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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 17
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. “We didn’t have reports behind the decisions we made and so I felt this void See DSG on Page 5
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.
Despite support, Intrepid looks to relocate Jaclyn Onufrey The Chronicle
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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