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DSGRU looks to Entrepreneurship: innovating a better world use campus data DSG research unit to use data to quantitatively review student life and solve pressing campus issues Shivaan Tandon The Chronicle Duke Student Government is aiming to tackle prominent campus issues from a new perspective. DSG recently announced the creation of the Duke Student Government Research Unit, a project designed to quantitatively review different facets of student life. The brainchild of DSG Executive Vice President Abhi Sanka, a junior, the unit aims to harness the power of statistics in order to answer some of the most pressing campus issues.

“There wasn’t enough data in everyday discussions which were based upon qualitative observations,” Sanka said.

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Matthew Rock | The Chronicle Matt Nash, the managing director of social entrepreneurship, moderated a panel discussion featuring alumni Donnell Baird, Rachel Lichte and Daniel Kimberg at the “Innovating a Better World” event Monday evening.

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Brianna Siracuse | The Chronicle Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits, pictured above, closed last week, despite an online fundraising campaign which ended up reaching its goal.

Despite a successful fundraising campaign to keep its doors open, Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits—a downtown Durham coffee shop owned and operated by military veterans—closed last week.

The hybrid coffee shop and bar, which opened eight months ago, announced in August that it would be forced to close if it could not pay overdue rent and make improvements to the store.

Owner Matt Victoriano launched a fundraising campaign on kickstarter website Indiegogo that yielded $28,743, surpassing his $27,000 goal—even with

the funding, however, the shop was not able to remain open in its current location.

But the end of Intrepid’s time on Parrish Street does not mean the end of the store. Victoriano noted that he is currently looking to relocate the store to a more affordable space and hopes to reopen soon. “[The fundraising money] was enough to pack back the rent, but my landlords weren’t willing to come to an agreement with me on paying back rent and keeping up the space for the remainder of the time,” Victoriano said.

The store had a successful opening in the spring—attracting a number of Duke students and faculty—but strug-

gled in the summer. Victoriano raised the money in just two weeks, thanks in large part to an online advertisement that highlighted the shop’s mission of bringing people together to support each other. The coffee shop prides itself not only on hiring veterans from the community but also being a place where people can connect through charity and personal advocacy groups, Victoriano said.

“It’s also an environment where veterans can come to see how their… experiences from the military directly translate over to the workplace,” said Victoriano, a former Marine Corps serSee Intrepid on Page 5

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Like a Rolling Stone: fossil named after Mick Jagger Duke researcher Gregg Gunnell names animal after rock musician Mick Jagger Weiran Wendy Zeng The Chronicle An ancient animal discovered by a Duke researcher has got lips like Jagger.

A team led by Gregg Gunnell, director of the Division of Fossil Primates at the Duke Lemur Center, and Ellen Miller, associate professor of physical anthropology at Wake Forest University, recently unearthed the fossils of an extinct African creature with highly distinguishable lips. Part of a family of hoofed animals called anathracores, the animal earned the name Jaggermeryxnaida after Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger—long noted for his own distinct lips.

“We called it Jaggermeryx kind of as a joke at first,” Gunnell said. “The closer we got to publication time, we thought, why not?”

The discovery of Jaggermeryxnaida—literally, “Jagger’s water nymph”—will be published in September’s Journal of Paleontology. Both Rolling Stones fans, Gunnell and Miller said that the animal’s naming pro-

cess was enjoyable.

“There are security concerns,” Miller said. “We will “A rock named after a rock star, famous for his sensi- be back with our joint Egypt- American team as soon tive lips,” Miller joked. as possible.”

Gunnell noted that actress Angelina Jolie originally Aside from the political turbulence in Egypt, the came to mind as a possible namesake, but he and Mill- land where the fossils were discovered is now being er agreed that she probably would not be too fond of transformed into an agricultural area. Gunnell said the name, given that Jaggermeryx is not the most at- the locality is currently being flooded and planted with tractive animal. crops, precipitating the unfortunate “This animal had a very sensitive, possibility of losing the fossils during e called it Jagmobile mouth with largish lips, sort of the next few years. germeryx kind of like a moose,” Gunnell said.

The Lemur Center currently holds Aside from its distinct lips, Jag- as a joke at first. The closer the only Jaggermeryx fossils in North germeryx looks similar to other an- we got to publication time, America, with approximately fifteen thracotheres. Reconstructed as a rospecimens housed in a collection bust, hippo-like creature, it features we thought, why not? room. Gunnell said he believed these long legs and a pouty face. Unlike fossils will suffice for current research — Gregg Gunnell purposes, noting that there is also many other anthracotheres, however, the ancestors of Jaggermeryx did not migrate from the possibility of uncovering similar Jaggermeryx fosAsia, but instead originated from Africa. sils elsewhere in North Africa, including in places like “Typical animals of Africa you think of today—lions, Libya. giraffes, zebras, elons and gazelles—all of those aniAlthough the creature’s name is unique, it is not the mals came from Asia, or at least their ancestors did,” first time that Duke researchers have named a discovGunnell said. ery after a popular musician. In 2012, biology profesBut further study of the creature could be compli- sor Kathleen Pryor similarly received attention for her cated by issues in Jaggermeryx’s native Egypt, the re- decision to name a genus of ferns after singer Lady searchers said.

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Search for MOP vendor goes on DUSDAC continues discussion of new Merchants-on-Points vendors at Monday meeting Lily Coad The Chronicle Heavenly Buffaloes—the recently opened chicken wings joint off of Ninth Street—is the latest candidate for the Merchants-on-Points vendor list.

The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee discussed possibilities for the open Merchants-on-Points space during their weekly meeting Monday night. Although earlier discussions centered on Vine Sushi and Thai, the restaurant backed out before the semester began, Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey said at DUSDAC’s meeting last week. This has left space for one more restaurant to join the program, which allows students to pay for delivery services on food points.

DUSDAC members suggested a number of local restaurants throughout the meeting, including Cosmic Cantina, Q Shack, Tijuana Flats and Harris Teeter.

Ultimately the committee agreed to reach out to Heavenly Buffaloes, which opened several weeks ago on West Markham Ave. Co-chair Gregory Lahood, a senior, suggested the restaurant because it already delivers and is located next to East Campus. As a new establishment, owners want to grow their Duke student customer base, he noted.

The owner has already reached out to Duke Dining, said Coffey, so the com-

mittee expects him to be eager to join the program.

Coffey added, however, that Heavenly Buffaloes might be deterred from the program since they likely could not deliver and serve alcohol on campus.

The committee also considered Sushi Love and Monuts Donuts as additions to the program. Members were particularly excited by the possibility of Sushi Love on points, but some were unsure whether Sushi Love would be interested in joining the program.

Concerns were raised about Monuts as well—regarding the restaurant’s small business size, possible unwillingness to deliver and the reception by health-conscious students. However, DUSDAC will explore the possibility and reach out to the soon-to-be 9th Street establishment.

Although Chubby’s Tacos was discussed as a possibility last week, the Ninth Street hotspot is now off the table.

“Chubby’s is no longer so enthusiastic about joining the program,” said co-chair Brain Taylor, a junior, despite previous promising conversations with the establishment.

There was also discussion about finding a farm-fresh vendor to add to Merchantson-Points, as some students mention a lack of access to fresh food as a common complaint. The vendor would allow students to order fresh food, fruits and vegetables that may not be easy to find on or off campus.

The committee closed the meeting by establishing a timeline for contacting Heavenly Buffaloes, Monuts and Sushi Love. Several members offered to reach out to the three restaurants this week to gauge interest.

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DUSDAC members suggested a number of potential MOP vendors throughout their meeting, including Cosmic Cantina, Q Shack, Tijuana Flats and Harris Teeter. discussion, there were several updates on topics that were discussed during last week’s meeting—particularly regarding nutrition.

Cafe Edens is updating its allergen in-

formation so that it can be seen more easily. DUSDAC also announced a series of nutrition events, including a rainbow salad bar and food tasting, at the Marketplace and Penn Pavilion.

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Duke surgeon discusses “bionic eye” Dr. Paul Hahn, eye surgeon at the Duke Eye Center, fitted patient Larry Hester with the first bionic eye—known as Argus—in state history on Wednesday. The Chronicle’s Shreya Ahuja interviewed Dr. Hahn for more insight into this groundbreaking surgery.

The Chronicle: What was the condition of Hester’s eyesight before the surgery?

Dr. Paul Hahn: Larry Hester has conditional retinitis pigmentosa, which is a genetic disease that causes damage to the retinas, essentially the soul of the eyes. It converts light into a signal that the brain and the person can understand. So, if the retina gets damaged, you can’t see. So, he’s 66 years old now, and when he was 33 or so, he started to progressively lose vision. He has lost vision for the last 30 years to the point where he is today, or was previously, which is what we call bare light perception.

That means he can barely tell when the brightest of lights are on or off. So if I shined a bright light in his eye, he might be able to tell when it’s on or when its off, but not much more than that. So he can’t see anything moving; if you put up a couple of fingers in front of him, he can’t tell how many fingers. He certainly can’t read any of the letters on the [eye] chart.

TC: Can you explain the “bionic eye” technology?

PH: The technology has two parts; two physically separate parts. So the first part is a pair of glasses—a special pair of glasses that has a video camera right in the middle of it. That video camera is connected by a wire to a little comput-

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er that’s about the size of two or three decks of cards. And that little computer is something that the patient wears on their belt or puts in their pocketbook or on their shoulder or wherever they want.

That computer processes that video camera, which sends it back up to the glasses and then the signal stops there. And that’s the external part of the device.

And then there’s the internal part of

the device. Once that signal gets back up to the glasses, it communicates wirelessly to the part of the device that is surgically implanted. The part that is surgically implanted consists of basically an antenna—it’s called a coil—that goes around the eye to a little microchip that is surgically implanted on the surface of the See Bionic on Page 5

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the original shop in its new location.

Senior Tera Kashgarian said she felt Intrepid was in a convenient location continued from page 1 downtown and was a good place for offcampus students. But she also noted geant team leader for scout and sniper that the coffee shop seemed to have exteams during two tours in Iraq. cess space and could still be a late-night He said he hopes coffee staple even if it to open a new store has to move to a differThe fundraising money] ent location. in Golden Belt—a historic textile mill on “It could be better was enough to pay back East Main Street that the rent, but my landlords with a smaller, cozier has been redesigned vibe,” she said. “I think to house artist studios, weren’t willing to come to that would help.” loft apartments, offices an agreement with me.

Victoriano added and restaurants. Victothat free parking by — Matt Victoriano the Golden Belt locariano said customers tion might attract more can expect the same “open, relaxing area to sit down and do business. He said he hopes to open the work comfortably” that they found in new location within the next month.

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Brianna Siracuse | The Chronicle Intrepid’s owner, Matt Victoriano—who served in the Marine Corps—sees his coffee shop as an environment where veterans can translate their military experience to the workplace.

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continued from page 4 retina. And what that microchip does is that it stimulates the part of the retina that is still not damaged by retinitis pigmentosa. Retinitis pigmentosa damages a certain part of the retina called the outer retina, and that’s just a part of the eye that is damaged in a lot of retinal diseases. But the inner part of the retina is often better preserved. This part of the chip stimulates the inner retina.

TC: What happens after the device has been turned on?

PH: I think the most important thing that I tell patients when they hear about this is that question. When a lot of people hear about this technology, they jump ahead to maybe what it will be in the next 100 years or 50 years or ten years or however many years. But the first thing I tell patients is that with the technology you’re not going to be able to drive. You’re not going to be able to read. You’re not even going to be able to recognize faces. What this technology does give you is flashes of light that sort of correspond to things that are going on around you. It’s a 60-pixel implant, of which 55 pixels are turned on. The amount of information you can get is a little bit crude, but when you compare it to not having any vision, it’s actually quite profound. So what these patients

can do with this type of device is identify straight lines of a crosswalk or curb, which means they can kind of follow that path in order to walk straight. If someone walks in front of them, they can see that movement in front of them so they know to stop or move out of the way. Patients describe knowing where the windows are or where the doorways are so they can navigate the house better. They can identify things like their toothbrush or even their place settings.

TC: How long did this research take and when did the FDA approve it?

PH: This research has been going on for over 20 years. One of the special things is that the research originated at Duke. It was a resident at Duke who started doing this research while during his residency. He went on to Hopkins and then USC where he continued this research and then marketed it to a company called Second Sight, which has done a great job bringing it to the market. So, it was FDA-approved around February 2013. For the first year and a half, there have just been a lot of hurdles. For a while the device was FDA-approved but not yet available, meaning the company just had to manufacture them. So, for the first eight to ten months that was one of the issues. The other one of the big issues was insurance reimbursement. It’s a very expensive device; it’s estimated to be about $145,000. It’s expensive, but in context, these patients don’t have any other options. And if you think about

things like a heart valve, they usually run around $150,000 also. Anyway, so insurance agreed to cover it and that’s been great. Medicare now covers this device, and Duke has been very proactive about doing this.

TC: Do you plan to continue performing this procedure?

PH: We do plan to continue doing this surgery. We’re not, however, quite full speed ahead. We want to see what the outcomes are for this device first so we can appropriately tailor further implants to the best of the patient needs.

TC: What do you imagine for the long-term possibilities of Argus?

PH: I think the implications for this device in general are twofold. From the individual patient perspective, I think this device offers a certain level of vision they didn’t have before. And for these profoundly blind patients, like I mentioned before, that type of improvement in vision is actually very significant. But one thing I’m very excited by is that, on a broader level, this device represents a new step forward into a new generation of patient care. So rather than previously, when patients lost vision, there was nothing we could really do about it.

And for the first time, we can actually provide artificial vision. And this is the first approved generation of this device, but there will certainly be an Argus 2, Argus 3 and Argus 4 that will provide a better level of vision in the future.

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Elysia Su | The Chronicle Donnell Baird, the founder and CEO of BlocPower, shared his experiences as a social entrepreneur Monday afternoon.

“We’re looking for students who have quantitative skills and have applied these skills in real-world research settings,” continued from page 1 Sanka said. “We want students who can use these skills to solve real world data needed to be filled with a policy-making based problems, who know how to work process that included statistical evidence in a team and are goal-oriented,” Sanka explained. and data to make decisions.”

He added that the idea for this reAt the beginning of each semester, the DSG Senate will discuss relevant campus search model stemmed from his experience at the National issues and commission want DSGRU to proAcademy of Sciences, a set of projects to be overseen by DSGRU. vide Student Govern- an institution commissioned by Congress to As the semester progresses, the unit will de- ment representatives with complete governmental velop study methods to ammunition to tackle these projects. answer and tackle these big picture problems.

“As a public policy questions. After receivmajor and as a member ing Senate approval — Abhi Sanka of student government, for these methods, the this model of evidenceunit will collect data based decisions making and then implement the research tech- struck me,” Sanka said. “I felt that we niques, providing final analysis reports to didn’t have something like this.” the Senate. Sanka said the Senate plans Sanka said people have generally been to commission the first set of questions receptive to the concept of the unit and by early October. the resolution passed unanimously in the DSGRU will consist of a 5-15 member Senate. He emphasized the unit’s ability committee and a director in charge of to confront persistent issues such as the project oversight. The director will be se- efficiency of the dining system. lected by Sanka through an application “I want DSGRU to provide Student and interview process and the steering Government representatives with ammucommittee will be selected in a similar nition to tackle these big picture probmanner. lems,” he said.

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Tearing down idols, starting dialogue

Most people did not know what domestic violence looked like until they saw the Ray Rice video.

It doesn’t take video evidence for people to be able to visualize most other crimes. If I were to tell you that someone was shot in the arm or had the wallet stolen out of their back pocket, you would understand what happened to them.

Domestic abuse is a crime so broadly defined that unless someone has been a victim or known one they probably didn’t fully understand it until about a week ago. Domestic violence can be physical as well as emotional. It can come in the form of a slap to the face or a scathingly disrespectful remark or a vicious left hook that would make even Muhammad Ali cringe.

The latter is what the American public saw when a video from inside an Atlantic City casino elevator showed Rice brutally assaulting his then-fiancee and nowwife, Janay Palmer. As a result, people in America are finally having serious conversations about domestic abuse.

Domestic violence isn’t just a Ray Rice issue. Although several other pro football players have been underdisciplined by the NFL (or not at all) for cases of domestic abuse, it is far more than a league issue. This is a societal issue, and Rice’s deplorable actions serve as the spark for some long-overdue and potentially impactful discussions.

From a football standpoint, change is coming as a result of this incident. Gone are the days when a player’s suspension for smoking a joint would be twice as long as the one he would receive for assaulting a woman. The NFL has hardened its stance on domestic violence offenses, and league commissioner Roger Goodell could (and should) lose his job if it is determined the NFL attempted to cover up the Rice video, which it allegedly received from law enforcement last April.

But Rice isn’t the only NFL player who has been guilty of domestic abuse.

This is likely an issue that has been plaguing the league for decades— and there have probably been worse

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Jack White | Chronicle File Photo Junior Celine Boutier used a strong showing in the final round of the Evian Championship to make up for a shaky third round and finish tied for 29th.

Amrith Ramkumar Beat Writer Celine Boutier was playing in yet another international amateur event representing her home country of France in Japan at the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship Sept. 3-6 when she got a special phone call—an invitation to the LPGA’s final major of the season.

The junior—who had already competed in the Women’s U.S. Open, the Women’s U.S. Amateur, the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship and the European Ladies ‘Amateur Team Championship earlier in the summer—accepted and immediately changed her travel plans, heading back home to France for the Evian Championship Sept.

11-14 rather than returning to Durham for Duke’s season opener.

“It was really unexpected,” Boutier said. “I was really happy about it because I’ve always dreamed of playing it. It’s like playing the U.S. Open for an American. So it was really meaningful for me and I was honored that they picked me.”

The quick turn of events worked out well.

Boutier—one of just four amateurs invited to compete—easily made the cut at the Evian Masters Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, and birdied her last three holes Sunday to finish tied for 29th, her best finish in a major to date. The reigning National Player of the Year made the cut at last year’s Ricoh Women’s British Open, but only finished tied for 56th.

Boutier’s best performance on the world’s biggest stages coincided with an increased comfort level for the 20-year-old.

Her family stayed with her throughout

the weekend and Boutier’s younger brother, Kevin, helped her to navigate the course, carrying his sister’s bag and helping to relax the decorated amateur.

“Both of my parents and my brother were cheering for me so I mean, I wasn’t really nervous or anything,” she said. “I felt like I managed to keep calm the whole week and play my game, which was really nice.”

Boutier was also able to enjoy a unique opportunity to play some holes during a practice round with two-time major winner Suzann Pettersen, the defending champion at the event.

“I was playing the practice round with France and then Suzann Pettersen came out on the No. 6 and asked if she could join and play,” Boutier said. “That was really nice and I

was actually very impressed because she won the Evian Championship. She’s in the top five and she’s always been one of the best players on tour, so I was really impressed and that was a nice way to start off the week.”

Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks has said multiple times that the most valuable aspect of playing in highly-competitive professional events for amateurs is being able to observe how the pros conduct themselves on the course; Boutier got the unique opportunity to learn more from one of the best before the tournament had even started.

After opening the tournament with solid rounds of even-par 71 and one-over-par 72 to make the cut comfortably by five strokes— despite a disappointing double bogey on her See Boutier on Page 8

Jack White | Chronicle File Photo Celine Boutier will look to rejoin her Duke teammates in the coming week after spending the summer and fall playing in international tournaments.

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Blue Devils get season underway at Fab Four Invite Joe Squillace Staff Writer After finishing the 2014 season ranked No. 2 in the nation, the Duke women’s tennis team opened its 2014-2015 season this weekend, as freshmen Samantha Harris and Rebecca Smaller made their debut performances.

Blue Devil men’s tennis— which finished No. 14 in the nation last year—also opened its season this weekend, as freshman Nicolas Alvarez hit the court in a Duke uniform for the first time.

The three-day Duke Fab Four Invite was held at the Cary Tennis Center from Friday Sept. 12 to Sunday Sept. 14. The tournament consisted of three separate singles draws of 16 players and three separate doubles draws of eight teams in both women’s and men’s play.

“We played pretty well, but not the best that we could play,” women’s head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “It was good to see two of our three freshmen play. It also showed we have a lot of work to do in the next two weeks.”

Facing a grueling test of endurance, senior Ester Goldfeld was unable to complete her third-place match in the white bracket— her seventh match in three days—due to an upper-leg injury. After struggling to keep up with Florida’s Josie Kuhlman while in visible discomfort, she withdrew from the match after dropping the first set 6-2.

With Goldfeld out of commission, the Blue Devils’ focus turned to their underclassmen.

Smaller ran into trouble in the black bracket, losing her first two matches, but

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Jesús Hildalgo | Chronicle File Photo Sophomore Alyssa Smith led the women’s tennis team Sunday, advancing all the way to the consolation finals.

she finished the weekend with a 7-6 (7), 6-2 victory against Furman’s Karlee Bryde for her first win as a Blue Devil. To round out her weekend, Harris fought for a hard-earned 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4 victory against Alabama’s Danielle Spielmann. After losing her opening match, sophomore Alyssa Smith won two matches before falling in the consolation final of the blue bracket.

Duke decided to switch things up when doubles play came around, as two freshmen paired with older members of the squad.

Goldfeld and Harris took fourth in the blue bracket, and the team of Smith and Smaller fell in the consolation finals of the

white bracket. Redshirt senior Rachel Kahan joined forces with Virginia’s Marie Faure to take third place in the black bracket.

“We wanted to see a few different combinations [in doubles],” Ashworth said. “One of the things we like to use our fall for is to figure out what’s the best doubles combinations for the spring.

Tournaments like this give us some opportunities to do that.”

The men’s team was led by Alvarez, who lost in the semifinals of the black bracket but went on to defeat Wake Forest’s Sam Bloom 6-3, 6-4 to take third place and avenge his teammate’s loss. Bloom bested Duke’s

second-seeded Raphael Hemmeler the day prior in a three-set contest, but Hemmeler would go on to beat Louisville’s Jeffrey Brown 6-3, 6-4 to claim fifth. Brown handed Blue Devil Daniel McCall a first-round loss Friday, but McCall would bounce back and win the black bracket’s consolation final with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against William and Mary’s Will Juggins.

In the blue bracket, Cole Hammond and Chris Mengel each picked up a win before falling in the quarterfinals. Blue Devil junior Bruno Semenzato, the white bracket’s oneseed, won three matches without dropping a set before falling to Kentucky’s Beck Pennington in the final.

In doubles, Hammond and McCall took third in the black bracket, Semenzato and Alvarez claimed second place in the blue bracket and in the white bracket, Mengel and Hemmeler secured Duke’s only outright bracket victory of the weekend with a tight 8-7 (5) win against the Kentucky duo of Lopez and Pennington.

The men return to action Sept. 27 at the first qualifying round of the ITA AllAmerican Tournament in Tulsa, Okla. The women next play Sept. 27 at the nine-day Riviera All-American Tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif. The Blue Devils will look to build on this weekend’s performance in their upcoming tournaments.

“I don’t think our competitive fire was where it needed to be,” Ashworth said. “I told them afterwards that we can always control [the competitive fire], whether we’re playing well or not. We have to do a better job of being excited to be out there on the court the next time we play in two weeks in California.”

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Duke picks up 55 votes in Week 3 AP Poll Duke crushes Kansas, moves closer to top 25 Returning to Wallace Wade Stadium after last week’s slow start against Troy, the Blue Devils (3-0) clipped the Jayhawks’ wings behind National Freshman of the Week Shaun Wilson. The dynamic true freshman racked up 245 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 carries as Duke coasted to an easy 41-3 victory. The Blue Devils never trailed and earned 55 votes in this week’s AP Poll, 12 more than last week. North Carolina (2-0) is now the only team standing between Duke and the top 25.

Duke will look to follow up this strong performance next Saturday against Tulane (1-2) at 12:30 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium and has a chance at cracking the AP Poll next week with some help.

35 against then-No. 6 Georgia (1-1) thanks to two missed field goals by Bulldogs kicker Marshall Morgan—who had made an SEC record 20 straight field goals up to that point—and a late goal-line stand that kept the Bulldogs out of the end zone. Although Georgia and Heisman candidate running back Todd Gurley were coming off of a strong performance against Clemson two weeks ago, the Bulldogs struggled defensively for much of the game.

South Carolina’s chances in the SEC East were considered by many to be gone after giving up a school record 680 yards of offense to Texas A&M, but the Gamecocks responded well Saturday. The loss by Georgia dropped the Bulldogs seven spots to No. 13 while South Carolina made the biggest climb of the week in the AP Poll, jumping 10 spots to No. 14. The competitive SEC East is wide open now with Florida and Missouri vying for the crown as well.

Gamecocks hold strong, knock off Bulldogs In arguably the game of the week, thenNo. 24 South Carolina (2-1) prevailed 38-

Trojans upset by unranked Eagles Behind a merciless ground game, Boston College (2-1) trampled the run defense of then-No. 9 Southern California

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(2-1) to the tune of 452 yards and five touchdowns. This was the Eagles’ first win against a top-10 team while unranked since 2002. Although Trojan quarterback Cody Kessler had a terrific game—throwing for 317 yards four touchdowns—Boston College’s onslaught was too much for Southern California to overcome a week after stunning Stanford.

With the loss, the Trojans dropped eight spots this week to No. 17 and Boston College received 22 votes in the AP Poll, its first votes of the season.

Hokies shocked by East Carolina Just one week after upsetting powerhouse Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, the thenNo. 17 Hokies (2-1) were upset by the unranked Pirates (2-1). In a wild fourth quarter, Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Brewer threw two touchdowns to tie the game at 21 with just 80 seconds left. But East Carolina, behind the poise of quarterback Shane Carden—who accounted for all four Pirates touchdowns on the day—marched down the field and scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak with just 16 seconds left.

The Hokies’ stay in the top 25 was shortlived as they fell back among the unranked

with 54 votes, while the Pirates garnered 44 votes this week.

Cardinals grounded by Cavaliers The third top 25 team to fall to an unranked opponent this week, then-No. 21 Louisville (2-1) and Virginia (2-1) played a game marred by turnovers. The Cardinals had four and the Cavaliers accumulated three. Louisville—down 13 in the fourth quarter—scored 14 unanswered points to take a 21-20 lead with less than seven minutes remaining in the game.

But Cardinal receiver James Quick—who scored the touchdown that put Louisville in the lead—would go from hero to goat in just seven plays. After his touchdown, Virginia struggled to move down the field and was forced to punt. Quick fielded the punt for Louisville but fumbled the ball away and Cavalier defensive back Kelvin Rainey recovered at the Louisville 25-yard line. Four plays later, Virginia kicker Ian Frye booted the game-winning 42-yard field goal with less than four minutes remaining.

Louisville lost an astounding 232 votes and was left with just two, and Virginia earned six after snapping its 11-game ACC losing streak.

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In the wake of a record-setting performance, it comes as little surprise that true freshman running back Shaun Wilson has been named National Freshman of the Week by Athlon Sports and ACC Rookie of the Week.

The Charlotte native broke the Duke record for rushing yards in a single game with 245 on just 12 rushes, while adding three touchdown runs in the Blue Devils’ 41-3 rout of Kansas Saturday.

Wilson broke the previous record of 238 yards set by former tailback Robert Baldwin in 1994.

After an eye-opening 69-yard scamper to the endzone in the first quarter, Wilson exploded in the second half, running for 176 yards and additional touchdown runs of 68 and 45 yards. Wilson’s speed and knack for big plays resulted in a average of 20.4 yards per rush.

His total 245 yards on the ground are the most any player this season has gained against an FBS opponent and ranks fourth in ACC history for a freshman running back.

The national audience is also learning of Wilson’s record-setting day, as he was nominated as one of four Capital One Cup Performers of the Week by ESPN. As of 4:15 p.m. Sunday, he was third in the online ballot behind

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Boston College quarterback Tyler Murphy and West Virginia wide receiver Kevin White.

Wilson’s breakout game may remind fans of DeVon Edwards’ performance last season against North Carolina State. In the 38-20 Duke win, the now-sophomore

scored three touchdowns: two on backto-back interception reutrns and one on a 100 yard kick return. Wilson and Edwards are now tied for the most points scored by a freshman in a single game in Blue Devil history with 18.

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continued from page 6 36th hole—Boutier struggled during the third round, firing a five-over-par to drop down the leaderboard into a tie for 53rd.

“I was really frustrated by the third round,” Boutier said. “I didn’t manage to play my game and I was really frustrated by that because I didn’t play as well as I wanted to, so I was really motivated to play well in the final round and finish with a very nice score.”

But Duke’s most valuable player last year bounced back, playing her first 15 holes in the final round at even par before making birdies on the three tough finishing holes to end her whirlwind offseason of international competition with a bang.

“I felt like my game was in place.

Throughout the round, I felt like my game was getting better and better,” Boutier said.

“My putting was amazing. I hit a lot of putts for par. And I finished with three birdies in a row.”

Boutier returned to campus Monday evening, at which time her teammates were preparing for Tuesday’s final round of the Cougar Classic at the Yeamans Hall Club in Hanahan, S.C. Duke is currently tied for fifth, seven strokes behind 36-hole leader Arkansas.

Boutier will make her season debut Sept. 28-30 at the Annika Intercollegiate in Orlando, when she hopes the main lessons from her busy summer will pay off for her and her teammates.

“I’m very excited to start the season,” Boutier said. “I was very sad about missing the first tournament of the year but I think they’re doing pretty well right now, so I’m excited to start my first tournament next week. I hope that we’re going to have a great year.”

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race relations in a matter of minutes.

The continued marginalization of Native Americans would go largely unnoticed if not for the controversial name of the Washington Redskins. The NFL’s issues with concussions provide valuable commentary on our country’s unwillingness to address mental health issues. The Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State provided a chilling look at the damage that can be caused by years of child abuse, and Michael Vick’s actions forced people to take a long, hard look at animal abuse.

You don’t have to be a sports fan to understand the importance of these types of discussions. These are issues that have been plaguing our society far longer than whatever scandal finally brought them into the national spotlight.

Sports has a way of building men into idols, which only makes it more painful when someone like Ray Rice’s world comes crashing down around him. But when it does, we come to realize that these muscular demigods are in fact very human.

Stories like Ray Rice are like modernday Greek myths—using the errors of the gods to expose the faults of man.

continued from page 6 offenders. So why should you be OK with Rice getting 24/7 coverage while other players like Carolina’s Greg Hardy and San Francisco’s Ray McDonald receive a portion of the public backlash?

It’s because sports are an underrated catalyst for social change—Rice is simply serving as the centerpiece of this conversation.

Many malign professional sports for glorifying playground games on a global stage. Critics say that these games are played by oversized, overpaid children, and often athletes do sports a disservice by living up to this billing. Athletes are normally seen as role models for America’s children, but they serve that same role for adults—the hope is that this highlypublicized situation will cause victims and abusers to seek the help that they need.

Love it or hate it, what sports do provide is the biggest possible arena for important discussions. It took days of turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., before the national media figured out what was going on there. Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling had the entire country talking about

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Let’s talk about sex The Internet is abuzz yet again—this time, with leaked nude photos of female celebrities. Launching issues of sex and sexuality into the public sphere, the leaked photo scandal exemplifies an uncomfortable bind where people are simultaneously fascinated by, and yet averse to, confronting

Editorial sex. And new technologies are continually providing different avenues for conversation. Snapchat and Tinder, for example, offer new ways of communicating sex and sexual desire, while anonymous forums like Yik Yak and CollegiateACB can serve as breeding grounds for rumors.

How are these new mediums affecting the sex culture at Duke? In many ways, they deconstruct the taboo that surrounds sex by launching mentions of sexual encounters, masturbation and hook-ups into the public sphere. Recent Yik Yak messages announce, “Masturbating while my roommate is asleep *thumbsup* P.S. I’m a girl,” and “Coming out as bi is like being at a buffet and finally being able to eat all the food that you’ve always liked, but that societal pressures always

stopped you from trying. NOW BRING ON THAT intimacy, as some have said, is masturbating with BEEF RAGÙ.” The added layer of anonymity to other people’s bodies. these forums offers people the freedom to voice The hook-up culture establishes an unhealthy their thoughts without fear of repercussion, em- environment that can not only enable thoughtpowering them to post obscenities and graphic less objectification of people, but also breed an comments that would otherwise never enter pub- atmosphere thick with distance and discomfort. lic discourse.

One of the top Yik Yak messages Yet while increasing quips, “A study performed at Duke n many ways, they dialogue about sex is posiUniversity confirms that once you deconstruct the tive, the tenor of comhook up with someone at Shootments promoted through taboo that surrounds sex ers, your chances of running into these forums often silence that person on campus increases deeper conversations by launching mentions by 500 [percent].” Post hook-up about sex. One effect is of sexual encounters, run-ins on the quad, in the dining to perpetuate the casual maturbation and hook-ups halls or in classrooms cause people hookup culture that perto question their actions and their vades campus. Pointedly into the public sphere. relations with others. Although the vague and undefined, the hook-up culture is not as pervasive casual hookup culture is as it may be perceived, its seeming perhaps epitomized by the “Shooters hookup,” dominance in the public eye continues to pose which can range from a dance-floor make-out to problems to the Duke community. one night stands in a dorm room. The common New technologies are opening new frontiers thread lies in the “casual” part of the encoun- of public discourse about sex, but they are also ter—participants feel that there is some emo- keeping other conspicuously unattended. In totional distance or lack of emotional investment. morrow’s piece, we will elaborate on these hidThis loss of intimacy is problematic: sex without den narratives of sexual culture at Duke.

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I have always wanted to get to know you, but I’ve always thought you were out of my friend league.” I heard this comment at a birthday party several months ago. In the moment, the confession was simply an extension of friendship, an invitation to a deeper relationship. For me, such statements are commonplace, and I have often used similar, explicit declarations to initiate friendships. Currently, my favorite is, “Let’s just be best friends!” I will admit that because of the statement’s frequent use, I now have to classify my friends on a scale from “friends to best friends to best-best-best friends,” but those are stories I will save for another time.

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automatically excluded from those social circles.

The list goes on and on.

My friend’s comment about friend leagues aroused in me an intense awareness of my place among the social leagues. Although I would like to think that I am finished with those days when I used to actively climb the social ladder, I believe that traces of that mindset still remain. Her comment made me conscious of a secret that I have tried to disregard for a while now, partially because it sounds highly superficial. Even though it may appear surface-level, bear with me, because it reveals a deeply vulnerable place of my heart.

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BREAKING DOWN WALLS Although in context my friend’s statement about friend leagues was pure and harmless, I somehow could not disregard her remark. I felt insecure because she did not pursue a friendship with me with the same intensity—or at all, for that matter. I felt like we were friends simply because our social lives overlapped, not because she actually wanted to be my friend. Her comment made me question which “friend league” I belonged to. Did she not feel the need to initiate friendship with me because I, too, am in a different friend league, except in my case, a lower one? What qualifies a person for each social league anyway?

In the particular comment above, my friend was specifically referring to the girl’s beauty—the girl was too beautiful to be friends with her. From my friend’s perspective, friend leagues are defined by physical attractiveness. Another factor I would like to suggest is a person’s “fun level.” I personally am drawn to people who make me laugh the most, simply because I enjoy laughter. I also notice that within large crowds, I tend to gravitate towards the life of the party because I don’t want to miss out on the excitement. Socioeconomic status and wealth also play a role in defining one’s friend league. Those who do not have the resources to participate in extracurricular activities are

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their “cuteness.” I take several things into account when classifying it as “cute”—how beautiful the bride is, how handsome the groom is and how gorgeous the bridesmaids/groomsmen are. Then I start thinking about my wedding and how I want everyone in it to be just as beautiful. I subsequently go through my mental friend list and begin checking off people I would like to be a part of my wedding. Granted, this is not an active thought process, but deep down, it’s all there.

Friend leagues exist because we have made friendships self-oriented. The factors that define friend leagues coupled with my desires for my wedding reflect an underlying thought process: what can my friends do for me? Friendship, like many other aspects of life, is a two-way street. We get out of friendships what we put into them.

Instead of using friendships to meet our needs to feel valued and significant, I propose that we make our friendships more about the other person. Let’s go out of our way this week to make our friends feel special. Let’s make sure our friends know that they are just as valuable regardless of what they can contribute to our lives.

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t was a thoroughly unremarkable minute in a grocery store vitamin aisle, about a decade ago. Yet so much of what makes me who I am—my worldview, my morals, my politics—grew out of that moment.

My mother was off buying something else—we had all been assigned items to fetch in order to speed up the shopping. I was supposed to find those Flintstones multivitamins that tasted like candy. While looking for them, I spotted another section of vitamins: “prenatal.”

I’m not sure that I knew what “prenatal” meant back then, but surely the label designs afforded me some context clues. I noticed a broad selection. Some were cheaper; some claimed to afford very specific health benefits.

Before that day, I hadn’t known that prenatal vitamins existed.

But I did know my mother. She’d have

incentivizing delayed reward.

I had always had a sense that I was incredibly lucky. But there, standing in a grocery store aisle, it hit me—luck was written into my very development, was essential to my existence. I had never known a world without it, and I could not be separated from it even if I wanted to be.

Despite the common understanding, the opportunity I was given to excel in life was not, and never could be, equal to anyone else’s.

This is not a bad thing. When I have kids, I want to be able to afford them every advantage I possibly can—even though others will not benefit from the same luck. Aristocracies emerge from the pure, noble desire for our progeny to be more prosperous and successful than we are.

And, even given an aristocracy, the meritocracy is still very much intact. In a number of fields, my carefully guided development led

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en meters below me, a half-dozen preteen girls are singing Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” in broken English, a housewife is recycling enough wine bottles to intoxicate an entire darty and someone is practicing the accordion. My hermanito, little brother, is watching the (Spanish) “Regular Show” in the next room, and I am trying to decide if the dollar-euro exchange rate really is good enough to justify the shopping spree I went on today.

I am in Madrid, 3,900 miles and a mild case of culture shock away from home and yet could not be happier.

Having grown up a 5-minute drive away from Cameron Indoor Stadium, I committed to Duke enthusiastically but the prospect of spending another four years in Durham only halfheartedly—I had always imagined myself leaving the Bull City, and the South as a whole, far behind me. Thus, when the opportunity to spend seven months abroad via two academic programs and an

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researched far and wide, asking friends and doctors and doctor friends which ones she should take. She’d have spent any amount of money, any at all, to buy the ones they told her were best. And so the environment in which my most important development took place was likely healthier than that of a baby born in the next room. Already, I realized, before I even opened my eyes for the first time, the advantages of my life had begun.

But, of course, I was already wrong, as we so often are when we try to pinpoint true beginnings.

I don’t necessarily know if the quality of prenatal vitamins differs meaningfully by brand, or even if there’s much benefit to taking them at all. But my mother grew up with someone providing her with balanced meals—with a grocery store nearby that sold healthy and varied foods, a car to access them, sufficient money to buy them, a stay-at-home mother to cook them and enough education to know what they were. She grew up always having time and resources for recreational exercise and regular visits to the doctor. Her body was the picture of good health, and the foods she fed it with while I was there were the nutritious ones she had always known.

And that womb must have been surrounded by beautiful sounds. The music that filled my childhood, played on record players and in never-ending piano lessons that would assist my brain development, was surely playing even then.

And then there was my mother’s voice, those lilting, patrician words that had been crafted by a master’s degree in English Literature. When my own words eventually began, mimicking them, people assumed I was smarter, higher class—I gained access to all varieties of dinner tables.

Standing in that vitamin aisle, I stopped trying to trace the advantages that circumstances had afforded me, sensing that after my birth they would be too numerous to attempt to track. They were present in everything from the books that had surrounded me from my first day on Earth to the way my parents praised good, hard work,

me to genuinely possess capabilities greater than many of my peers. The qualities that my parents cultivated in me—things like critical thinking skills and appreciation for hard work—are incentivized on the global marketplace, and they should be for a well-functioning society.

But the myth of equal opportunity does have negative ramifications.

In his excellent 2012 commencement address, Michael Lewis describes an experiment done by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley. The researchers broke student volunteers into groups of three, segregated by sex, and gave them some complex moral problem to discuss. Before doing so, though, they randomly appointed one of the three to be the group’s leader.

Then, half an hour into their discussion, the researchers brought in a plate with four cookies.

All the group members got one cookie, but they were then left with one extra. And who ate it? With astonishing regularity, the randomlyappointed leader was the one to claim it.

The leader had no extra responsibilities and had performed no special task. His or her status was entirely random. Yet this arbitrarilyappointed leader was left with the sense that he or she deserved some special reward.

I got my first paycheck this summer. For the first time, I was personally acquainted with the sting of taxes. I sat there staring at the diminished amount, internally ranting about how there was a reason I was paid so much—it was because I had special skills, and I had worked so hard that summer and before that, in school, to hone them, and how could they take my money— But then I stopped. I remembered ten-yearold me standing in a grocery store vitamin aisle, realizing for the first time that so much of what I am stems from a lucky womb.

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Ellie Schaack is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

internship presented itself, I seized it like a finance minor seizes a Goldman Sachs recruiting brochure. I saw a great big world beyond the walls of campus, and I saw my chance to experience it before econometrics, the GRE and internship-hunting dragged me kicking and screaming back into my little corner of it.

In each country I visited, I saw something superior to my native country and hometown. Germany had döner kebabs, fantastic beer and the most effective public transit system I had ever seen.

South Africa had a favorable exchange rate and enough natural beauty to warrant a week’s worth of road trips and hikes. Spain has siestas, tapas and beautiful Moorish architecture. Sitting in hipster cafes and sipping overpriced chai lattes with new friends from all corners of the world, I marveled about how incredible it was to finally be out of the United States and the Bull City. “Of course,” I told them, “I love Durham, but this is so much better.” And I do.

Every orientation week I half-jokingly scold at least a dozen firstyear students for taking cheap shots at my hometown. No, I did not grow up in abject poverty, and neither did the vast majority of my fellow citizens. Yes, there was more to do than twerk in the Shooters cage, climb onto the roof of Cosmic Cantina or power walk through Trinity Park to watch a movie at Northgate Mall. I could not understand why people were so uninformed about the city in which they would spend the next four years of their lives.

I never realized the disconnect between my private weariness of Durham and my impassioned public defenses of it until I began directly comparing whatever exotic locale in which I ended up to the City of Medicine. I lamented the lack of a place to buy Spanish food then remembered Mateo, the tapas bar on Chapel Hill Street where my family had gone to celebrate my father’s birthday.

Driving the South African Garden Route, a series of vineyards tucked among awe-inspiring hills, I recalled the Smoky Mountains just 4 hours west of Durham. Walking past the Paulaner Biergärten in Munich, I smiled at the prospect of drinking something besides Keystone Light before realizing Fullsteam Brewery serves some of the best locally-produced beer in the South. Just as each man Carrie Underwood dates makes her love her dog more, each city I visit makes me realize just how incredible Durham actually is.

Unfortunately, while my fellow Dukies studying abroad are all but forced to immerse ourselves in the city that surrounds us— for instance, the Duke in Madrid program directors require us to attend numerous cultural events over the course of the semester and subsidize the purchase of tickets for additional outings— those staying on campus are left with no incentive to leave its confines after the annual Orientation week “Night on the Town” at the American Tobacco Campus and the Durham Performing Arts Center. Even I, the local, leave campus perhaps three times a week, and only one of those outings involves a venue without a mechanical bull.

While abroad I have frequented bars far too chic for my ratty t-shirt and Sperries and clubs featuring bands with unpronounceable names, but in Durham I stick to what is familiar, what is safe. While doing so is certainly enjoyable, I cannot help but kick myself for so rarely venturing beyond the Duke bubble the previous four semesters.

When my plane touches down on the Raleigh-Durham International Airport tarmac this December, I expect myself to make the most of all Durham bars, restaurants, clubs and concert halls, not just the ones pledge taxi drivers know how to reach.

To everyone on campus right now—grab the Bull City by its horns. After all, someone needs to keep Nanataco in business while I’m gone, and Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds are playing at the Pinhook next Wednesday.

Tom Vosburgh is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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JOIN US TO CELEBRATE HARD ART, DC 1979 Iconic photographs of the underground punk scene in Washington, D.C.

September 17-23 EXHIBITIONS

Hard Art, DC 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins’ iconic images of the underground punk scene in Washington, D.C., ca. 1979. Thru October 11.

Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Picture Books. An exhibition of self-published and handmade photography books. Curated by Larissa Leclair, with additional juried works. Thru Nov. 7.

Power Plant Gallery, American Tobacco.

Rauschenberg: Collecting & Connecting. Six decades of the artists’ work with selections from the Nasher Museum’s collection. Thru January 11. Nasher Museum of Art. Free.

Miró: The Experience of Seeing. The Nasher Museum presents a rare glimpse at the later works of Spanish-born artist Joan Mirό (1893-1983), one of the greatest innovators of 20th-century art in Europe. Thru Feb. 22. Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students Free.

Wednesday, September 17, 6–9 p.m.

Reception + Artists’ Talk at 7 p.m. with Pulitzer Prize–winning Photojournalist Lucian Perkins and Musician/Writer Alec MacKaye Thursday, September 18, 6–9 p.m.

Reception + Curators’ Conversation at 7 p.m. with Jayme McLellan and Lely Constantinople Hard Art, DC 1979 is on view through October 11, 2014, at the Center for Documentary Studies.

EVENTS

September 17 Reception and Artists’ Talk for Hard Art, DC 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins and writer/musician Alec MacKaye on D.C.’s underground punk scene, ca. 1979. 6-9pm; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Organ Demonstration. Chapel Organist, Christopher Jacobson, presents an informative, interactive, and up-close discussion and demonstration of Duke Chapel’s organs. 12:30pm, Duke Chapel. Free.

September 18 Reception and Conversation. With Hard Art, DC 1979 curators Jayme McLellan and Lely Constantinople. 6-9pm event; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Exhibition Opening Event. Talk by Curator Marshall Price, “Joan Miró: Prehistoric Poet.” 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free.

Choral Vespers. A candlelight service of scripture readings, prayers and sacred music. 5:15pm, Duke Chapel. Free.

Organ Demonstration. (See Sept. 17) Student Experience in I&E. An Entrepreneurship Week 2014 event hosted

by Rence Nemeh (T’15) of Duke in Chicago & Duke University Improv. Matt Christensen (E’02) will give a taste of Duke in Silicon Valley followed by an experimental musical performance by Professor and entrepreneur John Supko.

More info about Entrepreneurship Week 2014 at http://entrepreneurship.duke. edu.

September 19 A Will for the Woods. Third Fridays with Full Frame, part of The Full Frame Road Show Presented by PNC. This film, the Audience Award winner at Full Frame 2013, explores the green burial movement by focusing on one man’s quest for a final resting place that will do no harm to the earth. 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required.

John Brown Jazz Quintet featuring Cyrus Chestnut. This award-winning jazz group performs music from the time-honored Bebop and Hard Bop eras of jazz, bringing new life to jazz classics from the Great American Songbook.

8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $20 General Public; $10 Students & Sr. Citizens; Duke employees and Duke students Free.

September 22 Organ Demonstration. (See Sept. 17) September 23 Flamenco dance class. Carlota Santana and her company Flamenco Vivo will offer a community Flamenco dance class. 6-7:30pm, Hull Dance Studio. Free.

Organ Demonstration. (See Sept. 17)

SCREEN/SOCIETY

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. (ATC) = Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. All events subject to change.

9/17

Vic + Flo Saw a Bear.

NC Quebec Film Festival

9/17

Auk Nr. 8. (SW). Discussion to follow.

Rights! Camera! Action!

9/22

The Sea Wall (Un barrage contre le pacifique). (7:30pm).

French Film Festival

9/23

Pépé le Moko.

AMI Showcase--Film Noir Series ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705 Charlie Danbury of Trenchmouth, Valley Green Housing Complex, Washington, D.C., 1979 (detail).

Photograph by Lucian Perkins.

This message is brought to you by the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Music Department, Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts, Nasher Museum of Art, Screen/Society, Department of Theater Studies with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.