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Today, we remember the lives of two Duke students who passed away Sunday.
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Kaila Brown Fifth-year graduate student remembered by loved ones for her passion for learning Rachel Chason University Editor
Photo Courtesy of Chris Jernigan At Monday night’s gathering, friends fondly remembered an afternoon of sledding with Alexander Rickabaugh (third from right) outside of his freshman dormitory, Jarvis residence hall.
Pratt sophomore treasured by friends and family for kind heart and infectious passion Ryan Zhang Special Projects Editor When asked to describe Alexander Rickabaugh, even his closest friends are unable to explain just what it was that made him so unique. Rickabaugh, a sophomore in the Pratt School of Engineering, passed away Sunday. The medical examiner has not released a cause of death, but foul play is not suspected. Originally from WinstonSalem, N.C., Rickabaugh was a resident of Kilgo Quadrangle’s Avalon House and lived in Jarvis Residence Hall as a freshman. “Quiet and reserved” at some points and “bold and outgoing” at others, sometimes “extremely goofy” and sometimes “extremely serious,” Rickabaugh was known for living his life with a joy and passion that were contagious, said sophomore and close friend Ruby Watts. “Energy that you just don’t get from a lot of people” “Something that I will remember most about him is [his] love and passion,” said sophomore Chris Jernigan. “He would put 100 percent into anything he had a true passion about.” In a service held Monday evening, approximately 100 friends and classmates gathered to share their memories of Rickabaugh and his “energy that you just don’t get from a lot of people.” A number of Rickabaugh’s high school classmates
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joined Duke students and administrators in a Kilgo commons room for the event. A common theme in many of the stories shared was Rickabaugh’s caring attitude toward others. Several students noted that Rickabaugh was always genuinely interested in how other people were doing without expecting anything in return, adding that little conversations with him were often enough to brighten their days. Rickabaugh began taking an EMT class this semester, and those who knew him said he wanted nothing more than to be able to help people. A bright student, Rickabaugh was also known for his poise in academic settings and his friendly, relaxed confidence when preparing for exams. “Everything he didn’t understand I would explain to him, and what I didn’t understand he would explain to me,” Watts said. “We would banter back and forth until we reached the ‘aha!’ moment and were so proud of ourselves.” The joy he brought Rickabaugh’s sense of humor was widely appreciated by his classmates. Friends noted that he was not a traditional class clown, but instead used his subtlety and quick wit to make people laugh. At several points during the service, the crowd broke out in laughter as particularly humorous stories were exchanged. “He was the guy that attentively listened to the conversation and would
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Kaila Brown touched those she met with her curiosity, honesty and compassion. Brown—a fifth-year graduate student in English—was described by those who knew her as a passionate scholar, dedicated teacher and caring friend. The cause of her death Sunday has not been determined, but foul play is not suspected. She was 27. The youngest of five children, Brown grew up in Apple Valley, Calif.—a small town in Southern California. Her father, John Brown, said that even as a child Kaila was always organized and “a stickler for doing things right.”
Photo Courtesy of Penni and John Brown Kaila Brown, a fifth-year graduate student, was “a pure, honest soul,” said Professor Ken Rogerson.
A scholar who “literally shone with passion” “What she really loved was Europe, and Her father said Brown loved learning and London in particular was her favorite,” he said. would read anything she could get her hands “Every chance she got, she was going someon. where new.” “She had an immense desire to accumulate Brown served for two summers as an asknowledge,” he said. “She sistant to Sarah Beckwith, always wanted to underprofessor of English and he had an immense stand how and why things theater studies, in the desire to accumulate worked the way they did.” Duke in London Summer Brown received her un- knowledge. She always Arts program. Beckwith dergraduate degree from remembered Brown for Brigham Young University wanted to understand how her “warmth” and “imin 2009 and spent the last and why things worked the mense compassion.” five years pursuing her way they did. Beckwith also noted Ph.D in English and LiteraBrown’s “great love of theture at Duke. — John Brown atre,” adding that she and She was expected to Brown went to the theatre complete her degree in Spring 2015. As a stu- every night for the six weeks they were in Londent, she was involved as an assistant director don. for the Center for Philosophy, Arts and Litera“I appreciated hugely her quickness of ture. mind, wit, wide and capacious reading and efHer dissertation advisor Toril Moi, James fervescent excitement about London literary B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance life,” Beckwith wrote in an email Tuesday. “She Studies, described Brown as a “hugely talented was capable of great joy and hilarity.” thinker.” She was in the process of writing a dissertation that examined how recent Anglo- A “caring and generous friend” phone authors explore what it means to be Brown also touched those outside of the concerned by something and show concern classroom. Many close to her described her as for others. a kind and thoughtful friend. “Kaila was luminous,” Moi wrote in an Mindy Vawdrey Martins, Trinity ‘13, who email Tuesday. “She literally shone with pas- said she knew Brown best when she was a sion for literature and ideas. I am so sad the sophomore and Brown was a first-year graduworld will never see the works she could have ate student, described her as having a “genuwritten.” ine spirit.” “If she had something nice or positive to say, then she would say it,” Martins said. “If she An enthusiastic traveler John Brown said Duke’s opportunities for had a critique then she would also say it—but travel were one of the things she loved most See Brown on Page 3 about the school.
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Women’s Health major to be offered to nursing students School of Nursing receives funding to establish women’s health practitioner program Annie Lo The Chronicle A new major in School of Nursing allows students to become women’s health nurse practitioners. Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration—part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services— the women’s health nurse practitioner major will enroll its first class starting Spring 2015.The WHNP serves to provide nurse practitioners with specialized knowledge in women’s health, preparing them for career opportunities in multiple fields including correctional health, clinical pharmacotherapy and private practice. It is not often that Duke adds a new major with funding from the federal government, said Kathy Trotter, assistant professor at the School of Nursing. When HRSA opened up another round of applications for its Advanced Nursing Education program last Fall, Trotter said she jumped at the chance to propose her ideas for the WHNP. “I’ve had the idea for about six or seven years,” Trotter said. “At that time we didn’t think there’d be a market.” The Women’s Health proposal was one of many submitted in the application process. Trotter said that each university can only choose one application to send to HRSA, making it a tough process to participate in. Trotter submitted the proposal in January 2014, and heard back from HRSA in July. “It was [extremely] good: one, I got to represent Duke and put in a proposal, and two, it was successfully funded,” Trotter said of hearing the proposal had been accepted. WHNP nurses will study alongside physicians’ assistants and physical ther-
File Photo | The Chronicle The School of Nursing, pictured above, has received funding to establish the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner major, enabling students to prepare themselves in multiple fields, including correctional health, clinical pharmacotherapy and private practice.
apy students to enhance interdisciplin- cally—with a visit to Duke Campus once ary learning, Trotter said. a semester—for intensive study. Trotter “This helps [WHNP students] estab- hopes these on-campus opportunities lish team roles and will also create a more ver 70 percent of understand different tight-knit community patient care visits are between the WHNP health care providers by working with them women...so I think it’s immajor and the Univerand learning with sity. portant they get the quality them,” Trotter said. “When you live in The WNHP is also a healthcare they need, with Ohio and you don’t get distance-based major, providers who are focused on to walk down the quad, meaning that the prothis is your chance to gram is already attract- them as unique individuals. come down and enjoy ing applications from cultural activities — Kathy Trotter the prospective students as well as class time across the country. Stuand simulation time,” dents can complete coursework online she said. and then fulfill their clinical work loThe School of Nursing is aiming for
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Duke continues search for new parking director Melissa Harden has filled role as Interim Director during ongoing hiring process Claire Ballentine The Chronicle As the office of parking and transportation nears its sixth month with an interim director, the search for a permanent leader continues. Melissa Harden assumed the role of interim director April 1 when former director Sam Veraldi accepted a position as a visiting associate professor in the markets and managements studies program. Despite ongoing changes within the department, administration has yet to offer the job to any possible candidates. Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, said that the search is focused on finding someone who will provide a good fit for the growing stress and demands of Duke’s parking and transportation system. “This is, as you might imagine, a very challenging position,” Cavanaugh said. “Finding the right person to commit to provide that leadership and to assume that role is absolutely critical.” The search has been conducted nationwide, resulting in over a hundred individuals applying for the position. About 40 individuals have been contacted and eight of them have been interviewed by supervisors in the Duke Athletics and Police Department, as well as leaders in the Duke Hospital. They
were asked questions about their experiences and ideas for the future of Parking and Transportation. Because of the increasing demands on the parking infrastructure, the new director will take on more responsibilities than those of the past—experience in multifaceted aspects of business and technology is a must, Cavanaugh said. The director will also have to be familiar with the operations of a parking program at a similar scale as Duke’s. “We need someone who has solid leadership and communication skills and someone who can build a cohesive unit within the parking operations and who is passionate about customer service as well,” Cavanaugh said. In addition to the everyday challenges of running a parking program, Cavanaugh said Harden has also worked with the many ongoing construction projects on campus. Additional projects supervised by Harden include a major renovation in parking garage number two and the summer reconstruction of the Chapel Drive traffic circle. Cavenaugh noted that Harden’s hard work has greatly assisted the process of finding a new director. “Appointing Melissa [Harden] as the interim director has given us a lot of flexibility to take our time in going through the search process to ensure that we are getting the best fit,“ he said. “My hope is that we can have this wrapped up certainly by the end of the year.” After repeated attempts, Harden could not be reached for comment. Veraldi declined to comment.
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briefly enter it to drop a hilarious bomb,” said sophomore Timothy Blumberg. “Then [he] would retreat again to listening.” Many of Rickabaugh’s interests were unconventional, but when he developed a passion for something, it was “infectious,” Watts said. His enthusiasm drew in the people around him—numerous friends recounted joining Rickabaugh in slacklining, raising spiders and catching up on the latest episode of Game of Thrones, some of his most treasured hobbies. Rickabaugh was particularly interested in slacklining, a tightrope-esque balancing activity. The sight of Rickabaugh balancing on his slackline became a common one for members of Jarvis and later Avalon residents. Even on a snowy winter day, Rickabaugh could be counted on to go and balance on his slackline, Jernigan said. “He decided early on in freshman year
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continued from page 1 in the most loving way possible. She always spoke her mind.” Martins said Brown was also kind, creative and fun-loving. She remembered with a laugh the Sunday that Brown—who had recently moved to Durham and was still unfamiliar with the area—biked all the way to church in Chapel Hill, underestimating the distance. “She rode her bike all the way there, in her church clothes,” Martins laughed. “That
to break into slacklining,” Blumberg said. “So he bought a line and then [we] all started training with him. We slacked religiously – several times a week for hours at a time. It really bound us together.” More recently, Rickabaugh had begun raising six tarantulas, keeping meticulous records of when he fed them each day. “He could tell you about tarantulas for hours,” Jernigan said. “The passion and enthusiasm that came out of his mouth made hours of talking seem like seconds.” “There was no one like him” The students gathered on Monday had different memories of Rickabaugh – some recalled building giant snowmen with him in wintertime, others recalled challenging each other to stay up all night to see the sun rise. Still others said they remembered Rickabaugh through small, memorable conversations. All remembered a funny and compassionate friend who embraced his passions with an “energy that people just don’t really have.” “It is hard to capture Alexander in a sentence,” Jernigan said. “He was Alex and there was no one like him.” was just the kind of person she was. When she showed up, we couldn’t believe it—we told her we’d give her a ride home.” Ken Rogerson, director of undergraduate studies at the Sanford School of Public Policy, met Brown at the local Latter-day Saints congregation. He said his favorite memories with Brown are of the deep conversations they had about faith in philosophy—which he said did not always end with answers, but were beautiful nonetheless. “She was never ashamed of who she was, and she was a pure, honest soul,” Rogerson said.
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SLUGGISH START DOOMS DUKE
Amrith Ramkumar Staff Writer The inconsistency away from the friendly confines of Koskinen Stadium reared its ugly head again Tuesday night, making the Blue Devils’ celebration of Friday’s victory against then-No. 1 North Carolina seem like a distant memory. Duke fell 2-1 to UNC Wilmington Tuesday night at UNCW Soccer Stadium in Wilmington, N.C., suffering its third straight 2-1 loss in the series with the SeDUKE 1 ahawks after another UNCW 2 slow start that allowed UNC Wilmington to outshoot the Blue Devils 9-2 in the first half. Although Duke mounted another furious comeback in the second half, it was once again doomed by a slow start on the road for the third time this season. “We’re trying to address it, but we struggled in the beginning again and we’ve got to do better in that regard,” head coach John Kerr said. “This is a game of 90 minutes and we’ve got to be more ready.” The Seahawks (6-1-1) grabbed the momentum right after the match started when top goal-scorer Jamie Dell fired a shot that hit the post; from that moment on, Duke (3-3-1)
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of the half. Moseley did not play in the second half due to illness. After UNC Wilmington forward Colin Bonner rocketed another shot off the post in the 20th minute, the Seahawks finally struck when first-team All-CAA defender Jacob VanCompernolle put a well-placed header past Blue Devil freshman goalie Joe Ohaus in the 38th minute. UNC Wilmington carried the
1-0 lead into the locker room. “[There was] a lack of intensity, and they’re pretty good,” Kerr said. “They’re a senior-laden team and very well organized. They were up for it and we weren’t ready in the first half.” Despite the poor performance early in the match, Duke didn’t panic due to its impressive 12-3 scoring margin in the second half this year. “We lifted the intensity,” Kerr said. “We said ‘The first half wasn’t good enough, the attitude has to change and we have to not play so tentative.’” Davis and sophomore forward Brody Huitema helped the Blue Devils change the momentum of the game, generating seven shot attempts together in the second half. Midfielders Nick Palodichuk and Bryson Asher also drove Duke’s offense with their energy going forward that created several opportunities in the attacking third. The Blue Devils finally netted the equalizer when defender Nat Eggleston scored his first goal of the season by knocking a header past Seahawk goalie Sean Melvin off a Davis corner in the 69th minute. “We caused so many problems and should have had a couple of more goals before we got our first goal,” Kerr said. Just as he did against the Tar Heels See M. Soccer on Page 5
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Club sports reload, looking to repeat successes Matthew Pun Staff Writer After hoisting trophies on the lacrosse field and the golf course last year, Duke athletic programs reached a total of 15 NCAA championships, but the stars of the university’s varsity teams are not the only champions and title contenders that you will find walking Duke’s campus. Several of Duke’s 37 sports clubs placed highly at the national level since students wrapped up classes in April, and through recruitment during the summer and the first few weeks of classes, many of them have put themselves in position to contend for national titles. Overall, Duke athletes took home a championship in taekwondo, top-four finishes in men’s volleyball and women’s lacrosse and top-10 finishes in cycling and rowing. For the Blue Devils’ martial arts program, recent graduate Abraham Lee won the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championship at the 68-kilogram weight class April 6 in Berkeley, Calif. Lee graduated in 2012 and spent a year training at Yongin University in South Korea before returning to compete with the Duke club through a final year of eligibility.
“He basically trained as an athlete for the year, but he came back and won nationals, and got to compete on the U.S. team last year,” club president Brian Pegno said. “That’s the first time anyone from Duke [has] ever won nationals.” Although they will be without Lee this year, Pegno and his teammates have much to look forward to in the upcoming season. After missing last year due to injury, junior Eric Mastrolonardo will return to compete at the black-belt level. Mentioned as one of the many talented incoming freshmen during University President Richard Brodhead’s welcome speech to the Class of 2016, Mastrolonardo earned bronze during his freshman campaign and will have a chance to improve upon that finish in 2015. In addition to Mastrolonardo’s return, the club will benefit from training with a new coach. Taek Yong Kwak—a visiting professor who won the 1996 lightweight title at the World Military Taekwondo championships— will be working with the Blue Devils. “He is coming in...from Yongin University in Korea, which is one of the best taekwondo and martial arts universities in the world,” Pegno said. “It kind of just fell into our laps that he is coming here.... His resume is incred-
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ible—multiple-time world champion, coaches all the Olympians for Korea.” Kwak, who Pegno said is doing a sabbatical at North Carolina, is teaching two Duke physical education courses and helping to coach the club while he’s here. “We have seen him a few times, he doesn’t speak the best English, but it is just incredible how good he is,” Pegno said.
The addition of Kwak to the team, along with the return of Mastrolonardo, will put the Blue Devil martial arts club in prime position to earn another championship this year. Duke’s cycling club, coming off its first year in three seasons without a national title, has brought in a champion of its own for the See Club on Page 5
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Friday night, Davis had a chance to make a game-changing play in the 75th minute when he was awarded a penalty kick after a foul occurred in the box. But Melvin—who anchors a UNC Wilmington defense that allows less than one goal per game—stood tall, deflecting Davis’ effort to keep the score tied. “The unfortunate thing is the referee missed the call because [Melvin] moved on the play early,” Kerr said. “He moved forward three steps and made the save. It should have been retaken, but that’s the way it goes.” The Blue Devils had another close call a minute later when a goal was disallowed due to a Duke penalty in the box. As is often the case, the Blue Devils’ furious rally left them gassed near the end of the game, resulting in a defensive miscue that cost them the game. In the 79th minute, VanCompernolle was left all alone on the left side of the box after a failed clear and took advantage, firing a low shot past Ohaus for the go-ahead score. “We kind of half-cleared up in the air and there was a lot of indecision about getting the second ball, and it fell [right] to [VanCompernolle],” Kerr said. Duke recorded five shots and a corner kick in its attempt to send the game into overtime and replicate some of Friday’s magic, but UNC Wilmington held its ground to continue its recent dominance of the Blue Devils. Duke will look to bounce back from a physical contest that featured 39 fouls Friday against Boston College. Although the Blue Devils play their next two contests at home,
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they will have to reverse an alarming trend. Duke has been outscored 11-3 in first halves this season. “We have to come to grips to where we are and another opportunity,” Kerr said. “We’ve got to make sure we’re fired up and ready to go from the outset and not wait until the second half.”
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continued from page 4 upcoming year. Freshman Michael Dessau, who won a junior championship prior to coming to Durham, will join the team this season. Dessau will look to help the team return to the success of back-to-back national championships in the team trial event in 2012 and 2013. Composed of mostly graduate students—including a Ph.D. candidate who raced professionally for a year prior to pursuing graduate work—the cycling club lost 2013 individual national champion and medical student Michael Mulvihill to graduation after the 2013 campaign and faced injuries to club president Jacob Miller and Jacob Timmerman last season. The injury-depleted team still placed sixth at Division II nationals, which features varsity squads as well as club teams, and had the opportunity to race in Richmond, Va., where the World Professional Cycling Championships will be held in 2015. “It was a test event, which was a really fun thing for us,” Miller said. “When we watch the TV next year, we can say that we’ve done the same courses that the world pros will do. And the next two years we’ve lucked out again, because in 2015 and 2016 nationals will be in Asheville, N.C.—so a huge convenience for
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us, and [we’re] hoping it’ll be an advantage.” The team will likely have the opportunity to practice at the course during the year in its campaign to win another title this spring. For some of the other clubs, where high-profile recruits are more difficult to come by, on-campus recruitment is crucial in their bids to return to top-10 finishes. Duke’s club rowing competed in the Dad Vail Invitational agains the nation’s top club and several varsity programs on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in April and in the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) Championship in May, making two grand finals. The Blue Devils finished sixth out of all the nation’s top clubs at the ACRA Championships in Gainesville, Ga. “At Dad Vail we had never made it to grand finals before, so that was a big thing to get to that level where we were competing with the best programs,” club president Andrew Gauthier said. “And then ACRA we had never won a medal, and we didn’t win a medal there, but just coming that close showed that we were moving in the right direction.” To find recruits, the squad finds sizable former endurance athletes from other sports. “We use the activities fair, and just look for tall kids and tell them about the experiences we have had,” Gauthier said. Dominic Labella, student director of club sports and club volleyball president, echoed Gauthier’s sentiment. “Volleyball in high school is not highly advertised and popularized, so we don’t have access to information about whether Duke students played in high school,” he said. “So usually the responsibility of recruitment lies on us to make flyers and members walk around campus looking for potential players.” Labella’s squad also benefits from athletes
new to the sport, featuring Georges Cuissart de Grelle—who at 6-foot-7 had never played volleyball before attending Duke but became an All-American last year at the Division 1AA level—and 6-foot-4 DeShane Hall, who played football and basketball in high school. After winning the program’s first tournament in five years, the squad made a run at nationals, finishing third out of 48 teams in Reno, Nev. To fund their trip to nationals, the team benefitted from member dues and up to $7,000 from the Gorter Fund, named in honor of Kevin Gorter, a Duke club sports member who died in a car crash in 1987. The initiative is funded by Kevin’s father, Jim, who has donated up to $4.2 million to the fund in the last 20 years. Also falling in its semifinal match, Duke club women’s lacrosse finished fourth overall, playing its final tournament games the weekend of the university’s graduation ceremonies—and thus without all of its seniors. The finish marked a second-straight semifinals berth for the squad after a tumultuous 2012 campaign. “That year... was a disaster,” club president Alexandra Stitt said. “[The team was] almost kicked out of the league. They kept forfeiting games that they were supposed to be playing.” Thanks to the assistance of new coach Alexis Thieme—who won the club national championship as a student at North Carolina in 2012—the Blue Devil club has seen a resurgence, and now has two years of top-four finishes to build on for a championship run. With the high caliber of skilled athletes and coaches coming into some of Duke club sports’ top programs, several clubs have the opportunity to bring more hardware back to Durham.
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ne of the largest climate marches in history occurred this weekend in New York City, as an estimated 310,000 people came together to demand a coordinated, international response to climate change. The People’s Climate March was organized in response to the United
Editorial Nations’ 2014 Climate Summit. Even U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon joined the protesters in the streets. Ban has openly expressed his hopes that the 2015 climate meetings in Paris will be more fruitful than the last. The march in New York included a plethora of established environmental activists, local politicians, celebrities, scientists and artists, to name a few. Almost every plank in the environmental and social justice movement was represented amongst the crowds. Many were drawn to the event by lead organizer Bill McKibben’s “A Call to Action: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change”, an essay published in Rolling Stone magazine that laid foundations for the march. McKibben is the founder of 350.org, a climate change advocacy
group named for the maximum amount of carbon dioxide that the atmosphere can support. A distinct international theme pervaded the events in New York. The rally attracted people from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, many of whom have experienced the acute effects of climate change at home. In addition to the People’s Climate March, 2,808 separate events also took place over the weekend in 166 countries. The focus on international collective action is a stark contrast to the political divisiveness of the issue in American politics. Although 97 percent of climate scientists have agreed that climate change is both caused by humans and a major threat, the political debate continues to drag on in Washington and amongst voters. A 2014 Gallup poll clusters people into one of three categories: 36 percent concerned believers, 39 percent mixed middle, and 25 percent cool skeptics. The perceived cause of climate change strongly influences political opinion—those who understand climate change as caused by humans are far more likely to support measures against it. McKibben hopes that the march’s inclusionary tone helps reconcile political differences at home. While the People’s Climate March demanded
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that international action be taken on the issue, no single reform policy came to the forefront. Nonetheless, McKibben stated that this was not the intended goal. The march would be not only the largest rally against climate change, but also rather one of the largest political gathering in recent years, a catalyst for awareness and further support. Such a strong showing of citizens-led activism is something that all sides of the political spectrum should applaud. But for the movement to be successful, it will have to translate into the policymaking stages. Every individual should informed themselves of the facts regarding climate change, regardless of where their research leads them. The march in New York calls into question the role of political activism in our generation and on Duke’s campus. While campus organizations like Divest Duke and DukeOpen are steps in the right direction—rallying against fossil fuels and demanding transparency in how the university invests its endowment—perhaps it is time again to reevaluate if we are doing enough. Many people have predicted that climate change will become the defining issue of our generation and, if this comes to pass, that we will be judged by our current response.
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PATRICIANS ETC. that people do not perform as well as they think they would when asked general questions about developmental trends. Hans Rosling, a renowned Swedish statistician, took the pulpit at TED to explain why we think we know more than we do and why, ultimately, we tend to be incorrect. He illustrated this by asking people several questions: “In the year 2000 the total number of children in the world reached two billion. How many do UN experts estimate there will be by the year 2100?” “Women aged 30 spent how many years at school? (Men of the same age spent 8)” “What is the life expectancy in the world as a whole today?” These questions are critical and encompass various dimensions of current global issues such as the strains that an increasing population places on natural resources, the global disparity in education levels between genders and the impact of poor sanitation conditions, quality of life and disease outbreaks. Yet you may be surprised to learn that the answers to the questions are two billion, 7, and 70, respectively. How can this be? What about the neoMalthusians predicting population expansion ending in catastrophe, the third-wave feminists elucidating the negative ramifications of the
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patriarchy and HIV/AIDS epidemics coupled with limited access to vaccines and nutrition in developing areas? The fact is, quite simply, that over time development in each of these areas have been astonishingly positive. In the past 20, 50, 100, 200 years the human development index and purchasing power of our fellow human has followed a clear upward projection. This doesn’t mean that the world we live in is without problems. Food distribution can be improved, women still often face horrendous obstacles in areas around the world and the prevention and treatment of sicknesses remains a top objective of the World Health Organization. But what it does mean is that we have reason to be optimistic about our future and the direction we are heading in. To paraphrase Rosling’s words, there is the very real possibility that everyone can make it and enjoy a healthy, wealthy quality of life. We all understand that there are many people in the world who are less fortunate than us and that, living in America and going to Duke University, we are among the privileged. Since we oftentimes do not know exact figures about less fortunate people it’s easy to generalize. The media airs stories that are sensational and grab people’s attentions and, naturally, they overemphasize freak occurrences and events that are unfamiliar or eye-catching. But the truth is that the places where most people live are actually doing well and people’s livelihoods are increasing. While we know that there are people in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere who are struggling and who live on fractions of what we do, we instinctively exaggerate the magnitude of these differences. We need to identify and understand the limitations of our intuitions. We all inhabit the same Earth but hail from different vantage points, and our exposure to different stimuli results in us all having a narrowed worldview. Viewing the world’s broad changes across various dimensions may not only help us understand global trends, but might allow us to admit maybe we aren’t as good of drivers as we think. Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.
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ISIS and its enemy: pluralistic dialogue and understanding
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t’s happened again. The world has been plagued with another outbreak. No, not Ebola. Well, yeah, Ebola. But there’s another disease that has poisoned our discussions—ISIS. A group commits fanaticism thousands of miles away and similar to many Arabs, Muslims and other beings resembling ‘other’ in this country, I suddenly find myself in the position of defense. It doesn’t matter that I don’t know a single individual who identifies with this group. I’m expected to change my conversations to resemble the rhetoric of a feeble body. A weak body. A scared body. An apologetic body. This country teaches you to have thick skin. But my body is not a canvas on which society can paint an imposed identity. Muslim, Arab and terrorism have become conflated. The three are not
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single country or religious leader that supports ISIS, their goals or principles. Again, ISIS is not only unIslamic. They are anti-Islam. Second, other violent groups exist in the name of religion, even toppling ISIS. The Ku Klux Klan, which reached over 4 million members, attempted to “purify” America by killing black people. They publicly killed blacks through lynchings and open fires. Their logo was the cross and their rituals always included bibles. Like ISIS, they used religion as a justification for their killings. Army of God, a Christian anti-abortion organization in the United States, is responsible for a number or terrorist attacks across the country, including killing abortion providers. Buddhist monks encourage the ethniccleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma/Myanmar
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synonymous—not even close. Arab is an ethnic identity and culture, not a religion, and I fear and condemn terrorism just as much as you do, if not actually more. Now that I’ve established these facts, please: Don’t turn to me for apologies for every terrorist attack. I don’t know these people, and I don’t identify with them in any way. And don’t turn to me for a lengthy explanation of what’s going on in the Middle East. I’m not studying political science. Don’t get me wrong. I’d be glad to offer a personal perspective and informed opinion. I, like most Muslim Americans, am eager to engage in dialogue. That is one way to understand Islamic practice and interpretation, but it’s not the only way—and learning from sensationalized media is definitely never the way. My concern is that there is a difference between honest inquiries into understanding and accusatory inquiries. It’s on all of us to educate ourselves and those in our lives about what’s really going on with ISIS, and understanding its history is a good place to start. One notion to understand is that ISIS is not only un-Islamic, it’s anti-Islamic. ISIS, IS, ISIL, Da’esh, or whatever you want to call them is a terrorist group active in Iraq and Syria that declared itself as a caliphate of the region, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the self-proclaimed “caliph.” A caliphate is a dear term for Muslims because it describes a state that was motivated by Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) teachings and rule in Arabia. Prophet Mohammad—peace be upon him— created the Constitution of Medina to govern the people of the land and he designed what many argue to be the world’s oldest constitution to echo the message of equality of humanity presented in the Quran: “Oh You who have attained to faith! Be ever steadfast in your devotion to God, bearing witness to the truth in all equity; and never let hatred of anyone lead you into the sin of deviating from justice. Be just: this is closest to being God-conscious. And remain conscious of God: verily, God is aware of all that you do.” (5:8) In his final sermon, Prophet Muhammad— peace be upon him—highlighted that no one has superiority over others. He ensured all Jews, Christians and non-believers were afforded equal political and cultural rights. It is clear that ISIS is antithetical to the constitution that Prophet Muhammad—peace be upon him—established and antithetical to core principles in the Quran. They threaten and kill anyone who does not follow Sunni Islam, including Shi’ite Muslims. There is not a
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A little complaining never killed anybody
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f there’s one thing that a lot of people I know outside of Duke—and myself—are good at, it’s complaining. Oh, how I’ve loved telling people just how much it sucks that my first two midterm exams of college are upon me, I have my off-campus job to work, an athletic team for which I’m trying out, an essay to write, a lab report to complete and some newspaper article to edit, all within the span of the next 48 hours. I can imagine that I’m not the only one on campus with a rough week, and that a good portion of the Duke student body has one either as busy as, if not busier than, mine. What is not as apparent is the visible signs that many of my classmates have a load of work to do. It’s that notion of effortless perfection I’ve heard so much about, and now it’s starting to rear its not-so-ugly head right before my eyes. When I went through similarly stressful weeks in high school, which might have consisted of SAT prep class, an Advanced Placement U.S. History essay and a Chemistry test (bring me back to that time), I did what all good 17-year-old girls at a single-sex Catholic school did— leave the makeup in its drawer, pull off the trusty messy bun and fully embrace my zombie-esque appearance. It would be a week devoted to work, and why spend time doing anything more than basic hygiene if I didn’t have
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and 300,000 Tamils are persecuted in Sri Lanka. The Lord’s Resistance Army in South Sudan and Uganda is an extremist Christian army responsible for over 100,000 deaths. And let’s not forget the deaths in Palestine by supporters of Zionism. Thirst for power will lead groups of any people to do things otherwise unimaginable—history teaches this to us. There’s no denying the violence by Islamic terrorist groups. But if we’re going to have this conversation, we should also discuss the deaths Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and basically every other religion claims. But we don’t. Why? Because we know that these deaths are not representative of the peace, love and humility that these religions address. Which brings me to my last point. Muslims, stop apologizing. The Muslim community is quick to condemn and apologize for attacks that have nothing to do with Islam. Islam isn’t only about being reactive. Muslims shouldn’t be either. Rather, Muslims need to be more proactive and vocal about Islam’s beauty, eloquence and teachings. The American Arab Institute released the latest poll numbers on Muslims in America. Favorable attitudes for Muslims and Arabs have declined to 27 percent. Too much attention is paid to attacks that bear no resemblance to us. Not enough people in America are well-informed on what Islam is actually about. Muslims in America must remember that we’re Americans, too, and our identity is constructed by how we actively change the narrative. We have a responsibility to take hold over our own narrative. And we all can start by stepping out of the passenger seat to change the direction of the narrative. Let’s all be active players in educating ourselves and educating others. Read. Share. Discuss. Muslims constitute about 2 percent of the American population, so we cannot do this alone. Start by boycotting or responding to Pamela Geller’s anti-Islamic ad campaign that will be placed in MTA’s 100 bus stations and two subway stations in Manhattan. Or fight back against Representative Steve King’s suggestion that the U.S. government should spy on mosques, Arabs and Muslims around the country. I can’t answer all of your Middle East questions and I won’t apologize for every horrific act that claims an association, albeit false, with my beautiful experience with Islam. I will, however, continue shaping my life by the foundations my religion has given me—equality, truth, humility and peace. Pluralism is possible if we do our part to fairly contribute to it.
to? I had friends going through the similar things—AP Calc problem sets or Common Application essays—who also fully embraced the Catholic school/grunge look. We commiserated in our packed schedules, not thinking twice about that raccoon look that sleep deprivation often brings. And, for better or for worse, we complained. It was just too early, or we were up too late, or the traffic was too slow or we had too much work to do. There was just something comforting about sharing our misery. Then I came to Duke. My appearance to “the other half of the population” now became one of my responsibilities, along with a workload much heavier than that of what I did in high school. On many mornings after a late-night at Lilly library, looking cute was not something that I was conditioned to think about going to class. On the bus, there’s that specter of effortless perfection that makes me think twice before talking about how late I was up studying the night before, and talk instead about what I’m doing next weekend when I’ve barely given thought to a midterm later this week. The difference, I’ve realized, is commiseration. In high school, misery—as petty as it seems now—was shared, hashed out over lunch and complained about. Maybe it was that I was less mature, or that I was in an allfemale environment, but I felt more comfortable sharing a rough week then than I do now. It seems that effortless perfection lends an undercurrent of competition among many students here—just how many nights can you go out this week and do well on your 8:45 a.m. midterm on Monday? A girl who sacrifices her appearance one morning or a night out one weekend might get a better exam grade—or just stay emotionally sane—but she might not be viewed as successful because she didn’t look her best doing it. Here at Duke, many of us yak our complaints more than we voice them to others. I’m not promoting magnifying or endlessly complaining about our hectic schedules—we do, after all, attend one of the highestrated universities in the world, and for every one of us here, there’s ten people who applied here only to be rejected and a million who won’t go to college at all. What I am promoting is embracing a rough week—and all the sleep deprivation and under-eye bags that come with it—and talking a little about how much it sucks right now. Call it complaining, call it letting off steam, (maybe even call it SWUG, ladies) but whatever you call it, let off a little emotion. Perfection isn’t attainable, let alone effortless, but embracing a rough week makes it a little more bearable.
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