began during the 2012 Winter Break and picked back up in the summer of 2013. Portions of the road have been closed this summer to facilitate the continuation of the work, and Duke’s busses have been placed on alternate routes.

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The 2014-2015 academic year will see a number of administrators stepping into new roles on campus. Take a look at some of the people who have recently moved into new offices and learn what their jobs entail: Sally Kornbluth, provost A member of the Duke faculty since 1994, Kornbluth has served as vice dean for basic science at Duke Hospital since 2006. She will bring an impressive background in medical research to the provost’s office when she takes over July 1, replacing Peter Lange, whose 15 years in the position make Sally Kornbluth him the longest-serving provost in Duke’s history. “I’ve been at Duke for 20 years and I love Duke,” Kornbluth said when she was appointed in March. “I’ve really enjoyed working with faculty, students and staff to develop new programs to improve the overall quality of life in the School of Medicine, and being given the greater opportunity to do this on larger scale across the campus is really exciting.” As provost, Kornbluth will be the University’s chief academic officer and work with each of Duke’s 10 schools, in addition to a variety of initiatives and institutes—including Duke Kunshan University, which will open its doors in China this Fall.

Kornbluth is Duke’s first female provost and the first provost with a medical

background in more than 30 years.

Janie Long, associate vice provost for undergraduate education Long, Divinity ‘81, has served as director of Duke’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity since 2006. In her time with the CSGD, the center changed its name from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center to its current moniker and moved from the lower level of the West Union to a more visible location in the Bryan Center—all pushing toward a more prominent, open CSGD. Long will take over as associate vice provost from Donna Lisker, who has held the role since 2007 and is leaving to become dean of Smith College Janie Long in Northampton, Mass.

July 1. In the new position, Long will be involved in working on nearly all aspects of the undergraduate experience, ranging from the academic to the residential to the extracurricular.

Lawrence Carin, vice provost for research Carin has been a Duke professor for twenty years, most recently serving as chair of electrical and computer engineering, and has engaged in significant research stretching across various disciplines. He takes over Lawrence Carin

the role of vice provost from James Siedow, who held the position for 12 years.

The job’s main features include facilitating funding for research—both from the government and from industry sources—as well as managing regulations and issues with compliance.

Stephanie Helms Pickett, director of the Women’s Center Helms Pickett became director of the Women’s Center in March, after serving as interim director for several months following previous director Ada Gregory’s move to the Office of Interdisciplinary Project Management. The first black woman to hold the position, Helms Pickett served the University in Stephanie a number of roles before becoming interim Helms Pickett director of the center—including directing Assessment and Professional Development within Student Affairs, chairing Duke’s Bias Analysis Task Force and serving on the Task Force on Gender and the Undergraduate Experience.

Alan Townsend, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, and Marion Broome, dean of the School of Nursing Two of Duke’s 10 schools will have new deans at the start of the school year. Both ap- Alan Townsend

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Last Thursday, Khalouk Shahbander was at a gas station in Scottsdale, Ariz. filling up his car when his watch beeped, signaling it was 4 p.m.

He got out his phone, fumbled to type in his password and nervously watched the screen as the login proceeded to fail. On the second attempt, it opened straight to the letter.

“I freaked out, had a mini-heart attack, read the letter and celebrated,” he wrote in a Facebook message to The Chronicle. “I spilled gas everywhere as I got ready to speed home.”

Shahbander revved the engine for a whole minute before he realized the car was still in park. He finally put it in drive, hit 70 mph, and ran several stop signs on his way home to tell his parents that he got into Duke.

During his junior year, Shahbander had emailed 57 Duke professors with the hopes of attaining an internship.

Despite the 57 rejection emails he received, the professors’ responses ultimately led him to apply to the University.

“Every single professor was so genuine, easy to approach and interested in helping me carve my future path in research,” he said.

Following his recent acceptance to Duke, Shahbander will join 2,640 students who were accepted through regular admission to the Class of 2018, marking a record low acceptance rate of 9 percent. As Duke and its peer institutions continue to accept smaller and smaller pools, admitted students are reveling in the joy of nabbing one of the University’s coveted spots.

Meghana Rao, another recently admitted student from Florence, S.C., applied to Duke thinking she would not get in.

“It was almost painful to write the supplement because I fell in love with the school so much, and the thought that I could get rejected was absolutely heartbreaking,” she wrote in a Facebook message. “But when I saw the magical ‘Congratulations’ light up my screen, I sat back, stunned.

It’s crazy how one letter can suddenly validate all the work I’ve done these past four years of high school. I’ve never been so happy.”

This year’s regular decision admission rate dropped by almost 1 percent from the Class of 2017, which accepted 2,897 students, a rate of 9.9 percent. The overall acceptance rate for the incoming class is 10.8 percent, as 47 percent of a smaller pool of applicants were admitted in December through the early decision process.

“It feels good because it means we’re able to find and choose the most interesting and talented and thoughtful and diverse students for Duke,” Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag told The Chronicle last week. “At the same time, the idea of turning away 91 percent of applicants feels a little odd.”

Despite Duke’s record-low admit rate, the percentages at some other top institutions and Ivy League schools were already below 10 percent and are getting even lower. Columbia, Harvard and Yale universities had acceptance rates this year of 6.94 percent, 5.9 percent and 6.26 percent, respectively. Stanford University accepted 5.07 percent, the lowest of all top-10 universities that have already reported this year’s acceptance rates.

Shivaan Tandon, a recently admitted student from India, said that among the several top schools he applied to, Duke was his dream school.

“I didn’t check my Duke decision for a day,” he wrote in an email. “I got rejected by two Ivies that day and even Tufts and Carnegie Mellon. I totally gave up on Duke.”

He added that after getting in he could not control his excitement and changed all his profile pictures to the Duke logo on social media.

Recent admit Amelia Cheatham, of Orlando, Fla., said the spirit and sense of community at Duke are unparalleled at other institutions.

“I can’t wait to get to know such an interesting mix of people and engage in all the campus camaraderie,” she said in a Facebook message.

Admitted students have been invited to attend Blue Devil Days, which will be held April 6-7, April 17-18 and April 21-22.

“Getting accepted to Duke was both incredible and surreal,” said recent admit Sarah Bales from Los Angeles over Facebook. “I cannot wait to attend Blue Devil Days and have the privilege of meeting the dedicated and compelling people who make up the Duke community.”

Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Mar. 31, 2014 issue of The Chronicle.

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of dedication and hard work—citing his childhood as a time that he took responsibility for his family’s agriculture business growing tobacco, cucumbers and other produce.

As a business consultant and tax accountant, Rich has had ample time to see the impact that student loans and debt can have on people’s financial stability, and he has incorporated his proposed solution into his congressional platform.

“Younger Americans have been promised a better life through education and career opportunities but the career opportunities have gone backwards, not forward, at a time when everyone struggles to keep up. Student loan debt has quadrupled in the last decade,” he writes on his platform website.

His platform also includes proposals

that address the issues of job creation in American and an overhaul of the current unemployment benefits system.

“In this proposed plan, a state would not carry the liability or administrative responsibility in the case of employees laid off work, whatever the cause. Unemployment coverage would be determined by annual wages and/or the amount the employee wants/needs, equivalent to personal income and expense. The plan would apply to self-employed through multi-national; local, state and federal,” he writes.

After growing up in Sampson County, N.C., Rich earned an associate degree from Sampson Community College. He later received a degree in economics and accounting from East Carolina University—whose mascot colors of purple and gold he has adopted as symbols of his campaign.

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as levels of teacher pay and budgeting are decisions made within North Carolina and so the Senate race will not have a great deal of bearing on DPS issues.

“We’re much more concerned about politics on the state level,” she said. “Our issues are the same as most of the other districts in the state.”

Amidst the hubbub, a number of local organizations are focused on educating voters about their options and voting processes so that they can make an informed decision in November. The Durham chapter of the League of Women Voters is working to have questions for the candidates and an online guide to inform voters, said Brenda Rogers, president of the LWV for Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties, in an email June 18. The group is also planning to hold a forum for the N.C. legislative candidates in the

three counties.

Hall said that Democracy NC is also helping to educate and register voters, especially given the recent changes in voter registration passed by the N.C. General Assembly. He raised the concern that during midterm elections, there is usually less interest and lower voter turnout, which can affect the number and location of voting and early voting sites, for both federal and state-wide elections.

“Congress could require that there be early voting plans and there be early registration for federal elections, but they can’t regulate local elections so much,” he said.

“There’s not enough support for that at the moment.”

In the national race, however, getting people to the polls will likely be less of a problem given the amount of attention it is receiving.

“For North Carolina overall, this is going to be the hottest race,” White said.

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opening of the new Environment Hall—the latter of which was made official in April—help to implement promising visions for the school’s future, said Brian Murray, director of the Environmental Economics Program the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and member of the University’s search committee for the selection of the new dean.

“Symbolically, the school is at a turning point, and part of that is moving into a new building,” Murray said. “We are already running at a really good trajectory in the Nicholas School, and I think that [Townsend] is going to accelerate it.”

Townsend, who was also associate director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at UC Boulder, has developed an international reputation for his ability and creativity in finding solutions for complex environmental problems, Murray said. In addition, Townsend is the best match to fulfill the University’s mission to focus on multidisciplinary knowledge in the service of society.

“He is just a really dynamic thinker about very complex problems,” Murray said.

These complex environmental problems—termed “wicked problems”—are currently a major challenge to society. Solving highly complex environmental problems has been an ongoing effort of the Nicholas School will continue to be a major focus going forward, Murray noted.

“The wicked complex problems we face now involve more than one medium and more than one source,” he said. “The economic behind them is even more complex.

It is much more difficult than just cleaning up the point sources in the water and air.”

In addition to being a terrific scientist, Townsend has also demonstrated solid academic leadership skills that will prove valuable during his tenure as the leader of an institution like the Nicholas School, noted Lori Bennear, associate professor of Environmental Economics and Policy and member of the search committee to find the new dean.

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we hired him,” Bennear roof for irrigation and toi“Symbolically, the school is at said. “His leadership style let flushing. The building’s is transparent, open and high-performance curtain a turning point. We are already having really good visions wall enclosure brings sunabout the future of higher running at a really good trajectory light to interior spaces and education in general, and mitigates solar heat gain. in the Nicholas School, and I where the Nicholas School “These features confits into that.” serve energy and water. think that [Townsend] is going to The addition of EnvironThe building will cost less accelerate it.” ment Hall to campus is anto operate and will lessen other change for the Nichimpacts — Brian Murray, environmental olas School, and one that while supporting the Uniembraces the environmen- director of the environmental economics program, versity mission of teaching tal sustainability goal of the and research,” Taschuk Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions said. school by employing utilities that are eco-friendly.

Bennear noted that EnChilled beam technology on the upper three floors of vironment Hall is a legacy of Chameides and serves to the building is an important energy-conserving strategy further connect the campus to the school and its misused at Environment Hall, said Project Manager Myron sion.

Taschuk. Other environmentally friendly features of the “All our colleagues are relatively close together now,” building include the collection of rainwater from its roof she said. “That will continue to foster interdisciplinary as well as a portion of the Levine Science Research Center’s collaboration.”

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fers a robust set of skills to students,” Merson said.

Sustainability, University collaboration and future growth are three areas of potential improvement the reviewers focused on, said Randall Kramer, deputy director of DGHI and professor of environmental economics and global health in the Nicholas School of the Environment. “[The report] emphasized the need for a sustainable financial model, the need to continue offering incentives to encourage faculty involvement and to continue to assess the quality of programs and find new sources of funding for future activities,” Kramer wrote in an email June 19.

An interdisciplinary model Roth noted that DGHI will continue to be an important focus of Duke that facilitates the University’s overall emphasis on interdisciplinary studies. DGHI, along with the Institute for Brain Sciences and the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, is one of the three signature institutes in partnership with the School of Medicine.

“The signature institutes were the units that we really wanted to focus on to encourage educational missions, scholarly missions, multidisciplinary collaborative scholarship and engagement outside of the University,” Roth said.

Merson said the review identified DGHI’s organizational model as a key factor in its success, and referred to Duke as the “go-to” university for multidisciplinary opportunities to study global health.

“I think [the institute] is a terrific model for the University’s interdisciplinary studies. It will be able to bring the medical school, the engineering school, the business school and all the undergraduates all service in the area of global health,” said Nelson Chao, professor of medicine, immunology, pathology and global health and research professor of DGHI. The reviewers also pointed out the difficulty other universities have had accomplishing this level of interdisciplinarity.

“While many universities promote interdisciplinary approaches, Duke has created structures and mechanisms that make it attractive to faculty work with colleagues in other parts of the university,” Kramer said. “This has certainly contributed to the success of DGHI in carrying out its research and education mission.”

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Future plans Roth also noted that no significant structural changes will be made to the Institute, unlike IGSP, where the institute was dismantled and restructured following a similar review.

“Based on findings of the report, we plan to continue to strengthen our existing structures and systems, and to continue our focus of delivering quality education programs and delivering important research outcomes,” Kramer said.

The review did not identify any current programs of the institute to be cut due to low quality. In terms of strategic plans for the future, attention will contin“The focus on ue to be paid to exwomen/maternal pand the educational portfolio by linking health, cancer and students pursuing a Master’s of Science global illness might in global health to lead to expansion... a broader graduate student community, [The efforts] might Merson said.

The review also expand into China and concluded that the large areas around DGHI’s research priorities are conKunshan University.” sistent with evolving — Nelson Chao, changes in the global burden of disease professor of medicine and align with Duke’s strengths and international partnerships, Merson said.

Chao pointed out that the future of DGHI might feature collaboration with Duke Kunshan University.

“The focus on women/maternal health, cancer and global illness might lead to expansion. [The University’s] got a home in Kunshan,” he said. “[The efforts] might expand into China, and the large areas around Kunshan University, and probably allows global health in China to develop further.”

Roth, however, confirmed that there has not been any serious conversation ongoing about the institute becoming its own department separate from the School of Medicine.

“Whether or not it’s an aspiration of some of the faculty in the institute I cannot say, but that is not a conversation that is ongoing at this time,” she said.

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doing work that involves collaboration and digital communication,” Welborn said. “Bass Connections is aimed at getting teams of people to work on real-world problems, creating demands for more space to work on these projects.”

Welborn added that the first floor of Bostock was determined to be an accessible space due to the under-utilization of its current materials. By supporting projects like the ones coming out of Bass Connections, the Research Commons is designed to drive more students to utilize the space. Renovation for the Research Commons began in May 2014 and are scheduled to last until November. The target date for the completion of the entire Perkins Project is 2015, when the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library will move into its new home.

“So far, we seem to be on track,” Welborn said, adding that most of the construction will occur over the summer. “With construction, you never know—but so far, so good.”

Welborn added that following the renovations, Duke students and faculty will be proud to walk into the library. sophia DuranD/The ChroniCle “It will be the kind of library that a university like Duke Renovations to West Union, pictured above, are due to be complete in time for the building’s grand opening date of Jan. 11, 2016. deserves,” he said.

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Campbell said he has not seen significant changes in business other than a slight increase in customers who are visiting or living nearby.

“I wouldn’t want it to be anymore built up, but I don’t think there’s a danger of that. It’s about as full as it can be right now,” he said.

Green also noted that the progress is not nearly complete.

Another dining venue will also be added to the Shops at Erwin Mill—Juju, an Asian tapas restaurant—across from the soon-tobe-completed Crescent Ninth Street apartments.

“We’re going to keep seeing this story unfold over the next two years or so,” Green said.

The next foreseeable project is to makeover the twostory, white brick building at the corner of Ninth Street and Markham Avenue, according to the New Visitor Developments website. The building will become a mixed-use space, with two residential units on the second floor and retail on the street Darbi Griffith/The Chronicle level. The process is expected to start this summer.

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“Our primary goal will always involve investment in people, teaching, research and clinical care, making Duke accessible to all backgrounds of students and helping students live up to their potentials,” said President Richard Brodhead in March during his annual address to the Academic Council.

West said peer institutions including Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University are conducting campaigns similar to Duke Forward, but Duke’s fund-raising capability is especially strong because of its position as a top research institution.

“The goal is help our students be successful in a new world after they graduate,” West said. “They need to be able to work collaboratively, to have an interdisciplinary background and to have a grasp on technology.”

Laurie Patton, dean of arts and sciences, said that Duke Forward has been a “real success” for Trinity— which has already raised 68 percent of its total goal.

“We’ve raised money for several new undergraduate initiatives in advising, a new Language Arts and Media program and new approaches in science education,” Patton said. “The process has been really encouraging.”

Approximately $100 million will be raised for Bass Connections, the initiative launched in the fall of 2013 that brings students together from different schools across the University in teams to focus on global issues.

“Bass Connections brings to education the kind of interdisciplinary team based learning in societal context that is the hallmark of research at Duke and other top R1 universities,” Pratt School of Engineering Dean Tom Katsouleas wrote in an email June 23.

Katsouleas said the construction of a new building between Engineering and Physics and upgrading the Gross Hall basement—which will house team-based hands-one learning spaces and empowered maker tools like 3-D printers—will support Bass Connections programming.

The campaign also seeks to jumpstart distinctive educational programs like DukeEngage, whose endowment it plans to increase by 66 percent.

Dean of the Divinity School Richard Hays said his school has already raised 85 percent of its $80 million goal and has successfully raised funds for student scholarships, endowing faculty positions and extending a grant complete the research agenda of the Clergy Health Initiative.

He and West both said that there is still more to do.

“One of the focuses for the future is going to be endowment for financial aid,” West said. “You can just never raise enough.”

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“We look forward to launching this program on the new DKU campus,” said Martin.

Erin Medlyn, public relations director for the Fuqua School of Business, said the MMS administration is pleased with the interest seen in the program as well as the quality of the applicants.

“We are particularly excited because the MMS students will be the first from DKU to begin a Duke program,” said Medlyn, adding that the class will begin in July in Durham.

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The DukeForward capital campaign may be more than halfway to its goal, but recent research shows that women make up significantly less than half of of alumni leadership positions and high-level donors—statistics that a new initiative hopes to change.

Organized by members of the University Development Office, the Women in Philanthropy and Leadership Initiative is working toward boosting female leadership in the alumni community and closing a gender gap in alumni donations. On average, females comprise just a quarter of membership on Duke’s various boards of visitors and are not equally represented in higher levels of giving, said Cam Kelly, senior assistant vice president for principal gifts.

“We want to shift the culture here at Duke around how we do our fundraising work,” Kelly said. “This is a community issue, not a women’s issue.”

Discussions about the possibility of such an initiative began in 2012 and a task force formulated a strategic plan in summer 2013. The Development Office has now begun to move forward with steps such as recruiting an internal advisory committee to examine fundraising practices and hiring a full-time director of See aLUMNae, page 11

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Maplewood Cemetery, pictured above, is one of Durham’s two public cemeteries endangered due to years of deferred maintenance. Among those interred at Maplewood are the namesakes of several campus buildings—Mary Few, William Blackwell and James Southgate. (See story on page 12.)

Students to return to new set of dining options on campus

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Following a year that saw many changes to the on-campus venue options, students will return to a new set of dining variations.

New food trucks Mac-ur-Roni and Deliicious will rotate through the schedule in

place of Baguettaboutit and Foster’s on the Fly. Serrano Deli will replace Pizza Mia as one of the Merchants-on-Points vendors, and Pitchfork Provisions is undergoing the process of being renovated, said Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey.

The changes come in response to the campus-wide dining survey conducted by

the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee and Duke Student Government.

“I am extremely excited about the new food options that the Duke community will be able to experience next year,” said DUSDAC co-chair Gregory Lahood, a senior. “I feel as though the changes in the

MOP and food truck lineups are representative of the preferences of the Duke community.”

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All-Star Game to enhance Durham baseball tradition Activities will run from July 12 to July Ore. The possibility for a large audience 16, including tours of the Durham Bulls in Durham is high, said Carter, noting Durham will build on its baseball Athletic Park, an All-Star block party the city’s culture and love of baseball as history when the city’s resident minor and an exploration of North Carolina’s potential motivating factors. league team, the Bulls, hosts the annual baseball history. The game’s high pro“Durham is the Bulls,” he said. “The file will draw many visitors city’s love affair with this team goes back to Durham and bring fresh to 1902. We truly have one of the great publicity to the Bull City, fan bases in all of American sports.” said Scott Carter, director Durham resident Joshua Parker said of marketing for the Dur- he is particularly excited about the Allham Bulls.

Star Game. He has “The Triplefollowing the “[The Durham been A All-Star Game Durham Bulls since is Minor League moving to Durham Bulls Athletic Baseball’s premier in 1974 and deevent,” Carter said. Park] is a special scribed the Bulls as “It’ll be nationally holding a special place that televised on MLB place in his heart. really reflects Network. It’s simply “Baseball is more the biggest event a important to me the vibrancy, Minor League team than any basketcan hope to host, so ball games that go diversity and we’re honored to on in the area,” he culture that have the game here said. “It takes me in Durham.” makes Durham back to times when This will be DurI watched the games great.” ham’s first time with my dad. It was hosting the game, favorite thing to — Scott Carter, his which was instido.” tuted in its current Director of Marketing, The Bulls have form in 1988. The been a part of DurDurham Bulls ham since the beAll-Star Game has shown the ability to ginning of the twendraw crowds that are par- tieth century, when they were known as ticularly large for minor the Durham Tobacconists. Since then, league baseball, sometimes the team has won 13 league titles and reaching nearly 20,000, 15 division titles. Although they have though trends for game at- switched leagues, names and parks multendance vary based on lo- tiple times, they have maintained a continuous presence in the city. darbi griffith/The ChroniCle cation, with greater attendance in larger cities such The Durham Bulls, whose renowned sign is pictured above, will host the Triple-A All-Star Game between the International League and the Pacific Coast League this year. as Las Vegas and Portland, See BaseBaLL, page 11

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DSG president Sunder talks year long ambitions Junior Lavanya Sunder will work to enact her vision as this year’s Duke Student Government president. Last year, as DSG vice president for services, Sunder led the Fix My Campus team in bringing together the concerns of the Duke community onto one Facebook page. During a time of great transition for the University, Sunder has worked closely with administrators to increase student access to food trucks and other dining options during peak meal times.

She plans to continue these efforts in the Fall.

The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with Sunder to discuss what she hopes to accomplish this year as DSG president.

The Chronicle: If you could say anything to the incoming freshmen, what would it be?

Lavanya Sunder: I would say that the first couple of months at Duke are overwhelming, but the best way to deal with it is to dive in head first. Try out for the debate team even if you’ve never done debate, or join the ultimate frisbee team even if you’ve only played one game in your life. I always say that the best thing about Duke is the wealth of opportunities available, and I think as first-years, the best way to figure out what you want to do is by getting a little taste of everything. I’m still on random listservs for groups that I signed up for as a firstyear but never actually joined, but I think that’s the beauty of going to college—you can try so many new things.

TC: What is the first thing you want to see done in DSG next year?

LS: The first thing that I want to see done in DSG is the establishment of the allinclusive female mentorship program. I am already working with some students

on creating a sustainable plan for the program, but I would love for it to be ready in time for the incoming class. I think it’s a really important addition to the number of women’s mentorship programs we already have on campus and a really important addition to any university. And, of course, creating a sustainable tailgate model so we start the season off strong.

TC: What do you see some of the biggest challenges facing DSG being?

LS: I definitely think a big challenge we will face is managing change. It’s no secret that the campus is undergoing extensive construction this year, and there’s going to be a lot of students that are shocked by the number of projects that are occurring. While we certainly cannot end these projects, DSG is definitely committed to making the student experience this year as fulfilling as it was past, but it will be a challenge everyone happy.

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TC: What are you most excited about going into the new year?

LS: I’m probably most excited about the launch of the new bike-sharing program.

It’s been my pet project this past year, and I’m really excited, and nervous, to see how the campus will react to the program.

I’m anticipating that the program will be

very successful, and I can’t wait to use the bikes myself.

TC: Were there any issues brought up in DSG that you would like to see again next year?

LS: I definitely think that there were a lot of issues brought up in DSG that I would like to see continued work on. I know that there has been a lot of great See sUNDeR, page 17

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WHY WE’RE DOING IT: People complain about social culture at Duke, but either no one does anything about it,or if they have, it hasn’t worked. We’re going to change that through society events, education, recognition of chivalrous and respectful actions across campus, and by rewarding select individuals for being role models of what we believe in.

HOW WE’LL DO IT: Discuss our values and create a community of Duke Students who believe: • We will choose the harder right over the easier wrong • We will be strong enough to be guided by our hearts and heads, not by the whims of, nor for the acceptance of those around us • We will be the men and women that would make our families proud • We will provide aid to, rather than take advantage of, those in need of help • We will follow the Diamond Rule of treating ourselves as we want others to treat us • We will make deposits in peoples’ emotional bank accounts and not expect anything in return • We believe that the reward for a job well done is to have done it • We know our reputations are built through many interactions but can be ruined by one • We know that we are free to choose our actions but not to choose our consequences • We know that we can’t talk our way out of what we’ve behaved ourselves into • We know that being faithful in love and loyal in friendship can lead us to happiness.

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dSG executive vice president Sanka doles out advice Junior Abhi Sanka will work to enact his vision as this year’s Duke Student Government executive vice president. Sanka has served for two years as a DSG senator for residential life and served as chair of the Senate Judiciary selection process and a member of the Rules Committee. When elected in the uncontested race for EVP in March, Sanka said one of his biggest goals was to strengthen the connection between DSG and the student body, in particular by increasing campus dialogue about legislative issues.

The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down

with Sanka to discuss what else he hopes to accomplish this year as DSG executive vice president.

The Chronicle: If you could say anything to the incoming freshmen, what would it be?

Abhi Sanka: Stay grounded. It can be very easy to get lost in the Duke bubble.

If you are a member of the Class of 2018, be prepared for an inundation of advice, tips, “do-thises” and “don’t-dothises” when you arrive on campus from administrators, RAs, FACs, upperclassmen, to fellow firstyears and everyone in between.

When navigating these wellintentioned but sometimes conflicting influences, take a moment of introspection and touch base with the path which brought you to Duke. Call home or check in with high school friends. Sometimes the best way in figuring out how to move forward is to look back.

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Abhi Sanka, this year’s Duke Student Government executive vice president, hopes to increase dialogue about legislative issues.

TC: What is the first thing you want to see done in DSG next year?

AS: As executive vice president, my chief responsibility is to oversee how we function as an organization. As student government representatives, our responsibility is to identify problems within the Duke community and fill these spaces with policies or programs which can improve the undergraduate experience. One thing I would

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like to see is more data infused into this process. It would be useful to have a unit within DSG focused on building an evidence base for our policy discussions by collecting data and producing reports on the issues which seem to persist year after year on campus—sort of like a FiveThirtyEight for DSG. My hope is that we attract a different set of data-driven, quantitatively-oriented students into the policymaking process by establishing this unit.

TC: What do you see some of the biggest challenges facing DSG being?

AS: In recent years, we’ve made some great strides in how we reach out to and solicit feedback from the student body through Fix My Campus, a revamped website, and a series of articles through The Chronicle. Engaging the student body in campus issues, remains, however, our biggest challenge. Ensuring that our student government is fully representative of all parts of the student body can also sometimes be a challenge.

TC: What are you most excited about going into the new year?

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Upper Class Procedures *Students arrive on campus and are directed to the Blue Zone. No permit is required to park in the Blue Zone during move-in. * Parking Services personnel will direct students to their respective move-in location - and will also share that in order for their car to be moved to an unloading zone, they must proceed through the check-in process in order to receive access. * Students arrive at the check-in site and corresponding RCR and Bedroom Key is pulled. Once student signs RCR, RAs will hand our Unloading ZoneTicket (bright yellow). Students must have the Unloading Zone Ticket to get into unloading zone. The Parking Attendant will write the date and time on the ticket.

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Aycock Dormitory, pictured above, was renamed East Residence Hall, following much protest over the building’s namesake—Charles Aycock.

Aycock renamed President Richard Brodhead recently announced that freshman dormitory Aycock will be renamed East Residence Hall in a letter to student leaders. The renaming, agreed on by the Board of Trustees’ executive committee, comes months after the Duke Student Government senate adopted a resolution in support of renaming Aycock, even though numerous calls for change have been voiced by students in the past. Representatives of DSG and the Black Student Alliance formally met with members of the administration to present a proposal for the name change. Aycock, a former North Carolina governor, was a prominent figure in the state’s white supremacy movements during the late 1800s.

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Marine Lab gains first new research space in decades With the opening of the Orrin H. Pilkey Research Laboratory in May, the Duke Marine Lab gained its first new space for research since the 1970s. The result of two years of construction and Pearson Family gives $30 million to two multimillion dollar donations, the Pratt space is specifically designed to be hurIn early June—coinciding with the ricane-proof and makes use of a variety 75th anniversary of the Pratt School of of energy efficient technologies. The Engineering—J. Michael and Christine Marine Lab, located in Beaufort, N.C., file photo/The Chronicle Pearson announced a $30 million gift CIEMAS, pictured above, houses is home to a variety of teaching and reto the school, intended to fund inter- facilities for the Pratt School of search run chiefly through the Nicholas disciplinary studies. The gift makes up a Engineering, the recent recipient of School of the Environment.

The building is designed in such a significant portion of Pratt’s $161.5 mil- a $30 million donation. lion fundraising goal for the DukeForway that all significant equipment and ward capital campaign, and comes as the sixth-largest electronics are on the second floor or above in order gift received by the campaign thus far. Both Mr. and to prevent damage from hurricanes, which have struck Mrs. Pearson are Duke alumni— Pratt ‘81 and Nursing the Marine Lab’s home in Beaufort on several occa‘84, respectively. sions over the years. The bottom floor is also designed The donation is intended for interdisciplinary pro- to allow water to flush through with minimal damage. grams, research and courses. Laurie Patton, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, said in the release that the gift will be used to strengthen the ties between Trinity and Pratt.

“The building was named early in the twentieth century on one view of history, and that view of history no longer prevails,” Brodhead previously told The Chronicle. “Given the circumstances, it seems a good time to change the name.”

Student sues University in response to expulsion for sexual assault Lewis McLeod, who entered Duke as a part of the Class of 2014, is currently suing the University after being expelled for an alleged sexual assault. A female freshman reported a claim of sexual assault in November 2013, and McLeod was found responsible after an investigation by the Office of Student Conduct that wrapped up in February. McLeod appealed the finding on the grounds that his student conduct hearing was not balanced, but his April appellate hearing also found him responsible and he was barred from attending graduation. McLeod filed a lawsuit against the University in May, requesting his degree. The case is currently making its way through the local superior court.

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Even during the summer months, while many students are away from campus, Duke researchers continue their innovate work. From studying the impact of air pollution to developing tests for cancer, below are some of the many ways that research has recently been advanced on campus.

Brain-repair circuit Duke neuroscientists published findings on June 1 about a previously unknown type of neurons capable of directing stem cells to generate new neurons. Chay Kuo, George W. Brumley Assistant Professor in Cell Biology, Pediatrics and Neurobiology and whose team made this discovery, conducted the study with mice and located these ChAT+ neurons to be within the subventricular zone of the adult brain. The new finding shed light on neurogenesis, the mechanism of which remains largely a myth. The uncovering of the neural circuit capable of neurogenesis by Kuo’s team suggests possibilities for regulating and utilizing neuron-generating abilities in medical issues.

New treatment for neuroblastoma Researchers at Duke Medicine have reported a new strategy to tackle neuroblastoma—a malignant tumor occurring frequently in children younger than two years—in an article published June 17. The new treatment involves a derivative of heparin, an injectable drug currently in use to treat blood clots. The study, led by Gerard Blobe, professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, altered heparin and removed the drug’s blood-thinning properties. The altered version of heheparin was tested on mice, and Blobe’s group found that the derivative proved to suppress neuroblastoma tumor growth.

GPCRs Nobel Prize winner Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke professor of Medicine, is a co-author of an article published June 22 that presented dynamic and structural

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Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center, pictured above, have discovered a new treatment for neuroblastoma, a malignant tumor which occurs frequently in children younger than two years.

information of G-protein coupled receptors—proteins that are crucial in the human body’s response to different stimuli. Lefkowitz received the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on G-protein coupled receptors, and his most recent publication details a strategy to visualize the architecture underlying the protein-receptor complex. This finding enables further understanding of the mechanisms of GPCR regu-

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The All-Star Game comes to Durham after an offseason in which the Bulls signed a contract to stay in town until 2033. Following the contract’s renewal, a $19 million renovation of the team’s stadium was completed, jointly financed by the team and the city.

“Durham Bulls Athletic Park is where the community comes together. It’s a special place that really reflects the vibrancy, diversity, and culture that makes Durham great,” Carter said.

The game’s arrival in Durham also falls a year after the 25th anniversary of the film “Bull Durham,” which garnered national attention for the team upon its release in 1988. The Bulls’ 2013 season was documented through photography and art in a project called Bull City Summer that is currently on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

Jinnefer Ramos, another Durham resident and Bulls fan, noted the Bulls’ loyalty to the city as a key part of her appreciation for the team.

“The Bulls make up a large part of what I see when I picture Durham. It’s so integral to our image as a city— I couldn’t imagine Durham without them,” she said.

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women in leadership and philanthropy, a position the office posted in mid-June and hopes to fill by September.

“At the higher giving levels, we did not have enough women represented,” Kelly said. “We wanted to know why—partly it may be the culture of Duke, and partly it may be how we do our work here in development.”

Increasing alumnae donations will require a shift in the values of the University’s traditional fundraising model, the initiative’s strategic plan notes. A recent survey of alumnae indicated that female philanthropy at Duke is most frequently motivated by a desire to give back to the institution or “pay it forward” and help others, as opposed to a desire for recognition or access to leadership, which have sometimes been cited as motivating factors for male philanthropy, Kelly said.

“That’s where the cultural shift needs to come into play a lot in how we do our fundraising,” she said.

Such a shift can come about not only through adjusting the values emphasized by the development office, but also through sponsoring regional alumnae events and creating an Internet presence tailored to potential female donors, the initiative’s strategic plan notes.

In addition to increasing alumnae philanthropy, the initiative aims to boost alumnae volunteer leadership at Duke. Each of the University’s 10 schools has a board of visitors that is responsible for offering counsel on a variety of matters, and the initiative aims to increase female representation on these boards beyond the current average of a quarter.

Kelly noted that some of the University’s schools— including the Pratt School of Engineering and the Fuqua School of Business—have alumni demographics that tend to skew male, and so complete gender parity on advisory boards is not fair as an immediate goal.

Rather, the initiative wants to advocate for increased female presence by highlighting the benefits of a leadership environment that includes varied perspectives.

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Kelly is one of four women who spearheaded the initiative, joined by Cynthia Baker, senior regional development director; Elizabeth Gatewood, program coordinator of principal gifts programs; and Ann Gleason, assistant vice president of major gifts programs and special initiatives.

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Years of deferred maintenance endanger local cemeteries Durham’s two public cemeteries, Maplewood and Beechwood, are home to many prominent figures recognized on campus.

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“They have a budget lineitem for cemeteries, but... it’s nowhere near enough to take care of what they have in this report.”

— Wendy Hillis, Preservation Durham Executive Director

Maplewood Cemetery holds the graves of many names that are familiar to Duke—Few, Blackwell, Southgate and Wannamaker, among others. There are even members of the Duke family themselves, buried in a stately mausoleum at the cemetery’s center.

But alongside the many prestigious names are rundown roadways, tombstones that have fallen over and partially exposed coffins, along with other ruins.

Beechwood Cemetery, a historically black burial ground ocated on Fayetteville Street, is in no better shape.

There are hundreds of acres of history preserved within Maplewood and Beechwood. But the cemeteries have become endangered over the years as a result of city government’s minimal upkeep of the cemeteries,

and it is unclear how the city will be able to fund reforms.

Years of ‘deferred maintenance’ Though the General Services Department has preserved and managed Maplewood and Beechwood—Durham’s only two public cemeteries for more than 140 years—recent appeals for increased funding of necessary reforms have gone unheeded.

“It’s just a matter of deferred maintenance over the years,” General Services Director Joel Reitzer, Jr. said in a February report to the Durham City Council, prior to introducing Dan Jewell, in funding recommended for renovations the city’s contracted at Maplewood and Beechwood, a landscape architect. significant amount of which is allocated Jewell presented to the toward deferred maintenance.

Council a preliminary study of the conditions at both cemeteries— prioritizing reforms which address compliance with in funding for the capital improvement public safety codes, program, which is used for major the maintenance of renovations to the cemeteries. equipment at risk of failure, upgrades to systems that may improve facility operations and energy efficiency and effectiveness. for the capital improvement program Among these through the 2018-2019 fiscal year. reforms are efforts to renovate deteriorating roadways, stormwater systems, burial areas and retaining walls, as well as plans to implement erosion to the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund in control protocol and to the 2011-2012 fiscal year. $100,000 was decrease the deficiency allocated in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. in adequate storage facilities.

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by Jewell, some of which are nearly 50 allocated to the cemeteries’ perpetual years behind schedule, care fund in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. is an estimated $5.6 million—$4,791,500 at Maplewood with $2,000,000 alone allotted toward deferred maintenance, and $931,950 at Beechwood with $305,000 allotted toward deferred maintenance.

But the funds that the council plans to use for the cemeteries’ maintenance do not have enough revenue to cover reforms of such a large scale.

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Dwindling allocations “Some funding will occur through the city’s capital improvement program and some from the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund,” said Cedar Glasgow, the city’s cemeteries administrator, in an email June 18.

Allocations to both funds have lessened over the past few years, however.

The council did not allocate money to the capital improvement program in the 2013-2014 fiscal year due to an inability to properly estimate the cost of implemented reforms until the assessment of the cemeteries was completed this past February. Currently, the council has chosen not to allocate funding for the program through the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

There remains nearly $290,000 in funding for the program from previous budget allocations, however, $240,000 of which will likely be used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

“We would anticipate making a recommendation for construction funding for implementation in fiscal year 2015-2016,” Glasgow explained.

The cemeteries’ perpetual care fund likewise suffers from dwindling allocations.

The council appropriated $244,581 and $100,000 to the fund in the 2011-2012 fiscal year and the 2012-2013 fiscal year, respectively, but only $6,000 in the 2013-

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Last year, $100,000 and $50,000 were acquired from what remains of the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund in order to finance repairs to stormwater systems as well as Jewell’s preliminary study, respectively. Glasgow maintains that the study will be able to provide an estimate of future funding requests.

“The goal [of the study] was to investigate and analyze infrastructure and facilities, then make recommendations for priority repairs or improvements with associated cost estimates so that the appropriate funding amount could be requested,” Glasgow explained.

Stephen Schewel, a visiting professor of public policy and member of the Durham City Council, added that the city administration is actively pursuing a long-term strategy of addressing the recommendations outlined in the study.

A concerning strategy Darbi griffith/The Chronicle The council’s long-term strategy concerns Wendy Though Durham’s city governemnt manages both Maplewood, pictured above, and Beechwood Cemeteries, recent appeals for funding of Hillis, executive director of Preservation Durham, necessary renovations have gone unheeded. a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to protect Durham’s historic architecture and built environment.

Her organization issues an annual Places in Peril list to advocate on behalf of community properties which are historically significant, actively imperiled and able to benefit from increased public awareness.

Maplewood and Beechwood Cemeteries are included on the list of this year’s endangered properties.

“In the case of Maplewood and Beechwood, it was brought to our attention [that] there’s been a lot of deferred maintenance of things that need to be done at the cemeteries for a long time,” Hilliss said.

Though Hillis said she appreciates the council’s efforts to address the deferred maintenance of the cemeteries over the long-term, she hopes to increase awareness of the importance of providing short-term funding for the recommended reforms.

“They have a budget line-item for cemeteries, but it’s just kind of on-going maintenance,” she continued.

“It’s nowhere near enough to take care of what they have in this report.”

Preservation Durham supports immediately and fully funding the reforms. In order to advocate for such funding, Hillis offered members of the City Council— and the rest of the Durham community—a tour of Maplewood Cemetery, which commenced alongside Julian Carr’s gravesite.

“Being able to have ongoing discussions with city council members and county commissioners, being able to just have a conversation and say, ‘Hey, this is important,’” is the best way to ensure that local officials work toward preserving the cemeteries, Hillis said.

She said that the endangered legacies of the individuals interred at Maplewood and Beechwood are “things that we can do something about.”

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Penn Pavilion is also changing things up, adding a hand-dipped ice cream and shake station in response to requests for more dessert options.

While the West Union is closed for renovations, Penn Pavilion is functioning as a dining hall. Throughout last year—the venue’s debut on campus—the Pavilion faced some difficulties attracting student interest.

“These changes are an ongoing process and we are constantly working with vendors to expand the available options,” said DUSDAC co-chair Brian Taylor, a junior.

Students frequenting the School of Law will also notice new dining options as the Law Refectory Café has officially left campus—a decision that was initially met with negative feedback from the community.

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emission controls of the state of North Carolina could have led to the decrease in deaths from respiratory illness. Herbert Lyerly, professor of Surgery and lead author of the study, close examined the legislations passed in the state—including federal legislation Clean Air Act and state legislation 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act—and found that with the improvement of air quality over the years, the number of deaths caused by asthma and emphysema have decreased. The study also analyzes and correlates death rates with exposures to nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and other pollutants that are intermediates or by-products of industrial.

Heart tests could raise risk for cancer A recent study published June 9 co-authored by Duke researchers found that exposure to complex heart imaging tests could potentially increase the risk of cancer for children. The study was conducted by the group of Kevin Hill, pediatric heart specialist at Duke Medicine, in corporation with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital cardiologist Jason Johnson, and reported that children with previous experience of multiple heart surgeries and cumulative radiation exposure might lead to increase in cancer risk throughout their life. The study highlights the need for limiting radiation dose to decrease the risks brought by high-exposure to radioactivity.

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For instance, a project I’m really excited about working on is transforming the dining survey I implemented last year into an actual dining fair, where students get to taste and have input on what food trucks will be on rotation.

work done with eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault and making expulsion the recommend sanction.

However, I think there still can be work done, like making students more aware of TC: What else do you think students their Title IX rights and working on more should be aware of before we start the widespread preventative measures, like new year? more PACT training. Especially with the LS: I think just to be aware of the U.S. government starting a campaign to fact that, although there is a lot of end sexual assault on college campuses, construction going on, it really is all for I really think we have a lot of positive the best, and the Duke experience will momentum to make even more change. be amazing regardless. We’re going to be I also think a huge issue we saw brought up working on making sure that information last year, largely in about construction response to the 40 disseminated as “I’m definitely going to be iswidely percent plan, was as possibly, the transparency of doing a lot of work... on in- so people don’t DSG as a whole. I’m wake up one day creasing the transparency and realize that the definitely going to be doing a lot of Plaza is closed. and legitimacy of [DSG].” BC work, along with But more than that, — Lavanya Sunder, we’re really going EVP Abhi Sanka, on increasing try to focus on DSG president to the transparency the positive things and legitimacy on campus and of the organization. We’re going to be work with the projects to integrate them making sure that everyone knows who more into campus life. I’ve been talking their VPs and senators are and making with some arts groups about doing some sure students feel like they know what artistic installations on the boarded up projects DSG is working on. More than areas and other projects to make the just DSG, however, I want to work with construction more bearable. Regardless administrative groups to increase student of construction projects, it’s going to be voice in other aspects of campus life. a great year.

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After the excitement ends and classes begin, however, freshmen may be faced with a distressing reality—that finding their place on campus is more difficult than it first appeared.

Freshmen often arrive at Duke with high expectations. Now that time appears to be more freely available, attaining stellar grades will pose no new difficulties. New friendships made during Orientation Week will almost certainly translate into a pleasant social life, and somewhat-easy access to numerous recreation centers and nutritious meal options will alleviate the burden of maintaining one’s health. Freshmen, however, will soon realize that they are unable to meet these expectations and become disillusioned. It’s a reality oft-experienced—a reality of freshmen distressingly phoning home, wondering if their decision to attend this University was the right one.

Finding one’s place on campus is a difficult, though doing so is undoubtedly aided by various organizations freshmen may participate in once they arrive. These organizations function as a means by which students’ knowledge, skills and passions may be used to better their selves and

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Ultimately, freshmen may ascertain their sense of place on this campus after they attain the ability to use their voice and actions to contribute to, and subsequently enrich, the Duke experience for themselves and others.

In the past, many students have found their place at Duke in a variety of different ways— by advocating for the introduction of gender-neutral housing options so as to improve students’ living situations, by calling for the elimination of the University’s statute of limitations on sexual misconduct in order to ensure that students are properly disciplined for wrongdoings and by rallying together in the aftermath of a controversial gathering in an effort to

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This collective contribution to the Duke experience ensures that students’ time here will allow them to develop—to grow, to mature—in a variety of different ways.

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The experience of a lifetime, never again

t was the experience of a lifetime, but I’d never do it again.

This phrase sums up how I feel about my freshman year of college. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it happened and now it’s over. But that also deprives that time of its magic--the freshness of a college campus, the exuberance of meeting friends

left, I begged my mom not to make me buy bedding or register for classes or really even think about going to school. Instead, I hung out with my high school friends nearly every hour of every day. Every Starbucks was the “last Starbucks,” every bonfire was the most important bonfire, every car ride with the windows down was the time of our lives.

Elizabeth Djinis editor’s note during Orientation Week that you are sure will last a lifetime (they last about one week) and the horror of finding your bathroom closed throughout your entire first week of college.

Oh wait, that last part might have just been me.

Whatever your highlights, freshman year brings with it plenty of challenges, and, for me, it brought more than most. I had dreamed about college since I was a little girl. While most girls played with Barbies and pictured their ideal wedding dress, I picked a different college of choice every week.

But I finally got to experience the reality of college when I was a mere fourth grader at a two-week sleep away camp at the University of Virginia. I nearly peed myself with excitement!

I would live in a dorm room with other kids, and we would eat in a dining hall and we would learn about stuff. During the summer. I was crazy, I know.

After my parents pulled away, I felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was gradual at first, a little bit of dread, but it eventually hit me hard. Evenings in the dining hall were spent picking at the pepperoni on my pizza while my friends dissected Harry Potter books.

I frequently cried during class and I would not eat a single piece of food. (This is pretty huge, considering I will literally eat at any time anywhere.)

So my parents picked me up and I went home a full week and a half early. My college experiment had failed and I was now forever branded homesick, at least to myself. How would I ever deal with college, I wondered. But I pushed this thought out of my head—denial is a girl’s best friend.

When college did finally arrive, I could barely acknowledge it. The summer before I

Needless to say, I dealt with the transition to college poorly, to say the least. I remember my dorm’s first house meeting—I sat there and looked around, shocked. This was a capital M moment. These were the people I would spend my freshman year with and they looked so… normal. I ran outside and cried to my mom, telling her I wasn’t ready. Maybe I could put off college for a year? (Clearly, this was an extremely realistic plan.)

It only got worse. Later that week, I met with my academic advisor for the first time. He asked me innocuously if I was excited to start college. A normal person would have mumbled back “yes.” But me? Nope. I burst into tears, all the while saying that I had “really wanted him to like me” and “hoped he could see past this.”

Needless to say, he did, but it was mortifying.

This column is not merely meant to serve as a montage of embarrassing events—or times I cried—that affected my freshman year, as if to say, “Hey, it might suck at first, but it can’t be as bad as mine.” Instead, I’d like to prove that freshman year is scary and uncertain and you can’t plan for it. Parts of it will make you want to cry harder than you ever have and make you feel so alone and confused.

But it’s the other side that is so amazing, the part I didn’t tell you about. Those 2 a.m. walks around the East Campus Quadrangle with your best friend, talking about anything and everything. Realizing that you control your own schedule. Eating five dinners at the Marketplace every night. And falling in love with not a person, but a place—Duke University. The best place on Earth.

Elizabeth Dijinis is the Editorial Pages Editor of The Chronicle V. 110.

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e all do it. Some of us engage in it more openly than others—in the middle of our 10-person seminar classes or atop the tables while we eat lunch with our friends—but ultimately we are all using technology to stay in touch with the world around us.

As millennials, we can’t help it—we were raised on the Internet and weaned onto smart phones. There is information around us at all times, and we are doing our best to stay current on all of it—from reading the updates on the relationship status of our best friend, to checking the blogosphere’s reaction to Olivia Pope’s killer white coats, to staying up-to-date on the most pressing political issues on a local, national and state level. Everyone is trying to stay

smell of hot-off-the-press ink in the morning, it has nothing on the allure of the bing notification of a notification from a twitter follower.

And for all of the print enthusiasts out there, fear not, we aren’t forgetting to continue our efforts to provide the best physical product possible for each of our four days of print weekly.

We want you to be a part of this process with us. Write letters to the editors or guest columns. Follow us on Twitter @DukeChronicle, @ChronicleSports, @DukeBasketball,@ DukeShutter and @ChronicleRecess—to stay up to date with breaking news and story developments. Make qduke.com your homepage, and be our fan on Facebook. Share your

Carleigh Stiehm editor’s note informed, and finding information quickly has never been easier.

News is all around us, but, because of this, it has become increasingly important that we be aware of where we are getting our information from, and understanding how it impacts us. This is perhaps most evident for Duke students when it comes to campus affairs—and that is where we can assist you.

Let The Chronicle keep you informed on issues that are most relevant to your as a Duke student—it is what we do best.

At its heart, journalism is a watchdog for authority, for news and for change. The Chronicle does all of these things for the Duke community and beyond. We are, and will always be, committed providing thorough and accurate reporting, investigating untold stories and holding our university accountable to its community.

But there have been many changes in journalism in recent years, and The Chronicle is certainly not immune to a shifting understanding of how to provide news. The days of physical, print newspapers being the sole destination for the newshungry and well informed have long been replaced by the 24-hour news cycle of television and the Internet. Breaking news is disseminated on Facebook and Twitter faster than ever would have been thought possible on a printing press.

And, at least among college-aged consumers, Buzzfeed lists are often much more appealing than investigative long-form from the New York Times.

Despite all of these shifts in media, the goal always remains the same: get the news to the news consumers. So, The Chronicle—like every other media organization—has had to ask ourselves a lot of questions in recent years about how we can give our readers the news they need in the form that they can best receive it.

We don’t think we have found the perfect answer year— the rate at which technology and media change mean that no one-size-fits-all solution is likely to fit for long—but we are actively trying to get our news to you the way that you want it.

We are bringing our news to you through our social media and blog accounts. We are providing the most relevant videos and audio clips for our online stories. We are trying new things to enhance the reading experience for our website.

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thoughts, ideas and input so we can continue covering the most relevant and interesting news.

While it might be easy to get swept up in the excitement of new innovations and digital opportunities, these enhancements serve only to further The Chronicle’s goal of good journalism, never overshadow it. We will never stop prioritizing our role as the watchdog of Duke University.

Let us know when you like our coverage, and—perhaps even more importantly—let us know when you don’t. We work hard every single day to serve the Duke community, and your feedback is an incredibly valuable resource.

Want to know an even better way to be engaged with campus issues? Come join us.

The Chronicle has something that can appeal to all different interests. Within the pages of Recess, our arts and culture section, there is everything from reviews of Orange is the New Black to analyses how the American Dance Festival is impacting the city of Durham. Our sports reporters interact with Duke’s athletic teams in a way that most Cameron Crazies could only dream of. Our magazine, Towerview, provides a space for in-depth, long form coverage of issues that range from the strategic improvement of the football team to a reporter’s first hand experience on Duke’s newest campus in China. The opinion section provides a snapshot of the many different voices that give Duke its amazing sense of diversity.

And, I cant forget about the news section—filled with stories that are critical to the understanding of this university.

From updates on the nearly 50 construction projects around campus, to an analysis on the new Duke initiative to increase the rate of donations from female alumnae—the news section will always strive to provide the most objective and relevant news to the Duke community. And the opportunities at The Chronicle don’t end there: we have programmers that run our website, bloggers and social media editors to stay on top of the latest trends in news distribution, photographers to serve as the eyes of The Chronicle and a layout team that keeps our pages looking their best.

So, come, be a part of our team. If you have an interest, we have a place for you here. It is an amazing time to be a part of the great changes that we are seeing over here in 301 Flowers.

Carleigh Stiehm is the editor-in-chief of The Chronicle V. 110.

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here is a certain finesse that I believe comes with writing, a finesse that I don’t believe I possess.

That being said, one could read this column twenty times over (which I don’t recommend) and get a rough estimate of how long it took me to draft the first sentence. Finding the right words to match what I want to say is like finding something new to eat on this campus. I prefer to tell my stories with the fleeting notes of music or, with a thousand words, or however many words are said to be found in a photograph.

Darbi Griffith editor’s note But the latter part was very new to me. I remember when my parents bought me my first DSLR camera. Not knowing anything about photography aside from the occasional iPhone selfie, I opened the box and was very confused. My first, second, and third thoughts were “how would this ever fit in my clutch for prom?” Then, my parents started suggesting that I should take a summer class in photography, emphasis on the word summer, because at the ripe age of 17, I couldn’t imagine taking a class in the summer. There were so many other things to do during the summer in the great state of Ohio. Flash forward to my current self, while I do not condone my naïve thinking when I was younger for I enjoyed going to the pool every day that summer, I do wish I had begun photography a lot earlier.

But better late than never they also say, right?

After taking my first-year seminar in photography, I realized it was something that I wanted to continue throughout my studies at Duke, which is why I decided to add the Certificate for Documentary Studies. I also began looking for more opportunities to get involved on campus, and stumbled upon The Chronicle. As a timid freshman with little knowledge of how to work a camera, I really was not sure what to expect, but that first semester working with The Chronicle, I had begun to understand and really appreciate the realm of photojournalism.

Being involved in the photo department of The Chronicle has brought me many opportunities that I can’t imagine I would have had otherwise. In a sense, I feel a deeper connection with the campus having the ability to say “I was there” when the story comes out. This is why I encourage those who are interested in capturing all the various events, sports, and speakers on campus to check it out. It is really a great opportunity for students with any level or interest in photography and who are looking for a way to get involved in campus life.

In my short two years, I have had the pleasure of meeting two ambassadors, covering countless sports games and tournaments, and documenting the various news on campus. I have also been able to grow as a photographer and connect with a lot of great students and faculty on campus. I look forward to meeting any and every student looking to get involved with the photo department. And if you are interested or want to know more about the photo department, feel free to send me an email or talk to me on campus, I’ll be the one holding a camera.

Darbi Griffith is the photo editor of The Chronicle V. 110.

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