September 11, 2014

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Second Wave feminism reinvented digitally

Duke debuts new role for 1G, lowincome students Justin Clapp, the first director of outreach and access, will cater to first-generation students Sarah Kerman The Chronicle

Courtesy of the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Digital Collections Alix Kates Shulman, a prominent Second Wave feminist activist, above center, reflected on her experiences during the 1968 Miss America pageant protest Wednesday. (See story online.)

In an effort to ramp up support for firstgeneration college students, Duke has created a new university-level financial aid position—a director of outreach and access, who will cater to low-income and firstgeneration applicants.

Justin Clapp, former assistant director of financial aid and a first-generation college student himself, is the first to serve in the new position, providing support for students who are the first in their families to go to college. Justin Clapp The director of outreach and access will help coordinate efforts of admissions officers and faculty members who are working to address issues first-generation students face, Clapp said.

The position was born out of University officials’ belief that it is Duke’s responsibility to See Admissions on Page 4

Professor talks “End of Sex” Golden Goose presented to sequencing within the next 20 to 40 years. “[The new method] is not going to be just more affordable or accessible, but it’s going to be something new,” Greely said. “[We are] introducing new frontiers through an old proAmbika Menon cess.”

The Chronicle He explained that rather than having women undergo numerous harmful procedures— Imagine a society, in the not too distant fu- where a small percentage receiving IVF are ture, where sex is no longer the main method hospitalized—embryos can be generated difor reproduction. In the eyes of Hank Greely, rectly through adult skin cells using induced director of the Stanford pluripotent stem cells—a Center for Law, that scetechnology first reported t’s going to be somenario will become a reality in 2007. within this century.

“It would be trivithing new. [We are] At his “End of Sex” introducing new frontiers ally harmful, painless and event Wednesday, Greely much more reliable,” compared the future of through an old process.

Greely said. conception to the society redefined process — Hank Greely mayThe in the science fiction movbring broad implicaie “GATTACA.” Greely, often referred to as the tions. In addition to solving the problem of godfather of the field between human genet- infertility, it may also work towards bringing a ics and biological sciences, foresees that the level of biological equality, he said. Through majority of births in developed countries will See Sex on Page 3 feature in-vitro fertilization and whole genome

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More than 30 years after completing their research, a team of Duke scientists has been recognized for their work.

Their research that—through studying the impacts of massaging rat pups—led to the findings that the condition of premature babies drastically improves with the introduction of massage has earned a Golden Goose Award for federally funded studies that significantly impact society. In 1979, Duke researchers Saul Schanberg—who died in 2009—Cynthia Kuhn and Gary Evoniuk set out to study how applying moderate pressure to rats affected a specific enzyme related to brain growth. Years later, Tiffany See Research on Page 3

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Experts debate counterterrorism, homeland security Former Obama admin. official discusses evolution of ISIS

Former Bush advisor official talks presidential shortcomings

Before Wednesday’s counterterrorism discussion in the Sanford School of Public Policy, The Chronicle’s Jenna Zhang sat down with Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, coordinator for counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department from 2009 to 2012.

The Chronicle’s Kirby Wilson sat down with Frances Townsend, former assistant to President George W. Bush for homeland security and counterterrorism, to discuss the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies.

The Chronicle: How would you say the terrorist threat has changed since 9/11?

Daniel Benjamin: Two successive administrations have achieved a real diminution of what might be called the high-end threat— the catastrophic attack by al-Qaeda, in particular, against the U.S. at home, and that is a major change. I would say that we are safer, generally, than we used to be. The threat is more diversified now—more geographically diverse with al-Qaeda affiliates or Read complete franchises in Yemen, in Maghreb Q&As and event [and] like-mindstory on The groups in NiChronicle’s website. ed geria, in Iraq and Syria, and so there’s been some spread there.

But at the same time, most of those groups, while quite brutal and repellent, are not capable of attacking the U.S. at home.

from groups we’ve considered terrorists in the past in that it is a very effective insurgent group.... My view is that although it may come to a plot against the United States, up to this point, it’s overwhelmingly focused on its ambitions in Iraq and Syria.

TC: From what we have seen of ISIS— most recently the execution of two American journalists—it appears that this is an organization that will resort to virtually any means to achieve its ends. Up against a terrorist group See Benjamin on Page 4

The Chronicle: How do you feel about the current administration’s response over the past two or three years to the ever-more volatile political conflicts in the Middle East—specifically Syria and Iraq?

Frances Townsend: Understandably in some respects after we had intelligence failures in Iraq, I think the president has been

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TC: There has been a lot of attention directed at ISIS recently. How does the threat posed by ISIS differ from that posed by other terrorist organizations we’ve faced, notably alQaeda?

DB: It’s important to note that ISIS is a direct descendant of al-Qaeda in Iraq.... It’s the same group, just 10 years later. It is different

Philip Catterall | The Chronicle Professor David Schanzer moderated a discussion on counterterrorism between former assistant to President George H. W. Bush Fran Townsend and Ambassador Daniel Benjamin Wednesday.

understandably cautious. But I think the president’s caution and some amount of indecision has gone on for so long that those who would do us harm have been able to take advantage of it.... The other piece is, a president’s words and actions have consequences.

It was almost exactly a year ago when the president talked about a red line and talked about a military campaign to address the threat emanating from Syria and the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons. We never followed through with that. We never did that.... I would argue the beheading of the two American journalists amounts to an act of war against the United States, but even if you didn’t agree with that, what you do know is that...these foreign fighters...have stated their intention to stage an attack on the United States.... They are growing the capability to actually act on their intentions, and we have to deal with that before they do. I think it’s very troubling, and I do take issue with the administration’s failure to address this issue.

TC: Do you ever foresee us supporting relatively more moderate Islamist rebels in Syria—such as the al-Nusra Front—to help consolidate rebel forces in that country against ISIS? FT: I wouldn’t characterize the al-Nusra front as a moderate oppositional force. It’s a pretty radical Islamist, extremist force. I don’t imagine the US ever joining forces with them. I don’t imagine the US joining forces with Assad. What we should do—and I don’t know if we will, we’ll hear more from the See Townsend on Page 4

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continued from page 1 Fields from the University of Miami determined this same tactile stimulation could also boost brain growth in prematurely born infants.

“Now, there is so much focus on only doing things with very obvious, immediate, direct clinical ramifications that you lose what I think is the greatest strength of science in the United States: that it is very independent and entrepreneurial,” Kuhn said.

At the time, conducting the rat research had no immediately foreseeable application.

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continued from page 1 the innovation of IPSC, IVF can also help gay and lesbian couples have their own genetic children through producing gametes from their skin cells.

“The biological clock could even disappear,” Greely said. “A 70-year-old woman could have a child as easily as a 5-year-old through the use of their skin cells.”

Greely, however, noted that through whole genome sequencing, the level of knowledge that parents may be privy to would be limitless—from early, serious diseases such as Taysachs, to other early onset diseases such as Parkinsons, Huntingtons, and color-blindness, to cosmetic preferences, behavioral traits such as intelligence, personality and social comfort, to gender.

Jessica Ordax, a first-year Master’s student in Genomics, said that the beauty of the talk was not that Greely was merely a good speaker, but that he addressed issues that one would not normally think about and in a way that one

“The original goal and intent of the study practice,” she said. “It’s currently only used in was something quite different,” she added. about 38 percent of neonatal intensive care units.”

Application of the f insurance compatactile stimulation techKuhn added that the niques have enabled prepractice is easy, inexpennies wanted to save maturely born infants to sive and based on scienbe released from the in- hospital costs, they would tific evidence. She said tensive care unit on aver- encourage [the application that at the University age six days earlier than of tactile stimulation techof North Carolina hoswhen stimulation techpitals, members of the niques are not applied. niques] in practice. community volunteer to This has led to $4.8 billion the infants.

— Cynthia Kuhn massage in insurance cost savings The researchers will thus far, and Fields hopes receive their award next these practices will become more widespread. week in the Library of Congress in Washing“If insurance companies wanted to save ton D.C., where they will have the opporhospital costs, they would encourage this in tunity to speak with several congressmen.

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would not expect. The event was part of the Science and Society Colloquium series.

The socio-political and ethical issues brought along by a huge population participating in IVF and whole genome sequencing are of the concerns of many. Greely, however, reiterated that they would not be engaging in genetic engineering. Two parents, for example, could not conjure an eye color for their unborn child if the genetic traits do not belong to their original gene pool.

“You are limited by what you bring to the table, or the petri dish in this case,” Greely says.

“You’re not going to get superman, you’re going to get slightly healthier kids.”

Despite the many opinions on the ethical nature of IVF and whole genome sequencing, Greely believes that there is something fundamentally moral in it.

“We should do what we can to relieve human suffering. And one aspect of human suffering is that there are people who want to have babies who cannot. It doesn’t matter if it’s natural at that point or not,” Greely said. “So if it’s a question between human suffering on one hand and naturalness on the other hand, then that’s an easy one for me to answer.”

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Both Kuhn and Fields expressed enthusiasm toward this meeting.

“I’m hoping our visit with congressmen will have some impact,” Fields said.

Kuhn said there would have been concern about the ability to secure funding if the rat study was conducted in modern times. Support for innovative science was much greater in the past.

As the researchers prepare to receive their award, Kuhn reflected on how she wished Schanberg was still alive to receive the honor.

“I think he would be very content because this was the thing he did in his professional life of which he was most proud,” she said. “I think he’d be thrilled.”

Amanda Brumwell | The Chronicle Professor Hank Greely, pictured above, anticipates a future in which the majority of births in developed countries occur by means of artificial insemination.

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make students successful once they arrive on campus—regardless of their socioeconomic background, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education.

“We are successful in bringing a diverse set of students to Duke,” Nowicki said. “We are somewhere in the middle of the pack in supporting these students—but we are accelerating faster than other schools.”

Clapp noted that by creating a separate position, Duke will be able to craft a “unique approach” to supporting first-generation students.

“Students choose Duke because of a combination of its immense academic offerings, the ease of the South and social life,” Clapp said, noting that the aim is to give students not only the financial capital but also the social capital to adjust to these aspects of Duke culture.

Dean Nowicki cited examples of other colleges that have focused on increasing support for first-generation college students, including Georgetown University, Bucknell Univeristy

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and Franklin & Marshall University.

The new position is the latest in a series of moves the University has made to better accommodate lower-income students.

Clapp’s appointment comes two years after Duke began 1G, a pre-orientation program for first-generation college students, in 2012. The coordinators of 1G give students the opportunity to ask questions about topics ranging from how to save money on campus to Duke’s social culture.

Clapp said he has not yet reviewed the formal feedback from this year’s program but noted the informal student feedback he has received has been positive.

In 2010, the University launched the Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative to determine how class differences affect students’ time at Duke. After years of researching focus groups, the Initiative released a report in 2012 including recommendations for policy changes concerning everything from the dining plan to course-related fees.

Since the release of the report, administrators have begun incorporating several of the suggestions, including a new financial literacy website and an updated policy on class fees.

Nowicki added that there is substantial discussion between President Richard Brodhead and the Board of Trustees con-

cerning ways to continue increasing institutional support for first-generation college students.

“In the next decade, the relevancy of top elite private institutions will be called into question if we are not educating top students,” Nowicki said.

Students partake in Career Fair

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Students introduced themselves to prospective employeers from various sectors at the Career Center’s Fall Career Fair Wednesday.

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continued from page 2 whose actions seemingly have no limits, should we observe limits in our response?

DB: We’re civilized, that means we’re going to conduct this effort by the rules of the laws that govern us. So I don’t believe we should torture, I don’t believe that we should bomb indiscriminately, I don’t believe that we should try to sow terror.

“ T H E Y E A R S H AV E PA S S E D B U T T H E I R M E M O R I E S L I V E I N T H E H E A RT S O F T H E I R F R I E N D S A N D FA M I LY, A N D O F T H I S U N I V E R S IT Y . W E A R E S A D D E N E D B Y T H E I R A B S E N C E B U T I N S P I R E D B Y T H E I R L E G A C Y. T H I S PA I N F U L D AY A L S O R E M I N D S U S T H AT T H E P OW E R O F D E ST RU C T I O N I S L E S S M I G H T Y T H A N I T S O P P O S I T E: O U R P O S I T I V E E F F O RT S A S I N D I V I D U A L S A N D A S A C O M M U N I T Y .”

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TC: There has been some concern that we may have to go to war to address the threat posed by ISIS. What is the likelihood that we will have to put troops back on the ground?

DB: There are two questions—what’s the likelihood we’ll do that, and what’s the likelihood it’ll be necessary. I don’t think that it’ll be necessary, and I very much hope that we won’t do it. I think that working with partners in the region, supporting the Iraqis in particular as they take on this threat, we can avoid having to put our own troops on the ground, and I think that would be wise policy.

TC: It has been more than a decade since 9/11, yet we are still caught up in this ongoing struggle. Will there be an end to the war on terrorism?

DB: So, of course the Obama administration doesn’t refer to it as a war on terrorism. It’s been a war against al-Qaeda, and it looks like it’ll soon be a war against al-Qaeda and ISIS. I think a global war against terrorism is a bad idea. I think [it] doesn’t recognize terrorism is a phenomenon of modern times, and it’s not going away. The question really is: will we reach a point where our capabilities are sufficient to manage the problem?

We need to get to a point where this is just one of the threats we have to deal with. And we manage it downward, so we’re not in a national state of panic all the time.

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J. Robinson “Rob” Lenoir ’84 Peter Ortale ’87 Christopher Todd Pittman ’93 A. Todd Rancke ’81 Frederick C. Rimmele III M.D. ’94 Michael Morgan Taylor ’81

Please join us today to pause and reflect on these members of the Duke family.

president—what we should do, and what we should have done a long time ago, was what the president said he was going to do.

We should have armed, trained and equipped the free Syrian army. We should have thrown our support behind them much earlier.

TC: Why is it important for the American public to keep up with the ISIS story and other conflicts in the region overall?

FT: Part of the reason I think most Americans don’t keep up with regional issues like this is we’ve got economic issues at home. There are issues that affect the purse, the house, whether its mortgages, banking, health care, there’s a lot. Frankly, what gets the attention of the American people is when you see not just the threat, it’s the beheading of two Americans....

When you see Americans being killed in such a brutal way, it becomes something you can’t ignore.

TC: After Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden, you commended President Barack Obama, but you said, “The war is by no means over.” What did you mean by that?

FT: When I congratulated President Obama, I have sat in the Situation Room and I have been there when the president has had to make difficult decisions. He had the best intelligence any president has had since 9/11. In that respect, it had to have made the decision easier for him to take the risk.... It was a wonderful day for our nation to see justice done, but that did not mean that the ongoing battle against extremism was over.

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Interview with Matt Mondanile Guitarist of Real Estate chats with Recess, page 7

The college student’s guide to binge watching How to spend your free time, page 9

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Since the rise of digital music consumerism, many new albums have been denoted by publications such as “Pitchfork,” “The AV Club” and “Rolling Stone” as “headphones music.” Music that tends to fall into these categories typically is electronic, beat-focused and relaxed, such as the music of FKA twigs or The Weeknd. This classification would have been unheard of fifteen years ago, with the advent of the iPod and Beats by Dre headphones years away and the glory days of the Walkman and the MP3 player not yet fading into the past. The other main implication of this classification is that music is thus confined to being a solitary experience, as headphones are not usually designed to be shared with others. The advent of personal audio devices increasingly makes listening to music a concert for one, and the process of sharing and spreading albums and songs is becoming less prominent. Music continues to be shared publicly, of course, but in ways that maintain its confinement to the personal sphere. The way music is shared today is ultimately self-limiting.

To the college student, music spreads from person to person through two primary methods—parties and online sharing. Parties are the more limited method of the two, as the scope of the music shared is usually either Top 40 pop or some form of electronic dance music that will sound good on a booming speaker system. That is not to say that the quality of the songs is poor. I heard one of

my favorite songs of the year, Clean Bandit’s “Rather Be,” at a party in January and it has been on repeat on my iPod ever since. Parties are also a good way for multiple people to simultaneously enjoy songs, and this shared experiences makes the process of listening to music more fun. The main issue with parties as a venue for sharing music is that it fundamentally precludes songs that would be considered “bummers”—basically anything down-tempo, introspective or otherwise not conforming to the breezy and energetic head rush of typical party music. It promotes music as a vehicle for dance rather than song-craft.

You wouldn’t play Kate Bush at a party.

The other main sharing method is through social media and the Internet. College students consume most of the music they hear these days from blogs, online publications or streaming services—all convenient and accessible forums that can be sent to a friend with the click of a mouse. This allows for more musical diversity, there are no stylistic or genre restrictions on what can be shared—personal taste is the only limiting factor. However, this method still propagates the culture of solitary listening, as it is likely that someone will listen to music sent via computer on their computer by themselves. Both methods are a mixed bag, and neither adequately addresses the loss of the social aspect of appreciating music.

Long gone are the days when a few people sat around a radio or went on a car trip and listened to their favorite LPs. These practices

allowed people to appreciate diverse kinds of music in a small group setting without the distractions of dance-floor politics or technological isolation. What modern-day “music sharing” loses is true feeling. While songs and albums that we enjoy engender emotions in us that we might not be comfortable expressing to others, we should not be afraid to show these sentiments to fellow listeners.

One might argue that listening to music is an inherently individualistic process. I say that reacting to music is an inherently individualistic process. My favorite album of the last ten years is Fiona Apple’s “The Idler Wheel…,” which is emotionally raw and difficult to listen to because you can hear Apple’s pain vibrantly through the exquisite lyrics and spare production. I have listened to “The Idler Wheel…” with friends, and none of us have had the same response to it.

Each song is capable of evoking melancholy, bittersweetness, tentative joy or whatever else you personally feel. What is important about this and the process of truly, actually sharing music together is that you are able to express yourself and talk about your emotions and reaction to the music with others. In truly sharing music with others, you transcend the paradoxically isolating nature of digitallybased music sharing. It is impossible to fully express your love of music alone at night with your headphones plugged into your ears.

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The Chronicle: So I watched Real Estate’s cover of the Grateful Dead’s He’s Gone and it gave me the chills.

What did it feel like to play that song in San Francisco on Jerry [Garcia]’s birthday?

Matt Mondanile: It was pretty cool because I guess [the Filmore] is like a legendary venue that Jerry Garcia played at, and it was his birthday, and we had never done a Grateful Dead cover before, so it was exciting to at least learn that and play it really quickly. So it was kind of spontaneous, but it was fun.

TC: Is the Grateful Dead a big influence on you guys?

MM: It’s a big influence on some of the bandmates, for sure. But not me particularly. I like the Dead but I don’t know that much about them.

TC: They played the same kind of honest guitar music that a lot of people feel like you guys do. Why do you think that kind of music just doesn’t get old?

MM: I think it’s because people are hugely into them. And I think it’s kind of like timeless music. I don’t think that it’s dated from a specific time. I don’t think you can hear the Grateful Dead and be like “oh, that’s from this certain time.”

TC: I know a lot of the trend recently

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has been sort of straying away from simple guitar music, but you guys continue to play it. Why is that?

MM: Well, I think it’s just what we know best, and I think we have this kind of rhythm that we’ve gotten into where

we just do what we’re comfortable with, and, you know, that’s basically what we want to do. I think it would be ridiculous if all of a sudden we were like, “we’re making a record with just keyboards!”

It’s like, I think we know our limits and stuff—what we can do.

TC: What were some of the other influences on the new album in general?

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Touré carries on father’s and country’s legacies

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Katie Fernelius Recess Editor Saturday, September 13, Duke Performances will host Vieux Farka Touré, acclaimed Malian singer and guitarist, in Reynolds Industries Theater. The performance is part of a worldwide tour for Touré that began in the Netherlands and ends in Asheville, N.C. Vieux Farka Touré is most notably known as the son of Ali Farka Touré, a widely renowned and Grammywinning guitarist notable for his style emerging from Malian tradition, but reminiscent of Mississippi blues. As a respected musician in his own right, Touré builds upon his father’s tradition, incorporating new styles and his own flair.

“It’s difficult to contend as a child of a famous musician to make a coherent and articulate statement, and I think that Vieux has done that,” said Aaron Greenwald, Director of Duke Performances. “He is an exceptional guitar player and a fine song-writer and a really compelling band leader. He’s very consciously and directly linked to his father’s legacy, but he’s carries on that tradition in a really admirable way.”

When asked by The Chronicle what it meant to follow in his father’s footsteps, Touré said it was a great responsibility both to his family and his community in Niafunke and in Bamako.

“I think like him, I am stubborn, but I am also someone who speaks very clearly and makes sure I am understood, like he used to do,” said Touré. “Musically, I have taken a bit of a different path from him, experimenting with more kinds of music. But he did this as well in his time.

My music is an extension of his music in many ways, you could say, but it is music for the new generation.”

Touré’s music is emblematic of an international music legacy born out of his father’s worldwide prominence and the general acclaim of Malian musicians.

Northern Mali is home to a nomadic desert people called the Tuareg, notable for their musical traditions and the famous rebel band Tinariwen. In honor of this rich tradition, in a few weeks, Duke Performances will also be hosting fellow Malian musicians Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté, famous for their playing of the kora, a 21-stringed instrument popular in Western Africa.

“Mali is famous, more than any other African country, for producing musicians with some degree of popularity worldwide,” said Greenwald. “It is partly

the fact that it is a landlocked country, surrounded by seven different countries.

It is geographically and ethnically diverse. It is constantly assimilating inputs both from North Africa and West Africa, and also these French colonial inputs. It’s a really rich mix.”

While Touré’s music has always been remarkable for its craft, current events in Mali have put his music into a more political light. In 2012, radical Islamist guerrillas took control of northern Mali and instituted Sharia law, outlawing music. In 2013, Touré released “Mon Pays,” which translates to “My Country,” as an ode to Mali.

“Music is incredibly important in Mali. In Mali, music is food for the soul,” Touré said. “Music can inspire the hearts of men and women, and it can provide joy and strength in times of great despair.

I am like an ambassador for the music and culture of Mali. All of the artists from Mali who tour internationally hold this responsibility. We must educate the world outside Mali about the beauty and profundity of our culture, especially now when there are very serious threats to our culture.”

Although the political tensions have lessened since the release of the album, Touré’s music still resonates across the globe for its immediacy. Touré sees

music as not only a political statement, but also as a means of communion with people from around the block and around the world.

“I draw inspiration from my family, from my country, from the political situations that I see around the world that disturb me…from many different sources,” said Touré. “Music for me is my medicine and also my way of expressing most directly what’s in my heart. I hope the listeners of my music in the U.S.A. are inspired by the music to stretch their imagination, to open their hearts and, most importantly, to dance and have fun.”

Touré’s performance on Saturday promises to do just that.

“I think we want music and art to be something other than constantly and perpetually earthbound,” said Greenwald. “We want it to be mysterious and powerful and to require engagement.

That’s why we sing instead of speak! We want music to be transcendent.”

Vieux Farka Touré performs in Reynolds Industries Theater on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Duke Students and can be purchased at the box office. Go to dukeperformances.duke.edu for more information.

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The college student’s guide for binge-watching Adam Schutzman The Chronicle Life at Duke can be stressful. There may not be time in your schedule for your favorite shows with the BME/ECE double major, the economics minor and an MMS certificate (because you’re a freaking Duke student, so why not). And don’t forget that you’re juggling four service clubs, independent research and a sports team that you’re not even sure you’re still a part of. Fear not, for today we have a survival guide for bingewatching away a weekend at college.

Friday, 6:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m.: Look. I know it’s Friday morning, but you can sleep when you’re dead. You’ve got more important things to do...like starting off your day with some comedic gold. You must be feeling a little homesick, so try the first few episodes of “Modern Family,” or, if you desire an even more dysfunctional family, try “Shameless.”

9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: So early morning labs aren’t treating you so well. No big deal. Stop over at Pitchfork Provisions, pick up some breakfast and dig into one of Red’s infamous breakfast biscuits from “Orange is the New Black” (Warning: don’t get on her bad side, or that breakfast may not be as clean as you hoped).

10:30 a.m.-11 a.m.: Physics 153 was a risky choice for your already jam-packed schedule, but don’t sweat it. “The MiddleEarth Paradigm” episode from “The Big Bang Theory” has got you covered. Just don’t dress up as the Doppler Effect for class. You won’t get extra credit.

1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Why bother cracking a chemistry book open when you can just dive into an episode of “Breaking Bad?” Watch the inevitable collapse of Walter White as you realize that the one who knocks is merely the delivery guy dropping off Pollos Hermanos chicken (or Bojangles, if the former is not available).

3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Who the hell takes a political science elective at 3 o’clock on a Friday?! That’s okay. We all make mistakes.

Nonetheless, open your laptop, throw on some subtitles and see how politics is really done “House of Cards” style. Trust me nothing you learn in class could be more accurate than Kevin Spacey mercilessly outwitting his political opponent. (Disclaimer: Last statement may not be true.) And if taking a serious political route isn’t your go-to, then laugh your pants off with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fresh off her 5th Emmy win, in “Veep.”

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5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: After a phone call with your parents about your future, you’re feeling philosophical about the different routes you can take, wishing you could clone yourself and do it all. Jump into “Orphan Black” and discover that having multiple clones of yourself probably isn’t the best idea.

6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.: You don’t want to admit that you’re awkward, but nobody’s sitting with you at dinner tonight. That’s all right; pull up a seat, and let “Louie” share the pain with you. You can follow with “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” to discover that you’re not weird, just quirky!

Saturday, 12:01 a.m.-2:00 a.m.: Going to that party was fun, but all the unnecessary drama between the competing Greek, SLG and Independent life has got you dreaming of settling it all medieval style. Thankfully, “Game of Thrones” will cover you until you fall asleep wondering if your brothers would ever betray you.

10:00 a.m-11:00 a.m.: Oh, crap! You overslept! You have a very important job interview for that new marketing firm down the block. “Quick, throw on a suit, pour yourself a glass of whiskey and view an episode of “Mad Men.” (Warning: Drinking before an interview is, unfortunately, no longer socially

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acceptable.)

12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: After realizing that marketing isn’t the career for you (hey, you definitely shouldn’t have gone to that interview drunk), you may decide to become a detective because, let’s be honest, that’s the next logical step. So indulge yourself with the cynical “True Detective” and then appreciate the sheer genius of Benedict Cumberbatch in “Sherlock.” Heck, if you think you might go off the map, try the always-promising “Person of Interest.”

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: After a nice stroll in the Duke Gardens, it’s a normal urge to go back to your poorly lit room and watch a comedy. “Parks and Recreation” will luckily give you the opportunity to pretend you’re still out in the open.

7:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.: Tonight, there’s a Halloween pre-game before Shooters! May as well get in the mood with an episode of the frightening, yet intriguing, “American Horror Story.” Time to decide if Rubber Man or Bloody Face is your costume of choice.

Sunday, 1:00 a.m.-1:30 a.m.: You’re upset that you didn’t meet anyone tonight, but your friends have your back and take you out for “sandwiches.” Sounds like a good time to throw on an episode of the recently

completed (but forever enjoyable) “How I Met Your Mother” while you order a pizza to handle those munchies.

4:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.: You thought you’d get a great night’s sleep, but your international student neighbors disappear at weird hours in the night. You begin to ponder whether they might be Russian spies or secretly working for the government as you tune into an episode of “The Americans” followed by “Homeland.”

12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: After spending hours this morning actually doing the homework you should have done early this weekend, you finally prepare for Sunday’s greatest element: football. Though you’d never admit it to your friends, you legitimately take the advice from an episode of “The League” in order to set up your fantasy team.

Bold move, my friend, bold move.

2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Your team is losing by enough that you’re done watching football for the day. Watch some true team spirit with the Greendale Human Beings in “Community” in order to improve your mood. Keep that smile going and appreciate that you’re at Duke.

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Mock Trial tryouts are in an hour! Make sure you cram in at least one episode of “The Good Wife” to get your courtroom skills on the ball.

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: So, Duke Ambassadors has invited you to a classy dinner tonight. Well done. “Downton Abbey” can teach you a thing or two about what it takes to be classy. At least you’ll know the proper way to hold your teacup.

9:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.: You could watch the actual news, but why bother? “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” will tell you everything you need to know.

9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.: It’s late on Sunday night. Guilty pleasure time. Throw on an episode of NBC’s deceptively good “Hannibal” or maybe go the “Scandal” route.

If you’re feeling superhero-y, than “Arrow” has got to be your move. If you want to laugh at espionage debauchery, then why not throw on an episode of “Archer.” It’s your call! There’s so much to choose from.

11:00 p.m.-11:59 p.m.: You’ve got time for one more show to end your weekend. Your friends think you watch it for the nudity, but we all know it’s actually a phenomenal show.

Get in an episode of “Masters of Sex” to round out your weekend.

If you follow these steps you will become an aficionado on modern television. Sure, you will probably have to skip some readings and not study for that upcoming Orgo exam. But, hey, I’m sure it’ll be worth it.

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really into a lot of British guitar music, like the Jesus and Mary Chain. A lot of stuff like that. We were also into a lot of Steely Dan and kind of softer ‘70s-type kind of things.

TC: Your 2011 album “Days”, as I’m sure you know, was recently listed by Pitchfork as the 13th best album of the decade so far. How important is receiving recognition like that to you guys?

MM: It’s not very important, to tell you the truth.

Because it’s nice when it happens, but we’re not like hoping for it or something like that. I was surprised at that. But it was cool. Definitely cool.

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TC: What’s your 13th favorite album of the decade so far?

MM: [Laughs] I don’t know. Uh, “Days”! No — “Days” is my number one. Um, I don’t know…

TC: Alright, how about number one?

MM: My number one? Of the decade so far? Let me think, I’m looking it up…I don’t even know.

Like I don’t even have that much music on my computer… Oh! I like this record by Chris Cohen.

His name is Chris Cohen, and his record is called “Overgrown Path”. I think it’s a really good record.

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TC: A couple of days back I interviewed Mish Way of White Lung and she was telling me about how vulnerability is hugely important in her music.

What would you say is the role that vulnerability plays in your music?

MM: Lyrically, I think that our music is emotional and kind of brings you in and is personal. So I think that there’s vulnerability in the lyrics of our music for sure.

TC: Are you trying to connect with your listeners that way—through your lyrics?

MM: I think, yeah. I think that it’s relatable to other people.

TC: Your music really seems to strike an emotional chord with a lot of people. Why do you think that is?

MM: I think it’s because it’s very simple. It’s not trying to be too much of something crazy, and I think that it reminds people a lot of older eras of rock music, like The Beatles, or like indie rock from the ‘90s, or just rock music from the ‘90s, or music from the ‘80s. I think that it has this specific sound that’s kind of universal, in a way.

TC: One of my favorite songs of all time is “Green Aisles.” What is it about?

MM: “Green Aisles” is about just driving through New Jersey where we grew up. It’s just all these kind of grassy green aisle places, you know? And it’s about kind of being careless and then also being like… “This careless lifestyle/It was not so unwise.”

It’s kind of about how we didn’t give a s***t. We didn’t care about anything. We didn’t go to school.

We were just really f*****g around. But it was not stupid to do that because it helped us grow as people in our own way, but we didn’t realize it at the time, you know?

TC: So how are things different now?

MM: I guess things are different now because now we’re in a band, and we have three records out, and we live off of it, and we have to sustain that, you know? There’s a lot of questions about that, but it’s cool.

TC: Last question — if you were to teach a class at Duke, what would it be called?

MM: Hmm… Let me think… “Let’s Make a Song.” It would be called “Let’s Make a Song 101.”

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Duke ready to get Wallace Wade ‘rocking’ Nick Martin Sports Editor Five years can change a lot in college football.

In 2009, when Duke and Kansas played the first of a home-and-home series, both teams would go on to finish 5-7. Fast forward five years. Duke football is a respectable program on the rise and Jayhawks Kansas head coach Charlie vs.

Weis is attempting to turn Kansas in a Duke similar direction. And Saturday, 3:30 p.m. the second game of Wallace Wade Stadium the series will finally be played this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium.

“Just the way the schedule ends up falling when you do a home-and-home and you can’t meet,” Cutcliffe said. “They’ve got traditional conference dates and you cannot meet the two back-to-back, you separate quite often. It happens more than you think... We’re a little better. That helps, no question.”

Duke (2-0), which has faced two nonPower Five teams in its first two games, will take on a Kansas program that, though in the Big 12, has gone a combined 4-20 in its three years with Weis at the helm.

Despite the recent lack of on-field success for the Jayhawks (1-0), the Blue Devils know not to take the squad lightly. One of the areas Kansas feels is a strength is in its secondary,

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Redshirt senior Issac Blakeney has three touchdowns through the first two games of the season and will try to add to that total against a strong Kansas secondary.

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which boasts the 2013 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the year in junior safety Isaiah Johnson. The Jayhawks will face off against a deep Duke receiving crops that will feature All-ACC talent Jamison Crowder and a reinvented 6-foot-6 Issac Blakeney, who has three touchdowns through two games and is confident they can have success Saturday.

“The competition is definitely going to increase, but what our coaches always try to tell us is it’s about us, it’s not about them,” Blakeney said. “As long as we go out there and do what we’ve got to do and execute, we have the playmakers to get it done.”

Part of that execution and success will come as a result of quarterback Anthony Boone’s refined control and decision-making abilities.

Last season, the Weddington, N.C., native threw as many touchdowns as he did interceptions with 13. Through two games, the redshirt senior has accumulated six touchdowns and the Blue Devil offense has yet to commit a turnover. “[Boone] has worked really hard at managing our offense, at understanding when he can pull the trigger and when he can’t,” Cutcliffe said. “That’s something that never stops. You’re going to have to take

certain risks to be a really good player at quarterback. If it ends up a 50-50 proposition with his touchdowns, then something’s out of kilter and I think it got his attention.”

One change that will become seemingly permanent this week is the promotion of Jack Willoughby to the starting kickoff specialist position. Junior Ross Martin will still handle the field goal and extra point responsibilities, as Cutcliffe claimed it was a pure numbers game when it came to making the call.

“Hang time. We measured every week, we measure it closely in practice and that’s the best that we can do,” Cutcliffe said. “If you watch anywhere, kickoff coverage is a challenge. You’re putting great athletes in the open field....We were all shocked in that first game, because that’s not who we are.”

When Willoughby or Kansas kicker Matthew Wyman boots the opening kickoff Saturday, Duke will they hope to do so in front of another packed house. At the season opener at Wallace Wade, 31,213 people showed up to watch the Blue Devils dominate Elon in a 52-13 rout. Cutcliffe said the same kind of support will be needed Saturday when Duke plays host to the Jayhawks in order for it to have a true home field advantage.

“I think Duke football fans are in for a treat,” he said. “We need you all to be here early and dominant. It doesn’t have need to be a friendly environment. We’re all nice to folks. But it needs to be a hostile environment. We just came from one in Troy, Alabama... Wallace Wade needs to be rocking come Saturday afternoon.”

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Blue Devils open conference play against familiar foe Hunter Stark Staff Writer The 1983 men’s soccer season was John Kerr’s first playing as a Blue Devil. It was also Louisville head coach Ken Lolla’s last season as a Duke soccer player. This Saturday, the former teammates will meet on the field again as their squads go head to head in Louisville, Ky. The Blue Devils are set to play the No. 5 Cardinals this Saturday Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the new Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium.

Duke Duke is coming off vs. a 3-1 victory against No. 5 Temple, and Louisville Louisville is seeking to bounce back after a 1-0 road SUNDAY, 7 p.m. loss to St. Louis Koskinen Stadium Tuesday night. Both teams will be looking for their first conference win in the 2014 ACC season opener.

“They come from a big, tough conference—the Big East—and they’re

used to it,” Kerr said. “We have our work cut out for us.”

The Cardinals (1-1-1), who dropped from No. 2 to No. 5 in SoccerAmerica’s Top 25, will look to sophomore midfielder Andrew Brody and junior forward Ricardo Velazco to end their two-game goal-scoring dry streak. Brody scored a game-winning goal against Maryland, whereas Velazco has had 12 shots this season but is yet to find the back of the net.

On the other side of the pitch, Duke (2-11) freshman midfielder Cameron Moseley is already making a name for himself with four goals in the past three games. “[Moseley] is a force,” Kerr said. ”He is doing great, and is improving by the minute.

He is really helping out… with his defensive play—putting pressure on the defenders, and forcing them to play it earlier than they want to. If he can continue that work rate, we’re gonna be in good shape.”

Moseley scored two goals against Temple in addition to his two goals against Stetson in the Aug. 31 8-2 blowout. Alongside Moseley, Blue Devil senior Sean Davis will help guide the team and set the tone for the match.

Kerr said that the team needs to bring the same level of intensity Saturday that it played with against the Owls. Davis has three assists already, and is a key facilitator for the offense.

Although Louisville’s record doesn’t reflect it, it has only allowed one goal this season. The Cardinals’ tie came from a scoreless gridlock with Cornell.

If Duke wants to start this ACC season with a winning record, it will have to break through a Louisville defense led by senior defender Daniel Keller. Keller is coming off of a strong junior season in which he started all but one game. The Carmel, Ind., native will be key in holding off the Blue Devils’ various offensive advances.

“We’ve played four different formations so far this season,” Kerr said. “We have a various array of formations that we can play and we just haven’t figured out which one we’re gonna employ against Louisville. We might change it within the game too.”

In Louisville, a brand new stadium awaits.

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Lily Coad | The Chronicle Senior Sean Davis will lead the Blue Devils as they open their ACC slate against conference newcomer Louisville.

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Duke takes perfect record on the road Sammy Solomon Staff Writer Off to their best start in the last seven seasons, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils will look to add to their perfect record this weekend.

After posting victories against then-No. 10 UMass and then-No. 7 Princeton through its first four games, Duke No. 4 will hit the road this Duke weekend to take on vs.

Old Dominion Friday Old at 3 p.m. before facing Dominion ACC-rival Wake Forest Sunday at 1 p.m..

FRIDAY, 3 p.m.

With their longL.R. Hills Sports Complex term sights set on getting back No. 4 to the national Duke championship game, vs. the team is focusing No. 10 Wake on making the minor Forest adjustments needed SUNDAY, 1 p.m. to elevate their game Ketner Stadium on a daily basis.

“Long-term goals really depend on what our short-term goals are,” head coach Pam Bustin said. “Obviously, every year our long term goals are to vie for a national championship and put ourselves in a position to be at the top of our conference, so that remains the same, but every year it’s a different way of getting there.”

The seven new additions to the squad have

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Redshirt junior goalkeeper Lauren Blazing will look to slow down Old Dominion and Wake Forest this weekend.

played a vital role in the team’s initial success, with freshman Ainsley Gill contributing two goals in the team’s four victories, and Alexa Mackintire scoring the game-winning goal in the team’s thrilling overtime victory against Michigan State.

Another key factor in the Blue Devils’ commanding start to the season has been the team’s defensive prowess, with goalie Lauren Blazing at the helm. The redshirt junior has played all four games in goal, posting a 0.889 saves percentage and a 0.47 goals-against percentage, which rank fourth and secondbest in the country, respectively.

Despite a weekend loss to then-No. 11 Wake Forest (3-1), Old Dominion (1-3) poses a real threat, as it holds a 24-14 advantage against the Blue Devils in their previous encounters. Duke squeaked past the Lady Monarchs last season,

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winning 1-0 against then-No. 15 Old Dominion.

The Lady Monarch attack is spearheaded by sophomore midfielder Megan Byas—who was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week—and goalie Megan Hept. Hept has recorded 19 saves on the year.

Taking down the No. 10 Demon Deacons will be no easy feat either, as they have won three-straight contests, highlighted by a 5-4 overtime triumph against Old Dominion.

Wake Forest features 2013 All-ACC and NFHCA All-American Anna Kozniuk, who leads the team with four goals on the season.

“Both [Old Dominion and Wake Forest] have great scoring prowess and are hard working teams,” Bustin said. “For us, it’s really just to make sure we keep our work rate high and we keep our awareness sharp when we play.”

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The stadium welcomed more than 7,000 electric fans for the season opener and the ACC opener against Duke should draw a comparable crowd. This could be distracting for the 13 Blue Devil freshmen on the team who haven’t experienced a college environment quite like this before.

“It’s going to be an electric atmosphere,” Kerr said. “We look forward to it. We like playing in a big, hostile atmosphere.”

Kerr isn’t just excited about the crowd though. As a member of Duke’s 1986 national championship team, he admits he might not have been a part of the squad had it not been for the encouragement of a certain Blue Devil. “[Lolla] was one of the reasons I went to Duke,” Kerr said. “[He] had a great influence on my decision making to come and attend Duke.... [Lolla] is a very smart man and he has done great with the [Akron program] and then when he has arrived at Louisville, he’s done a superb job of producing players and really good teams.”

The last time the former teammates met was in a 2010 thriller in Durham that ended in a draw. In that game, Duke’s goalkeeper, James Belshaw, had 15 saves—including one penalty shot save. The game this Saturday may prove to be just as entertaining as the last meeting. Either Kerr or Lolla will walk away with the first win in a new and ecstatic rivalry that will continue for years to come as Louisville finds its place in the ACC.

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Our duty on 9/11 Thirteen years ago today, al-Qaeda terrorists carried out attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans. Today, we take a moment to reflect on this tragedy that affected countless lives and permanently altered the

Editorial course of our country’s future.

As we consider Duke in the run-up to Sept.

11, 2014, the horrific events of more than a decade ago seem to have taken a backseat to the day-to-day going ons of the University.

Although there will be a new wreath laid in the Memorial Grove of Keohane Quadrangle, Duke’s official online events calendar makes no mention of any commemoration and student groups remain predominantly quiet.

On Monday, students received a Short List email from Steve Nowicki, the dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, promoting a volunteer fair Thursday with a description reading, “One way you can commemorate 9/11 is to volunteer in Durham

and beyond.” Although volunteering is certainly a nice gesture, Duke should hold an official memorial service to commemorate the tragic events of 13 years ago. Duke should do more than treat Sept. 11 as if it were just another day.

While the nationalistic pride resultant from the Sept. 11 attacks has all but died, the anti-American sentiment in some parts of the Middle East is still alive. Over the past six months, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has made progress in its insurgent campaigns against the Iraqi military. Such an incursion threatens the Democratic government installed after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and endangers millions of people across all faiths, ethnicities and cultures. ISIS has been ruthless in its scourge of northern and western Iraq, massacring entire communities, destroying religious landmarks and contributing to the displacement of more than 1.2 million Iraqis in its march towards Baghdad. Most recently, the public and gruesome executions of two American journalists—who represent freedom of information and the press—are something we find to be a direct affront to democracy

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ith an eclectic assortment of vegetables sprawled out in front of us, we were told: write. The rough edges of the ginger snapped at some while others were fascinated by the sheer size of the turnip, later to be dubbed a cliché alliteration of the name Timmy the Turnip. All the while, I sat in this creative writing class of a mere ten students, staring at a blank page inundated with possibilities, reveling in the lost art of imagination.

Seeing creative writing in my schedule amongst the likes of linear algebra or computer science often raises an eyebrow or two. Sometimes not, because Duke students are oh-so-well-rounded and I’m sure there is someone out there doing a senior thesis combining fiction novels and its implications in

were the next things on my to-do list. I aspired towards good grades for the sake of good grades and was eager to get involved because as I looked around, that seemed like the right thing to do. I was determined, but I had lost sight of why I was determined or what I was even determined for. The genuine drive as an academic and a student was simply lacking.

Though I am not in any way trying to convert all of you to switch into or, knowing Duke students, double up with an English major, I can confidently say that creative writing has been my personal cure to this common Duke ailment. The class has been riveting.

The inexplicable feeling of witnessing my overdue imagination and creativity lunge onto my paper has been a liberating experience. In addition, it has rekindled my hunger in wanting to simply do more

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Yet, despite these events, there has been a conspicuous lack of engagement from the Duke community as a whole. In our view, Duke has a moral and intrinsic duty as an American university to engage with the issues and contribute an academic rebuke of the ISIS ideology. As we are not politicians or tacticians, our main point of contribution should not be to prescribe policy, but rather to challenge these extremist ideologies and engage in discourse with special focus on the fields of political philosophy, moral philosophy and theology.

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String Theory. Though the course does seem out of the ordinary and is definitely a change from any and all quantitative studies, the creativity and imagination involved resound in all of us, no matter how miniscule and whether we realize it or not.

Every Sunday night, I try to make a rudimentary to-do list for the week on which I include meetings, emails, upcoming tests, and promised meals. With such a jam-packed schedule further flooded with classes, I cringe at the lack of time I have to myself to simply think. Not worry over the upcoming quiz in two days, not try to plan out my day minute by minute while on the C1, but just think- to let my imagination drift off to wherever imaginations go. The loss of this meta-voyage is an overlooked catastrophe and we the students are the victims.

All of us applied to Duke because we were determined. Aspiring towards success, we naturally sought out an intellectually stimulating atmosphere. In pursuit of Duke, we may have taken an overwhelming number of AP classes, accumulated an outstanding list of extracurricular activities ranging from sports to band to start-up charities and overused the word “passion” in our essays when describing such involvements. We imagined intricate plans of all the amazing accomplishments that were to come in our next four years and even beyond our college career.

When we arrived at our beloved Gothic Wonderland, we instinctually hit the ground running. Research, volunteering, clubs, internships- you name it and someone, if not you yourself, was doing it.

Once at Duke, we were still, if not more, determined.

Yet, at one point, I realized determined was all I was.

Hours of work and all I was focusing on in the future

with my next three years at Duke.

As privileged students in a top-tier university, imagination and creativity, when equipped with the myriad of available opportunities, are our most powerful assets. They are the roots of our aspirations and here at Duke, we are given the opportunity to make those dreams a reality. Yet, our increasingly hectic lifestyles have a tendency to somewhat place imagination and creativity on the backburner and fetter our aspirations. Moreover, the academic culture at Duke is inevitably competitive and its products of stress and anxiety often foster hesitation in students’ attempts to, apologies for the cliché, reach for the stars. We often settle for what is safe in fear of failure, a natural component of life that we Duke students are so unfamiliar with and absolutely terrified of. This fear hinders us from achieving our full potential and defeats the purpose of our time here at Duke- to think, to imagine, and to innovate.

Determination is why we all applied to Duke. Yet, countless applications most likely had the grades, the standardized test scores, and resumes similar to our own. Perhaps what got us admitted was not just our willingness to go above and beyond in academics, but our enthusiasm in aspiring towards the imagined. This zealous longing has largely diminished and without it, Duke will not continue to be the premiere university it has historically been. I am not telling you to abandon your academics and daydream your days away. Rather, take time to take a look around. You are at Duke.

Imagine this, imagine that, imagine all the possibilities.

Brandon Choi is a Trinity freshman sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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lright, stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

“Hi! How are you? Oh gosh, it’s so good to see you. So what were you up to this summer?”

“Oh, I was in (insert country here) working with (insert NGO/institute here) on a project to prevent (insert affliction here).”

This conversation, or something like it, has been ringing off the walls of this campus for over a week now. Suddenly, Duke is consumed with stories that are reminiscent of poverty porn, and months of emotional struggle are simplified into brief exchanges on the plaza.

I don’t mean to judge—I have had this exact exchange over a dozen times. What can I say? Spending eight weeks with WISER in rural Kenya gives you plenty to be excited about. So, to all of the Dukies that have just returned from a summer-long life-changing engagement opportunity, I have some news for you that is going to feel like a hard-to-swallow pill. There is something about service that is inherently selfish.

Whether you’re working at a homeless shelter down

Zack Fowler GUEST COLUMN the street or at a school in East Africa, there is the everpresent likelihood that you will benefit considerably more than those whom you have engaged. These benefits come in all shapes and sizes. For instance, there’s the emotional benefit—that warm, fuzzy feeling that comes to you once you know that you’ve helped another person in some way, even though you may have forgotten a few names and faces. But one benefit stands out above the rest, despite our greatest efforts to be selfless—clout. Every summer story invokes that brief awe that comes from listeners when you tell them “I just spent two months in rural Argentina” or “Oh, I volunteer weekly at the food bank.” That awe becomes a sign that you are successfully clambering your way to success. Whether you want it to or not, it becomes a tiny self-esteem boost and a bit of reassurance that you’re doing ‘a good thing.’ Eventually, that self-esteem boost becomes a resume-builder and a conversation starter in your big interview. No matter how much the people you met or the thing you learned meant to you, they will inevitably be boiled down to this: A bullet point A single mark buried deep amongst a long list of achievements, the bullet point serves to capture months, sometimes even years, of work in a single sentence fragment. And that bullet point is going

to take you places. That dot is going to make you sound interesting and it’s going to be impressive for years to come. One day, when you need to, you will take the community that you came to know, the people you grew to love and the lessons you slowly learned and turn them into a rung on a ladder that you are determined to climb at an astonishing rate.

You don’t mean to use anyone’s difficult situation for your own benefit, of course not! How could you, after what you experienced?

You see, the sad truth is that your engagement or your service will end up benefitting you in ways that those you served may never experience. But it’s not all bad, and you, most importantly, are not wrong for having had these experiences. It’s just that, in a very Spiderman-esque manner, your great experience comes with great responsibility. You see, we owe something to that dot. That bullet point cannot be allowed to be simplified into a rung on a ladder. A bullet point must be hot days at a growing primary school and hot lunches at your host family’s home. It must be a boy’s days as a fisherman and his future days as the best student in his district. It is up to you to give that line in your resume the names and the narratives that it deserves to be given.

This is not an easy thing to do. In class, the topic of worldwide issues is just that—a topic. In the field, it feels real, and spending all of your time immersed in another world that you can’t reach out and touch right now can really weigh on your mind and your spirit. So, it would be unfair to ask someone to spend all of their time grappling with the issues of poverty, education and health. However, it is fair and right that we grapple for some time. Take time to make sense of what it means for someone of your particular race, religion, sex and gender to have engaged the community you now know.

Watch your words and your actions carefully, because they reflect the lessons that are now a part of your character. Most importantly, tell your stories well. Stories are suspended realities in which we place ourselves to express the nature of our experiences. I admit, that’s dramatic, but it seems fittingly profound, considering the story that you are trying to tell when you talk about your summer project.

So when the moment comes, and a potential employer is staring at your bullet points, and she asks you to tell her more about what you did this summer, you put every ounce of memory, heart and passion into doing that bullet point justice. Because, yes, it is selfish to use it.

But it would be a much greater insult to sell it short.

edit pages Zack Fowler is a Trinity junior.

Letter to the Editor Student Government Will Always Be Relevant-Vote Today Today, residents of East Campus have the opportunity to elect Senators to Student Government advocating on behalf of the Class of 2018 to effectuate campus change.

Duke Student Government has already impacted campus in the first few weeks of school, rolling out DevilsGate, lobbying for LGBTQ-related changes in the undergraduate application to Duke, creating a new research unit to study campus issues and implementing a new BikeShare program on campus. However, each of these programs and policies have been discussed and enacted without representation from the Class of 2018.

Today’s election provides that representation.

Yesterday, The Chronicle’s Editorial Board called into question the timeline of the first year election, arguing that candidates are “still trying to figure out what it means to be a Duke student, much less formulate a cogent platform for change and advocacy on campus issues.”

While this much may be true, we in student government do not expect first year Senate candidates to be masters of campus policy or have fully developed campaign platforms.

Rather we encourage candidates to present themselves to their peers: who they are, their background and relevant leadership experiences and the requisite set of skills they can offer our campus. It is vital, however, that the Class of 2018 is well represented in decision making within Student Government as early as possible. We also expect Senators of the Class of 2018 to grow and learn about how they can best represent their peers as their Class gets accustomed to University life. As the Class of 2018 acclimates to their campus, so will their Senators.

Moreover, we reject the Edit Board’s notion that candidates are currently resume-building three weeks into their Duke experience. We believe today’s candidates are genuinely interested in leadership and engagement on campus and motivated to improve campus life.

The Chronicle Editorial Board also touched on accountability within Student Government in yesterday’s piece. Increased attendance enforcement is something we’re implementing this year, but this is only part of a larger effort to strengthen the effectiveness of Senators.

We’re doing more to strengthen the agency of Senators by pushing our Senators to not just identify and discuss campus problems and potential solutions, but to engage the appropriate campus stakeholders—administrators, student groups, etc., develop proposals and finally implement proposals that impact campus in a way that improves the undergraduate experience.

Furthermore, we are unveiling a new website next week which includes blogs Senators will update weekly, working on beginning to release DSG video updates and urging senators to present their projects to Senate regardless of whether or not they require legislation to be enacted.

Ultimately, as long as students have grievances and their representatives have the agency to advocate for those grievances, Student Government will always be relevant. Student Government has been and will continue to be the student body’s means for effectuating campus change. We welcome the Class of 2018 to take their first step in this effort by voting in today’s election.

Abhi Sanka Executive Vice President of Duke Student Government

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Disorientation Week

Should I be worried if I haven’t made friends yet? Every group seems so solidified.”

I was returning from meeting my FAClets on the day after move-in day when a freshman on the C-2 BUS timidly asked me for directions. She seemed sweet and we started chatting. After we made it past the mundane “Where are you from?” and “What are you thinking of studying?,” I asked her how her Orientation week was going.

She told me, quietly, that she was feeling very overwhelmed and lonely.

She had been at Duke for barely 24 hours and she was already terrified that she wouldn’t find friends.

Of course, the idea that friend groups were solidified on the second day on campus seemed absurd to me. Honestly, I have a hard time believing that groups on campus are ever really solidified. Between the chaos of second-semester recruitment, moving off of East Campus and then study abroad, it seems to me that communities are always in flux.

In fact, I think that a lot of us left this notion of a “friend group” in high school, opting instead for networks of friends and relationships without clearly defined groups.

And yet, my heart went out to this girl. I understood. O-week can be

Katie Becker a fabulous time for students, but it can also be a painfully isolating time.

Personally, I enjoyed O-week. I went to parties with the people on my hall, some of whom remain my close friends, and I still keep in touch with my FAC group. Of course I felt pressured by the scramble to find friends—any friends!—but I think that’s an experience that accompanies trying to acclimate to any new environment.

After being a FAC this year, I recognize that I was quite lucky to have this O-week experience. Several of my friends—who now fit the description of “successful” Duke students both socially and academically—had miserable O-week experiences. Several have confessed that they spent much of the week questioning their decision to attend Duke.

The O-week dynamic favors a certain bubbly personality type that many students simply don’t have. When you look around and see preorientation cliques everywhere you turn and people bragging about how many parties they’ve already been invited to, it’s easy to feel out of place.

The truth is, without the structure and routine of attending classes and club meetings, O-week isn’t representative of college life and unhappiness during this “camp at college” period is unlikely to predict serious problems adjusting during the rest of the semester. Unfortunately, that isn’t clear to students. If posts on anonymous forums like Yik Yak are to be believed, for some members of the Class of 2018, O-week was characterized by feelings of loneliness—even thoughts of suicide.

On top of that, O-week’s lack of structure and pressure to conform can be outright dangerous. This year’s orientation saw record levels of EMS calls. Many colleges refer to the period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving as the “Red Zone” due to the increased risk of sexual violence, and the off-campus frat parties that characterize O-week seem like breeding grounds for the assault of first-year women.

Isolation, cliques, alcohol poisoning, and rape—looked at this way, O-week seems like a recipe for disaster.

Still, the reality is that the structure of orientation at Duke is unlikely to change. In spite of its flaws, O-week is one of those untouchable Duke experiences, akin to Last Day Of Classes or riding the bull at Shooters.

While it’s certainly worth considering alternative methods colleges use to their students, I don’t foresee an O-week overhaul in the near future.

Having said that, as first-year students are adjusting to their new routine and the rest of us are getting back into the swing of things, I think it’s important to consider both the flaws and the merits of how Duke welcomes new students. I know what you’re thinking: “Katie, we’re three weeks into classes—O-week is old news.”

I don’t think that’s entirely true. Orientation sets the tone for the entire first semester and, potentially, four years at Duke. In the long run, the University administration and the Office of New Student Programs should look very critically about whether O-week in its current form truly accomplishes its goals. In my mind, a successful O-week would make all students feel safe, comfortable and ready to hit the ground running when classes start. The FAC program and non-alcoholic evening events are a good start, but we’re not there yet. The next step would be implementing more programming aimed at arming students with the resources and centers that can help them when they’re struggling. Instead of assuming that everyone’s first few weeks at Duke are wonderful (“Aren’t you just loving O-week?”), upperclassmen and employees should keep in mind that not everyone’s adjustment is perfect.

In the short term, the class of 2018 (and, really, the rest of us) should remember to put the orientation experience into perspective. Instead of clinging to your O-week friends, keep searching for the people you really connect with. Remember that you are at college to learn, not to experience a boozy summer camp. Don’t view the chaos of O-week as the pinnacle of your college experience.

Instead, allow it to be the springboard for many enriching and fun experiences to come.

Katie Becker is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate Information Session

“Music+Tech+Entrepreneurship” performance by John Supko, Hunt Family Assistant Professor of Music

6:00-7:00 p.m., Gross Hall 107

Emcee Rence Nemeh, T’15, Duke in Chicago, Duke University Improv (DUI)

Learn about the new undergraduate experiential Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The certificate provides students with a pathway to pursue a rigorous cross-disciplinary study of innovation and entrepreneurship that is complementary to any major. The certificate requires an in-depth course of study examining the theories of innovation and entrepreneurship, coupled with hands-on practice in both areas.

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Thomas Thekkekandam, L’10, B’10, is a consultant and entrepreneur and will share insights about the job search, his experiences, and lessons learned.

Entrepreneurship Fair Gross Hall lobby Join us to learn more about our programs and activities for students, including entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship clubs, TheCube selective living center, DUHatch, Innovation Co-Lab, Melissa & Doug Entrepreneurs, Duke in Silicon Valley, Duke in Chicago, DukeEngage in Detroit, Summer Innovation Program, American Underground, HQ Raleigh, and more…

BBQ on the portico outside Gross Hall

Dinner included.

Also of interest,

CED Tech Venture Conference

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH

Raleigh Convention Center

n o i t a Innov re. e H s t Star

Building a Dream on Our Own Terms: Building Entrepreneurial Women 11:30 a.m., Washington Duke Inn

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH

Melissa Bernstein, T’87, Founder and CEO, Melissa & Doug

The Duke Entrepreneurial Experience: The Journey from Idea to Impact

Rachel Braun Scherl, T’87, Principal, SPARK Solutions for Growth

4:30 p.m., French Family Science Center, Room 2231 RSVP online

Christy Shaffer, PhD, Venture Partner, Hatteras Venture Partners

Panel Discussion The members of the first panel will share stories and lessons learned from their experiences with innovation and entrepreneurship. The second panel will discuss the various resources available at Duke for those interested in creating a business.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH Social Entrepreneurship: Innovating a Better World 6:30 p.m., Sanford, Room 004 RSVP online Panel Discussion Donnel Baird, T’03, Founder, BlocPower, Echoing Green Fellow Daniel Kimberg, T’07, Founder, Student U Rachel Lichte, B’14, Founder, The Clarity Project

Moderated by Matt Nash, Managing Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative

Reception 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Working as a Faculty Entrepreneur: Our Stories Donald McDonnell, PhD, Glaxo-Wellcome Professor of MCB and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

How to be a Rockstar Startup Employee 5:00-6:00 p.m., Gross Hall 107 Come hear Venture for America (VFA) explain how to be a stellar employee for a startup company. From good habits to develop to the top must-read books, VFA details the tools you’ll need to hit the ground running and do well while doing good. VFA is a career accelerator for recent grads who want to learn how to build a business while making an impact.

SEAD SPEAKER

“Scaling Innovations in Global Health,” Alden Zecha, CFO and Strategist, Sproxil, SEAD Innovator 5:45 p.m., Fuqua School of Business, Lilly Classroom RSVP online Light reception to follow.

Kathie Amato, Senior Strategist for Education, Duke I&E Tatiana Birgisson, T’12, Founder, Mati Energy Drinks

Moderated by Kimberly Jenkins, T’76, G’77, G’80, Director, Duke in Silicon Valley

By invitation.

Duke I&E Office Hours 3:00-5:00 p.m., Gross Hall 102 Meet with staff from Duke I&E to talk informally about topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation.

Jeff Glass, PhD, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

15th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge: Grand Finale Event

Bradi Granger, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke School of Nursing and Director, Heart Center Nursing Research Program

8:00 p.m., Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business RSVP online

Jody McAuliffe, MFA, Chair of Theater Studies, Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies and Slavic and Eurasian Studies

Moderated by Bruce Sullenger, PhD, Director, Duke Translational Research Institute (DTRI), Professor of Surgery, Duke School of Medicine The Landscape of Translational Support Services Jon Fjeld, PhD, Professor of the Practice, Fuqua School of Business Rose Ritts, PhD, Executive Director of the Office of Licensing and Ventures

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH

Panel Discussion

Victoria Christian, COO, Duke Translational Research Institute

Keynote Speaker Max Hodak, E’12, Founder, Transcriptic Competition Finale The Duke Start-Up Challenge is a year-long entrepreneurship competition with an entry pool of more than 100 Duke student teams. After elimination rounds through the year and participation in the Summer Innovation Program, seven teams remain. At the Grand Finale event, our top seven teams will give their final pitch, and one will win the $50,000 Grand Prize. Please join us and help us select the winner!

Kip Frey, JD, Director, Law and Entrepreneurship Program, Duke Law School

Moderated by Eric Toone, PhD, Vice Provost and Director of Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH Innovation Starts Here: Student Opportunities in I&E 4:30 p.m., Gross Hall 107 RSVP online “Disruptive Innovation – A Taste of Duke in Silicon Valley,” presented by Matt Christensen, E’02, CEO and Portfolio Manager, Rose Park Investments

Find out more at: entrepreneurship.duke.edu

DON’T MISS IT! — Duke Today will be running a major series about I&E throughout E-Week, filled with stories, videos, photo essays, and more. Visit today.duke.edu to see it all!