September 29, 2014

A Perfect Season No More

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Early Tenting?

Graduate students tent for a night to gain access to men’s basketball games | Page 2

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Colors swirl as students enjoy J’ouvert Gender-neutral housing comes to East Campus Although no students opted to participate on East, HDRL deems program successful Linda Zhou The Chronicle

Lesley Chen-Young | The Chronicle Duke’s Students of the Carribbean Association hosted “J’ouvert 2014,” its first annual Carribbean paint party, at the Clocktower Quad Friday evening.

Warehouse transforms into science hub Carmichael Building to develop into innovation hub as part of Durham’s Innovation District Kyra Noonan The Chronicle A hub for innovation and science is brewing in downtown Durham.

The Carmichael Building—a former tobacco warehouse—located on North Duke Street is currently being developed into an innovation and entrepreneurship hub for Duke faculty. Part of a 15-acre site dubbed Durham’s Innovation District, the building will include laboratories and research space for studying the life sciences. Scott Selig, Duke’s Associate Vice President for Real Estate, said he sees the Innovation District as a project that represents a trending movement nationwide.

“We’re really copying what is going on in other cities—Boston has Kendall Square,

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Seattle has South Lake Union. This is [Duke ham as a city.” and Durham’s] version of intertwining life Brock added she hopes to attract major science and innovation,” pharmaceutical life sciSelig said. ence companies intere’re really copyBoth Duke’s Center ested in partnering with for Human Genetics Durham and Duke to ing what is going and Center for Diabetes also become tenants in will be moving to the on in other cities—Boston the building. building post construc- has Kendall Square, Seattle Eric Toone, vice protion, Selig said. Research has South Lake Union. This vost and director of the opportunities may also Innovation and Entresoon arise in the district is [Duke and Durham’s] prenuership Initiative, for graduate and under- version of intertwining life said he believes that the graduate students.

Innovation District can science and innovation.

Jessica Brock, managhave the greatest impact ing director for Long— Scott Selig through these partnerfellow Real Estate—the ships and the ecosystem district’s Boston-based development firm— they could create. said she sees great potential in the project “Currently, [Duke] doesn’t have a lot of and has high hopes for its future. people with experience developing and en“The 1.7 million square feet of mixed- gaging in entrepreneurship,” Toone said. use office space will become an environ- “Durham has not historically been a hub ment for world class companies that are for innovation. However, developments likattracted to the area,” she said. “We believe See Innovation on Page 12 this will also increase the work force in Dur-

For the first time in Duke’s history, all undergraduate students have access to gender-neutral housing—but freshmen have not yet taken advantage of it.

The Class of 2018 were the first freshmen to be given the choice of gender-neutral housing on East Campus, but there are no rooms with occupants of different genders, said Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez.

Despite the lack of participation, however, administrators and student groups are pleased with the progress—marking the culmination of advocacy that began several years ago and coming after positive responses to gender-neutral housing on West and Central Campuses.

With gender-neutral housing on all three campuses, administrators will assess the program before making any changes or expanding, Gonzalez said.

“There are no immediate plans to expand – now that we have the option available on all three campuses, we have accomplished the initial goal for implementing the program, and I think at this point we want to see how demand goes and see how many students request and take advantage of it,” Gonzalez noted, adding that there are many students who ask to be a part of a gender-neutral housing community, even if their roommates See Housing on Page 12

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Grad students fill Blue Zone for basketball tickets people huddled in groups both big and small—lounging in lawn chairs, drinking beer, playing card games and jamming out to music. Beer pong tables lined every other available inch of the parking lot space and a mixture of red solo cups and beer cans cluttered the pavement.

Kali Shulklapper “My favorite part has been meeting all University Editor the different people,” said Mary Yarrison, a student in Fuqua. “There’s no opportunity In the largest gathering of graduate and otherwise. It’s been fun to see who comes professional students of the year concluded out, like all the deans and professors.” this weekend, as more than 2,000 students In one area of the parking lot, a giant participated in the annual basketball cam- screen projected the Duke football game pout. against the University of Miami to rows of Beginning Friday evening, during the students sporting campout apparel and the approximately 36 hour event, students in prominent “I heart Shooters” t-shirt.

Duke’s graduate and professional schools A DJ booth flashing bright colored lights camped out in designated areas of the Blue hosted a dance “stage” where students Zone parking lot. The event was organized danced to both pop songs and old classics. and run by the Duke During karaoke, one of University Basketball the students belted it out t’s the only time the Committee.

Students to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in University does a were required to sign in the USA.” at random attendance concerted effort to get Food trucks such as checks in order to be every graduate student in Fosters, Only Burger entered into a lottery— and American Meltdown through which winners one place. lined the street to proearn the ability to pur— Kirk Zafirovski vide eatery options for chase season tickets for participants of the event. $250. The event—which “It’s been a really lasted until Sunday morning—featured ac- good opportunity to meet new people I’m tivities such as tie-dying, trivia games and a not in classes with,” said Anna Hersh, a stuscavenger hunt. dent in Fuqua.

“It’s the only time the University does a Hersh said she was exempt for part of concerted effort to get every graduate stu- the campout because of a volunteer opdent in one place,” said Kirk Zafirovski, a portunity, one of many community service student in the Fuqua School of Business. events occurring Saturday morning that Clusters of tents filled the space of one students could participate in while mainparking lot, but another was filled with taining eligibility for the lottery. decorated rental trucks and RVs. Speakers “I got to shower—it was really nice,” she blasted music from the backs of trucks and said.

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Chronicle File Photo Students in Duke’s graduate and professional schools camp out in designated areas of the Blue Zone parking lot in an effort to purchase season tickets for men’s basketball.

Check-in horns were blown several times of the night, including a roll call at 3 a.m. and another four hours later.

“The maximum amount of sleep you can get is four hours,” said Christopher Diette, a student in Fuqua.

Megan Minter, a student in the School of Medicine, and Drew Thabault, a student in the School of Nursing, were among the people who came out to the event but did

not stay for late-night attendance check-ins.

“At least I’ll be sleeping in my own bed,” Minter said.

Not all students who enter the lottery are selected to purchase season tickets.

Yarrison added that the groups will usually split the tickets for each game. Students without season tickets can still attend home games through a walk-up line at every home game.

The Duke Police Department invites students to

Enjoy baked goods and get sweet on safety by talking with Duke Police officers Tues., Sept. 30:

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at East Marketplace

Wed., Oct. 1:

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Food Factory at Devil’s Bistro

Thurs., Oct. 2:

11 am – 1 pm at the Bryan Center, near the Plaza entrance

Safety and security are shared responsibilities at Duke

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Treats provided by Duke Dining Services and The Food Factory

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First Lamb Fellow tackles regulation Launched this Fall, the George C. Lamb Jr. Regulatory Fellows will connect students and faculty studying how to solve issues related to business, ethics and regulation. Duke’s Kenan Institute for Ethics, Fuqua School of Business and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences will be collaborating to host the visiting fellows. Jennifer Miller, the founding director of Bioethics International and a lab fellow in the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, is the program’s first fellow. The Chronicle’s Rachel Chason spoke with Miller to discuss her goals for the first year of work.

The Chronicle: This is the fellowship’s inaugural year—what do you think its creation brings?

Jennifer Miller: Duke’s new Rethinking Regulation program affords an interdisciplinary space to examine the intersection of ethics, policy and business. It focuses on a wide variety of business sectors ranging from finance to healthcare. It’s a unique program that provided a much needed opportunity.

TC: Can you talk about past work in this area?

JM: I’ve been based in Harvard [University’s] Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics for the past two years researching ethical concerns about the pharmaceutical industry. A lot of people don’t think about the process medicines go through to reach their hand. So, I mapped out this process, examining the key decision points where ethics, governance, and public health interact. Two of the specific questions I focused on were: do pharmaceutical companies tell the public everything it needs to know about new medicines, or is there critical missing information? If there is a genuine and widespread transparency problem within companies and the industry, what can be done to govern and improve their transparency?

Special to The Chronicle Jennifer Miller, the founding director of Bioethics International and a fellow in the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, is the first recipient of the George C. Lamb Jr. fellowship.

TC: What attracted you to Duke’s program?

JM: The short answer is Ed Balleisen’s— the program director [and associate professor of history and senior fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics]—work on adaptive regulation. The longer answer, is the opportunity to study and test the effectiveness of possible governance strategies for this problem of misinformation, or lack of information, about new medicines and vaccines. It’s one of the few programs that allows you to complete actionoriented research and use a combination of ethics, governance and business perspectives.

I’m looking forward to being able to work with Duke scholars to determine better ways

The Sanford School of Public Policy presents

to improve the behavior and trustworthiness of pharmaceutical companies, where needed, and I can already say it’s been a fantastic program choice.

TC: What kind of research will you be doing as part of the fellowship?

JM: I’ve created the first transparency ranking system for the top 20 largest pharmaceutical firms, and its gone through its pilot stage.

I’ll be working this fall to publish and launch the program and continuing to study what makes a governance structure effective and sustainable. Duke students...are remarkable researcher assistants and already a great help.

In the Spring I will teach a course on governance and healthcare innovation.

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Ellen Mickiewicz James R. Shepley Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science will read from her new book “No Illusions: The Voices of Russia’s Future Leaders”

Introduction by

Jack F. Matlock, Jr. U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1981-1983, and the USSR, 1987-1991 The event is free and open to the public.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

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Alex Deckey | The Chronicle “Queering Duke History,” the latest exhibit in Perkins Library, commemorated its grand opening Thursday at the Von der Heyden Pavilion with hors d’hoeuvres and comments by President Richard Brodhead and Janie Long, the associate vice provost for undergraduate education, among others.

Alex Deckey | The Chronicle Janie Long, associate vice provost for undergraduate education, spoke at the grand opening of the “Queering Duke History” exhibit.

Catherine Farmer | The Chronicle The East Campus Libraries hosted a screening of The Incredibles as part of the Class of 2018 First-Year Library Experience Thursday evening.

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Students participated in Duke University Union’s annual Oktoberfest event on the Chapel quad Friday evening.

Emily Waples | The Chronicle The Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church hosted a community arts festival Saturday in an effort to alleviate poverty in Durham.

Emily Waples | The Chronicle Students take part in “J’ouvert 2014,” the Students of the Carribbean Association’s first annual Carribbean paint party, at the Clocktower Quad Friday evening.

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VOLLEYBALL:DUKE SWEEPS MIAMI FOR FIFTH-STRAIGHT WIN• MEN’S SOCCER: DUKE SHUTS OUT BC

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Football

Duke falls to Miami in conference opener SPORTSWRAP

Brian Mazur Beat Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.— A perfect season no more.

After starting the season with a 4-0 record, Duke fell 22-10 to Miami Saturday night at Sun DUKE 10 Life Stadium. The Hurricane defense MIAMI 22 held the Blue Devils to just 10 points and 264 total yards and Miami’s true freshman quarterback Brad Kaaya put on an impressive performance, throwing for two touchdowns.

The loss was the Duke’s first road loss since falling to Georgia Tech 42-24 on November 17, 2012. The Blue Devils travel to Atlanta Oct. 11 to play the Yellow Jackets after a bye next weekend.

Duke (4-1, 0-1 in the ACC) had a number of opportunities to win the game on both sides of the football, but was hurt by small mistakes that made it hard to make explosive and game-changing plays.

“It goes back to when you are losing some battles, things start showing up,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said.

“And we have to manage that better. Even on a day when you are not doing well...you still have to take care of the football and keep the down and distances as normal as you can.”

A rough start put the Blue Devils behind early, as the Hurricanes (3-2, 1-1) came out firing on their opening drive with Kaaya completing 4-of-5 passes for 38 yards. This led to an opening field goal by reserve

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Boone and the Blue Devil offense averaged just 3.6 yards per throw in Saturday’s loss at Miami.

kicker Michael Badgely which gave Miami an early 3-0 lead.

A Duke three-and-out put the ball back in the hands of Kaaya and his star running back Duke Johnson, who capped off an eight-play, 76-yard drive with a seven-yard touchdown run. Badgely had trouble with the extra point, sending it wide right.

Despite giving up nine points early, the defense forced five punts and a missed 52yard Badgely field goal to end the half. Safety Jeremy Cash wreaked havoc all over the field before leaving with a leg injury, registering

10 tackles, a pass break up, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.

“We are a hell of a defense,” Cash said.

“There were times when our back was against the wall. We just had to fight to stay in the game. It was hard, but we managed to do so.

It wasn’t what we wanted to see, we have to play better next time.”

The firm defense gave quarterback Anthony Boone and the offense some breathing room, with Boone completing a 29-yard pass to wide receiver Johnell Barnes that was originally called incomplete, but

later reversed upon further review. This led to a Shaquille Powell seven-yard run into the end zone that cut the Miami lead to just two points.

Although Duke had a handful of opportunities to score before the first half ended, punter Will Monday jogged on to the field repeatedly and booted the ball downfield. The first drive of the second half brought out the worst of the Blue Devils’ sluggish performance when an offtarget throw from Boone was caught by Issac Blakeney, but then was jarred loose

by Hurricane All-ACC linebacker Denzel Perryman.

“They had a lot of energy tonight defensively,” wide receiver Jamison Crowder said. “They were fired up. A lot of guys found a way to get to the ball. They did a great job gang tackling, making plays on the ball. You could tell they had a different energy level.”

Miami then cashed in on the mistake, but not without drama. On third-and-19 inside Duke territory, Kaaya lofted a pass through the hands of tight end Clive Walford and Blue Devil safety Deondre Singleton appeared to have an easy interception, but dropped it on the 10-yard line.

The Hurricanes elected to go for it on the next play, forgoing a field goal attempt in the tropical downpour and instead scoring a touchdown when wide receiver Herb Waters whizzed past Cash, hauling in Kaaya’s 28-yard pass.

This gave Miami some cushion, taking a 16-7 lead midway in the third quarter.

The offense managed to break into the See Football on Page 8

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Blue Devils find silver lining in sloppy loss to Hurricanes Daniel Carp Senior Staff Writer

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Redshirt junior Jeremy Cash was one of sole bright spots for Duke Saturday, as he amassed 10 tackles and two forced fumbles.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.—The lasting memories from Duke’s weekend getaway to South Florida will have nothing to do with sunshine and palm trees. A 22-10 loss to Miami—highlighted by one of the Blue Devils’ worst offensive performances in recent memory—was hardly the way the defending Coastal Division champions envisioned their ACC opener going.

There were plenty of black clouds hanging over Sun Life Stadium Saturday, culminating in monsoon-like conditions early in the third quarter. After the dust settled and Duke’s 12-game regular-season winning streak was no more, safety Jeremy Cash wasted no time finding the silver lining.

“We’re a hell of a defense,” said the redshirt junior, who recorded 10 tackles and two forced fumbles against the Hurricanes. “There were times when our back was against the wall and we had to fight to stay in the game.”

Miami looked as though it was poised to run the Blue Devils off the field in the first quarter. The Hurricane offense moved up and down the field with relative ease, putting together back-to-back scoring drives to build an early 9-0 lead.

Midway through the first quarter, the Blue Devils found their footing defensively, limiting the Hurricanes to just one first down on their next four offensive possessions.

Following the last of those four drives, Duke finally manufactured some offense and found its way into the scoring column with a 7-yard touchdown run by Shaquille Powell. With the score at 9-7 early in the second quarter, an ugly start for the Blue Devils on both sides of the ball was virtually erased.

Although Miami scored twice more to put the game away, they were highly methodical scoring drives. Duke’s Issac Blakeney fumbled the ball away to give the Hurricanes a short field on the first drive of the third quarter. The Blue Devil defense held, but amid torrential rain and swirling winds Miami head coach Al Golden elected not to try a 45-yard field goal.

Instead, he went for it on fourth-and-19 and had true freshman Brad Kaaya throw up a jump ball to wide receiver Herb Waters, who came down with it in the back of the end zone.

Miami’s other score came at the expense of Duke sophomore cornerback Bryon Fields, who has been picked on by opposing defenses this season. It looked as though Fields was expecting safety help over the top when running back Joe Yearby beat him with a step to the outside. No safety was there, and

the result was a 47-yard touchdown pass that proved to be the dagger.

Those two plays aside, the Blue Devil defense played about as well as it could have against a team that was by far the toughest competition it has seen this season. Duke allowed 20 or more points in five of its 10 wins a year ago—on most days, giving up 22 would have been enough.

Quarterback Anthony Boone and the Blue Devil offense could not have looked more out of sorts against the Hurricanes. In what was likely his team’s worst offensive performance since Boone became a full-time starter a year ago, Duke managed to post just 10 points and 264 yards of offense. The redshirt senior signal-caller never looked truly comfortable placing his throws, finishing 22-of-51 for 179 yards and tossing two interceptions.

Despite these offensive woes, the Blue Devils had two chances to take the lead in the fourth quarter, trailing 16-10. Boone led Duke into Miami territory on the first drive before it stalled. On the second, he overthrew Blakeney and was picked off by cornerback Ladarius Gunter.

Four plays later, Yearby was waltzing into the end zone and the game was all but over.

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Volleyball

Blue Devils sweep Hurricanes for fifth-consecutive win SPORTSWRAP Jake Herb Staff Writer The Hurricanes looked to take Cameron by storm, but an iron-clad defensive performance by the Blue Devils guided them to their second ACC victory.

Duke executed in key defensive situations to defeat Miami in a 3-0 sweep Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium to extend its Miami 0 winning streak to five games. The Blue DUKE 3 Devils buckled down against Miami hitters, combining for 48 digs and nine blocks to prevent the Hurricanes from stealing the win away from home.

Lifted by double-double performances from senior setter Kelsey Williams and sophomore defensive specialist Sasha Karelov, Duke found an answer for everything Miami sent its way.

“I really commend our team,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “I think this team was where it need to be today mentally. We did a great job of not letting Miami take us out of what we were doing and what we were trying to do.”

Duke (10-3, 2-0 in the ACC) jumped out to an early 7-3 lead in the first set. Boosted by a hot start from junior hitter Emily Sklar, the Blue Devils looked to be on their way to grab the early set lead before allowing Miami (8-5, 1-1) to come back and tie it. Duke then mustered a defensive stand, fending off the rallying Hurricanes to set up a 24-21 match point and force a Miami timeout. When the match point serve sailed over the net, the Blue Devils emerged as the team with more intensity to their game, defending against two Miami attacks before closing the set out with a kill by sophomore Jordan Tucker.

Aside from some early back-and-forth in

Jack White | The Chronicle Senior Kelsey Williams notched a staggering 40 assists in Sunday’s sweep of conference foe Miami.

the second set, Miami never challenged Duke for control of the game again, as the Blue Devils clinched the sweep with a 25-19 second set and 25-14 third set.

Williams’ double-double marked her second in as many games, as the Pleasonton, Calif., native posted 12 digs and a staggering 40 assists Sunday. Williams’ strong start to her senior season bodes well for a Duke team that will rely on a balanced team effort to repeat as ACC champions in just a few months time.

“Kelsey did a good job mixing up our offense and moving the ball around, and I thought that she had good location as well on a lot of her sets,” Nagel said. “It was great for her to be able to come out and [post

a double-double] for a second time. Just awesome.”

The Blue Devils maintained their perfect slate in ACC play, winning an emotional conference opener against Georgia Tech Friday night. After barely squeaking past Yellow Jackets, Nagel said that her team needed to improve communication, execute better on serves and do better at setting up the block moving forward. Although there’s still room for improvement, the Blue Devils beat Miami by executing in precisely those areas.

Duke proved to be the better communicators Sunday, winning points on extended volleys that spread out both teams. With Karelov anchoring the Blue

Devil defense, Duke denied Miami star hitter Savanah Leaf on point after point, holding the senior—who ranks second in the ACC in kills per game—to a .281 hitting percentage.

Karelov’s 11 assists and 13 digs marked the second double-double of her career.

“There was a huge defensive focus going into this game,” Williams said. “Miami has some great hitters on their side of the net, so we knew coming in that we really wanted to focus on the block and making some digs out there so we could run what we wanted to run on our side of the net.”

Duke also excelled on offense, posting a season-high team hitting percentage of .427 and setting an offensive tempo that Miami could not match. Tucker tallied 12 kills compared to only one error on 19 attempts, making her the Blue Devils’ most efficient scorer. The sophomore middle blocker said that Duke approached Sunday’s game as an opportunity to return to the efficient team offense that it showed in its sweep of Oklahoma only a week ago.

Committing only 10 errors Sunday compared to 19 against Georgia Tech, Duke looks to be making good on its commitment to improvement. As the ever-competitive race for the ACC title heats up, the Blue Devils will look to continue making adjustments to earn wins against tough teams just as they did against Miami.

“In the ACC every game is a battle,” Williams said. “We just take it one game at a time. We’ve been working on certain things in practice to get better at, and I think having those specific focuses helped our execution today. Every victory is a huge accomplishment, so we are really excited about our 2-0 start.”

Women’s Soccer

Duke falls to second-ranked Virginia Tech Ryan Neu Beat Writer Duke came up empty-handed looking for revenge against the team that knocked it out of the NCAA Tournament a season ago.

The Blue Devils came into their match against the No. 2 Hokies averaging more than DUKE 0 20 shot attempts per game but were only 2 able to manage 11 VT shots Sunday night at Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Va. None found the netting for Duke en route to a 2-0 loss against Virginia Tech. Senior Kelly Cobb and sophomore Rebecca Quinn added two shots apiece and fellow sophomore Christina Gibbons led the team in shots with three.

Duke (6-5-0, 2-1-0 in the ACC) had to play from behind early as they surrendered a penalty kick just 50 seconds into the game after a collision between Duke goalkeeper Ali Kershner and Virginia Tech midfielder Katie Yensen. The midfielder then stepped up to the dot to take the shot and sent it home to give the Hokies a quick lead.

“There was a collision with Ali and their player and the ball popped loose and they

both went after it,” head coach Robbie Church said. “We just played from behind from the first minute of the game and that’s a tough way to play that early in the match.”

Virginia Tech (11-1-0, 2-1-0) controlled the rest of the first half as they outshot the Blue Devils seven to three in the opening stanza.

Although Duke tried to match the pace that the Hokies were creating, it couldn’t get its timing right, getting called offside seven times in the first half. Two of those offside calls resulted in disallowed goals for Duke.

The Blue Devils did their best to make a comeback in the second half and took control of the scoring chances outshooting the Hokies 8-3 in the second stanza. Unfortunately for Duke, despite leading the shot count, it was Virginia Tech that was able to put one away.

Sophomore forward and ACC co-leader in goals scored Murielle Tiernan gave the Hokies a 2-0 lead with about five minutes left to play, sealing the victory for the home squad.

The loss also marked the first time this season that the Blue Devils didn’t pick up a win in a true road contest. Prior to See W. Soccer on Page 8

Brianna Siracuse | The Chronicle Sophomore Rebecca Quinn led the Blue Devils with two shots on target in Sunday’s shutout loss to No. 2 Virginia Tech.

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Blue Devils shut out Eagles, stay perfect at home SPORTSWRAP

Brian Pollack Beat Writer If they keep playing like this, the Blue Devils will never want to leave home.

Duke picked up another home victory Friday night, defeating Boston College 1-0 at Koskinen Stadium 0 on a Nick Palodichuk BC DUKE 1 free kick in the 65th minute. With the win, the Blue Devils stretched their unbeaten streak at home to five, outscoring opponents 15-5 in the process.

“This is our fortress and we want to make sure nobody takes advantage of our home field,” head coach John Kerr said. “So far, so good, we have a long way to go, but very happy with the results at home so far.”

Unfortunately for Duke (4-3-0, 2-1-0 in the ACC), the victory did not come without consequences. The Blue Devils had a scary moment early on, when senior captain Sean Davis went down with an apparent hamstring injury in the fourth minute. Davis—who had to leave the game and did not return—was replaced by freshman Cody Brinkman, who had only appeared in three games this year.

In the first extensive action of his young career, Brinkman played nearly the entire game and filled in ably at center midfielder for the veteran Davis, ensuring that the team did not miss a beat with its field general on the sidelines. “[Brinkman], as a young freshman, getting his first opportunity to really get a lot of minutes and [he] did great,” Kerr said. “His tenacity, his enthusiasm and his skill level was really high tonight and I’m really pleased for him and the team because he showed us what he can do and the showed the crowd here that

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“Offensively it was a tough day, give Miami credit, they won a lot of the battles,” Cutcliffe said. “I’m very proud of our people to continue to battle. We fought hard. On a day when traditionally one of the better parts of our team struggles, we have a chance to win in the fourth quarter.”

Boone struggled against a Hurricane past defense that was only giving up 160.5 yards through the air coming into the game.

The redshirt senior from Weddington, N.C., only completed 22-of-51 of his passes for 179 yards and two interceptions. He also had trouble communicating with center Matt Skura, as the two misconnected on a handful of snaps and Skura was called for three five-yard penalties for snap infractions and false starts.

A rowdy crowd of more than 44,000 at the NFL-sized stadium may have contributed to some of the miscommunication before the snap.

“It is not something we see at practice,” Cutcliffe said. “We have a very experienced center [Skura] and we will look closely at what was going on there. A couple times

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Senior Nick Palodichuk netted the game’s only goal as Duke took down visiting Boston College to improve to 5-0 on the season at home.

he’s a competent center midfielder with a lot of grit, and that’s what we needed.”

The first half featured plenty of back and forth action, but neither side was able to cash in on its opportunities as the half ended in a scoreless tie. Duke fired off five shots in the opening period, but none of them provided much of a test for goalkeeper Alex Kapp, who made all the saves with ease. The Blue Devils had plenty of other chances in the attacking third, but were unable to capitalize or convert them into quality shots on goal.

Defensively, Duke posted its first shutout of the season, and the first of freshman goalkeeper Joe Ohaus’ career. The shutout didn’t come easily, and the Blue Devils dodged a few bullets in the 26th minute to keep the game scoreless. Boston College junior Dylan

Pritchard took a free kick from just outside the box and fired off a shot—one of nine for the Eagles (3-4-1, 0-3-0) in the first half—that appeared headed for the back of the net, before Ohaus sprung up and just got a hand on it to top it over the crossbar.

The pressure on that possession did not let up there, however, as midfielder Henry Balf hit the crossbar after the ensuing corner was played into the box. Isaac Normesinu—the Eagles’ leading scorer—tracked down the rebound and blasted another shot on goal, which the Duke defense was able to head out of play to end the threat and preserve the shutout. “[Getting the shutout] feels good. It’s definitely a big step,” Ohaus said. “We’ve come close a few times and I’m kind of disappointed

he said he did not hear. We have a lot of different ways to manage it. We worked with crowd noise at home and had no issue, but sometimes it happens.”

Boone’s interception was one of three Duke turnovers on the evening. He would add another pick late in the fourth quarter when his pass on a fourth-and-long sailed into the hands of Perryman.

Miami cornerbacks LaDarius Gunter and Tracey Howard locked down Blakeney and Crowder, holding the duo to a combined 61 yards receiving. Gunter came down with a key interception with 9:56 to play in the game, leading to a 47-yard pass from Kaaya to running back Joe Yearby for a touchdown that widened the Hurricane lead to 12 points.

The Blue Devils could not overcome the 22-10 lead late in the game, once again struggling to find passing lanes in the secondary. As the final seconds ticked away, there was a lot left to be desired on the field for Duke.

But Cutcliffe wasn’t concerned that as mistake-prone and sluggish as his team played, the two teams were only separated by 12 points.

“Gave up a couple of unfortunately plays defensively, otherwise they played as well as you possibly could against a team that has as many weapons as they do,” he said. “We will learn from it, nobody has panicked. We will deal with a loss.”

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Sunday night, Duke was 3-0 when playing on its opponent’s home turf, including two straight wins on this three-game road trip. Of their seven remaining conference games, two are on the road against Clemson and Florida State.

“It was a hard trip,” Church said.

“We had to go to Winston-Salem and spend the night because we couldn’t get up to Blacksburg because of the football weekend. There were no rooms available. So it was a hard trip, but the kids, I thought they responded and played well.”

The Hokies used a physical style of play to mitigate the Blue Devils offensive chances, committing 15 fouls to Duke’s nine during the course of the match. This physicality was apparent throughout the contest as Virginia Tech defenders kept in front of the speedy Duke attackers and bumped off the ball, not allowing the ball movement that had been so effective for the Blue Devils throughout the season.

Duke’s next match isn’t until Saturday when the Blue Devils play host to Louisville in their first ACC home game.

Despite the setback on Sunday, Church

we hadn’t had one yet. We needed one and hopefully we can keep it going.”

Play started to get more aggressive in the second half as the tensions in a tight game continued to build up. Three yellow cards were awarded and 15 fouls were committed in the final period as the teams continued to fight to try and score that elusive first goal.

The Blue Devils finally broke the ice in the 65th minute after forward Brody Huitema drew a foul to set up a Duke free kick outside the 18-yard box. With Zach Mathers and Palodichuk both lined up near the ball, Palodichuk—who scored the deciding goal in last season’s 1-0 win at Boston College—ran ahead and buried a shot in the back of the net, curling it beautifully past a diving Kapp to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 advantage.

“Usually Sean [Davis] is there to take it, so I was pretty excited that this was going to be my chance,” Palodichuk said. “Me and Chachi [Zach Mathers] were arguing over who was going to take it, and I told him I had it this time…. I knew there was a chance [it would go in]. I felt I hit it pretty well. I saw it bend over, and once I saw it get pretty close to the goal, I knew it was in.”

Duke will take the field at Koskinen Stadium again Tuesday night at 7 p.m. as it welcomes Appalachian State, looking to continue its success at home and establish a consistent level of play before it heads on the road for ACC play next weekend.

“We have App State that we’re not going to overlook Tuesday night here at home,” Kerr said. “Hopefully we can have a good performance and get the three points and build what we’re building on. I don’t want to go back to win one, lose one, win one, lose one, so I think we have a great opportunity to keep the ship moving forward.”

is confident that this team will find itself before season’s end.

“We’re just a little ways off,” Church said. “We just have to get better. Bottom line, we have to get better and better and keep our heads up. It’s hard. We have a lot of really big games left. We’ve just got to get back to work Wednesday.”

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After playing four incredibly weak nonconference opponents, nobody knew what to make of this Duke team heading into its ACC opener. Most assumed that the Blue Devil defense—which entered Saturday’s game ranked seventh in the nation in scoring—was the unit feasting on weaker competition. The defense we saw Saturday was good enough to win any ACC game—turns out that Duke’s offense is the group with more significant issues to work through.

Which in some ways, despite the fact that Saturday’s game was largely painful to watch, makes this loss a best worst-case scenario for the Blue Devils. And with a bevy of issues to work out on the offensive side of the football, Duke’s bye week couldn’t be coming at a better time.

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Editorial Thursday and kicked off a semester-long series of events on campus that will highlight the last fifty years of the LGBTQ community. The exhibit’s opening is timely, coinciding with this weekend’s North Carolina Pride Festival parade on and around Duke’s East Campus that saw a large number of students, especially athletes, go out and show support for Duke’s LGBTQ community.

These recent LGBTQ community outreach programs prompt us to ask what causes nonLGBTQ identifying students to choose to involve or not involve themselves in the LGBTQ movement and how Duke has progressed in making the LGBTQ community comfortable and productive on campus. When presented with overt LGBTQ advocacy opportunities like the pride parade,

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Beyond this progress in the involvement of The difference in support here is nothing new. individuals, Duke itself has improved in fostering In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther LGBTQ discourse and capabilities on campus.

King Jr. chides the moderate The LGBTQ community has had an as someone who supports increasingly high profile on campus a movement but “prefers a e invite students with efforts to secure an endowment negative peace which is the for the Center for Sexual and to move absence of tension to a positive Gender Diversity, the kick-off of the peace which is the presence of beyond surface feelings Queering History series and the new justice; who constantly says ‘I and rumblings to do a background diversity question on our agree with you in the goal you Common Application supplement. seek, but I can’t agree with your deep cleaning of how With many of these projects and methods of direct action.’” To the LGBTQ community changes just getting underway, we confront this ambivalence, the exists at Duke and their invite students to move beyond LGBTQ community at Duke surface feelings and rumblings to do has been doing an excellent job relationship to it... a deep cleaning of how the LGBTQ in making other students feel community exists at Duke and their welcome to participate. For instance, being an “ally” relationship to it, with a focus on whether they of the LGBTQ movement makes it much easier for should take the next step to be vocal outright supportive students to avoid the feelings of being supporters. This movement is happening now, and marginalized as supporters through the power of a we have to think of how it will look in retrospect in coalition name. The title of an ally also makes it more fifty years. Stay diverse and welcoming, Duke.

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’m terrible with birthdays.

I’m that friend who will never remember your birthday no matter how many times you tell me and will instead rely on other friends or my mom to remind me when it is. The advent of Facebook probably should have resolved this issue, and yet my emoji and exclamation pointriddled “Happy Birthday” texts continue to often include the word “belated” sprinkled in.

I can remember my cats’ birthdays pretty easily (March 14th and April 17th, respectively), but in terms of living, breathing human beings, it’s a challenge I rarely if ever rise to.

And it’s not because I’m a hater or just don’t

Michelle Menchaca A WORK IN PROGRESS care. I think birthdays are great. They tend to remind me of my own mortality, but other than that I love a good celebration to commemorate the continuation of life.

But my disconnect with other people’s birthdays hit a tipping point this past weekend. It was my father’s birthday Friday, which was something I didn’t realize until Saturday.So yeah, I forgot my dad’s birthday. The man that gave me 50 percent of my life.

That’s awkward.

This could definitely be written off as me just being a terrible daughter (which is pretty valid), but I also think it’s indicative of how easy it is to get sucked into vortex of college where the rest of the world doesn’t really exist or at least doesn’t play a large part in one’s daily life. I read The Skimm and watch The Colbert Report, so I consider myself a somewhat aware human being in terms of current events. But that’s pretty much the extent of my engagement. After all, there’s food points to maintain, midterms to study for and internships to apply to—who has time to keep up with anything not within an 8-mile radius? So admittedly, sometimes I forget to look beyond the borders of my life at Duke. And this is especially true when keeping in touch with friends and family from back home in California.

Since the summer after graduating high school, I haven’t been home for longer then about a month, so in my mind that space and the people that comprise it are somewhat frozen in time. But every few months, I’ll have a three hour phone call with a best friend from back home and I’ll come to the shocking realization that while I’ve been out having my adventure, they’ve been having theirs

too. It’s almost as if everyone continued living their lives but without me. I kind of don’t like it.

And this is the first year where I’m starting to realize that parents fall under the same category.

For me, and I think for a lot of people, when you grow up parents are very much stationary, unwavering figures. They are the constant that orbits around you as you grow and you change.

They’re essentially not really people at all--they’re parents. But as I’ve gotten older and less sheltered and grown into a semi-adult, I’ve realized that my parents are also so much more than that.

They are dynamic. They face challenges and achieve new success and grow just like anyone else. And while they will always my parents, they are also real people too, something I think I’ve become mature enough to really understand and appreciate. And pretty soon, I won’t be going home during winter break or the start of summer. I won’t be fighting with my siblings over who gets to use the car. I won’t be asking my mom to let me buy something online that I know I can’t afford on my own. At some point, I’ll be entirely on my own and independent (unless my life spirals downwards into a desolate abyss, but for now I’m going to assume that isn’t going to happen).

And with that, my relationship with my parents will no longer be a natural occurrence, but rather something I have to put a conscious effort into like all my other relationships. At the start of every semester, I write out a list of tangible long-term goals I want to accomplish in the coming months. This fall, I added to the end of my list “call family once a week.” That may not seem like much, but freshmen year I called maybe once a month, if that, so this was actually a huge step for me. At Duke I am constantly reminded of how lucky I am to be raised by two fantastic people.

The way I live my life and my deeply held values can directly be traced back to how I was raised, and for that I am so incredible grateful. I know that not everyone is as lucky. And especially as midterm season dawns upon me and I feel that subtle longing for home, I’m thankful for the phone calls and regular text messages. I knew moving so far away from home would change my relationship with my family, but I didn’t expect it to strengthen it and make it mean so much more than it did before.

I talk a lot in my columns about the importance of relationships on campus and forging bonds that matter. But one thing I don’t consider enough is the relationships that exist before we even got here.

Because those matter too. And after two years, I think I’m finally catching on.

Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity Junior and the Editorial Page Managing Editor. Her column runs every other Monday.

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There are student leaders, faculty leaders, leaders of the leaders and even a whole office dedicated to leadership development in Student Affairs. I don’t think we’re trying to be subtle. We want to be leaders, and even more truthfully we believe that we already are leaders. But the narrative of leadership on this campus has always troubled me.

We and perhaps our whole society have increasingly substituted meaningful leadership with vanity and recognition.

The more I think about this issue of leadership, the more I come to the same conclusion. Leadership should not be about what position you hold on this

communities regardless of class year or positions in an organization, but only if we’re willing to put in the long hours of work without any expectation of reward.

That might be counter-cultural, but well worth the effort in the long-run for ourselves and our peers.

In essence, social media leadership embodies a title that perhaps reflects action, but rarely speaks of risk or failure.

It tosses those things aside to project an image of perfection that is far from the reality of our daily lives. But that deodorized and glorified version of leadership gives us all a false sense of what success truly constitutes. Leadership becomes the overtly stereotypical effortless perfection in which success is

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This past week’s cooler temperatures indicate that Durham’s annual direct transition from summer into winter has begun—ain’t nobody got time for fall. To Duke students, this means one of two things—that basic betches are pulling out their UGGs, North Faces and Pinterest-inspired messy buns, and that midterms are upon us.

Midterms, for those of you humanities majors who wouldn’t know, are incredibly important because you basically have to prove that you’re not worthless and actually learned something during your first month of school. This is particularly challenging for students in large lectures because taking notes is an archaic skill, like showing up to class or being on time. I mean, seriously, with the advent of the Internet, why would I need to take notes for my economics exam when I could just as easily stream “The Wolf of Wall Street” online?

From what I’ve gathered by conversing (read—begrudgingly communicating) with Duke students and reading an onslaught of sexually/academically frustrated Yik Yaks is that every exam taken at this University is basically a life or death experience that will almost exclusively determine whether one gets into medical school/law school/business school/consulting/investment banking/ etc. These are virtually the only acceptable career choices for a Duke student because they all require stellar performances on literally anything you’ve ever

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campus, it should be about how much you are willing to work and sacrifice to make a difference.

Now, that might sound a bit cliché, and it is certainly true in some respects.

How could we ever have such an express focus in this community on leadership yet simultaneously be missing the mark on what leadership is? Let me explain.

I like to refer to our current perceptions of leadership as social media leadership.

That’s the kind of leadership best exhibited on Facebook whether through posting an article in the Chronicle that talks about how awesome I am or by how many likes I can get for a post in which I detail how I just published a paper or got accepted into some prestigious program.

We’re obsessed by perception and how impressive we can appear not to just graduate school programs or potential employers but also our friends.

It’s the kind of narrative that exudes an insecure confidence in just how awesome I am as an individual, and how everyone who knows me should be in awe. Anything we can do that can be broadcast to the world, that looks prestigious or important falls under this mantra of what it means to be a leader. Inherent to the usage of social media is the necessity for outside approval, for likes and comments of “OMG you’re so AMAZING! <3.”

It is instant gratification at its finest. I do something, I tell my friends by posting a picture of me doing it, I receive likes and comments of affirmation and I feel happy.

We’re so obsessed with receiving credit for our involvements and lives from our social circles that we seek out their approval for our actions rather than examine what impact those actions, and our broadcasting of them online have on others and us.

Think for a moment about someone you would consider a leader on campus.

The picture of a president of a large student organization like Black Student Alliance or Duke Student Government might come to mind. Rarely, though, would I think of some Duke student who, despite not holding a position of influence, made a significant impact on an issue they care about on campus. There are students who do this on a daily basis— whether that is lobbying administrators to have food vendors donate their leftover food to homeless shelters or working to devise new strategies for improving the residential system.

Their work, though, is seldom given full-page articles in the Chronicle. We each individually have the capability to make change on this campus and in our

all that matters and image is far superior to identity.

Now that we’ve examined the common narrative of social media leadership, let’s explore what it might mean to rewrite the perception of leaders on this campus.

For starters, take a step back. On a daily basis, we’re largely consumed with running from one meeting to the next, from one class assignment to another midterm and seldom do we take a moment to think about what direction we are heading. All those involvements and responsibilities are certainly important, but the constant pursuit of accomplishment can shield us from authentically engaging in something that matters to us. Reflection, like leadership, is another one of those buzz words I hear so much on this campus.

Without it, though, we lose track of where we are going and fail to learn from experiences we have on a daily basis. If we want to be serious about developing leaders, we have to encourage taking a step back from the daily grind and learning to recognize where we are headed and why.

Perhaps the most important step we can take to rewriting the narrative of leadership at Duke is to drop the title and get to work. Simple concept, am I right? It doesn’t matter what position you hold on this campus, you have the ability to make change here, but only if you are willing to sacrifice your time and the consistent admiration of peers to do so.

I am challenging us today to think about a problem we see around us and to act on it because we care enough to and not because we are seeking affirmation from an outside source. As philosopher Cornel West describes, “Visionary leadership is predicated on a leap of faith and a labor of love.” Risk and effort are necessary for exercising leadership. Email a relevant administrator to solicit feedback or contact a community partner you might want to work with. We have to begin to be comfortable with failure and delayed gratification, and getting to work on something you care about is the simplest way to begin.

Let’s begin to write a new narrative of leadership on this campus. Just like what I have been arguing for, change like this will take time and effort to make possible.

Even if it means giving up the recognition you deserve, every step of change matters much more to the lives of those around you than any form of selfgratification ever could.

done ever.

To be perfectly candid, these petty concerns about “success” and “GPA” do not bother your guardian devil. Mommy and Daddy said that if I behaved and didn’t spend all of my allowance at the Alcoholic Beverage Control store, they would get me a job at Goldman Sachs, which is stupid on their part because I recently got Venmo, so they’ll never see where my money actually goes.

However, despite my truly blessed lifestyle, your guardian devil is like most Duke students and, thus, tries—jokes—to take academics very seriously. So seriously that I actually spent the past weekend doing what most Duke students do—Facebooking for several hours while complaining about how busy I am and then subsequently complaining more about how little time I had to study.

It seems that most Duke students know the best way to study—stay up several nights in a row, cram, ask for help from the smartest guy/girl in your class in return for friendship, food or sexual favors and repeat until your hell week is over.

You suck, however, at complaining. And because your guardian devil is truly magnanimous/wants to garner enough influence to rule this school/become Young Trustee (they get another trust fund, right?), I’ve decided to use my vast experience in the complaining arts to teach you all how to complain better.

First of all, self-deprecation is key. You would be wise to make fun of yourself so that people feel bad for how much work you have, but also start liking you as a person. Acceptable ways to do this include Facebook statuses and/or tweets making a mockery of your study habits or lack of expertise in a subject area. I don’t personally do this because I’m perfect.

Second, forget about personal health. Personal hygiene implies you have extra time and if you have extra time, you should be studying, not bathing.

I was under the impression that you all had tiger mothers growing up, but I guess not because more than half of you look decently put together. In order to actually complain how hard your life is during this season, turn your first world problems into third world realities and stop bathing/combing/shaving/ eating. Put down that salad and pick up some french fries. Have you ever felt bad for someone who looked good? No. Have you ever pitied someone who looked like a dirty version of Zach Galifianakis? Consistently. Besides, pity can be capitalized to get someone to hook up with you. It works on me all the time and I’m so cold-hearted that I once—more like several times—stole candy from children trick-or-treating on account of my insatiable craving for Reese’s Cups.

Third, one-up everyone. “Oh, I’m sorry, you have three midterms this week?

Well I have six midterms, four papers, 3 group projects, a part-time job and it’s my birthday tomorrow!” Everyone knows that the more things you have to do/make yourself do, the smarter you are and the more self-worth you have.

You might as well lie about how busy you are, even if you’re actually handling midterms well this season. You should have enough practice at this because I’m assuming that even in high school you were one of the little freaks running around going “I only got two hours of sleep last night!!!” while you managed 500 clubs and aced your SAT. Essentially, not appearing busy enough is a fatal mistake because busyness implies that you’re challenging yourself—you wouldn’t want your “friends” to think you’re lazy, would you? The only way to get any respect around here is to either be brilliant or be a total basket case of stress and neuroticism. Choose wisely. If either of those options sounds unappealing, I recommend Adderall.

Getting stuff done sans messing with your brain chemistry is an awful way to study for neuroscience. Besides, if you’re using coffee to stay awake, you can use Adderall to focus—same concept, and all the Adderall dealers I know are friendlier than the staff at Saladelia.

I’m not confident that you’ll all do well on your midterms, mostly because that’s statistically impossible—some of you will have to fail. However, armed with advice, you’ll probably complain the best, which means other plebeians will think you’re working the hardest and your mental breakdowns will be the most publicized (no publicity is bad publicity!). If you suck at complaining, visit the Academic Resource Center. I think they do your homework for you and help you craft Short-Term Illness Notification forms should you need one.

Jay Sullivan is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Monday.

Your guardian devil remains stress free during these very trying times due to excessive massage therapy and a lack of a much needed reality check.

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continued from page 1 are of the same gender.

Wilson Residence Hall was chosen as East Campus’ gender-neutral location for its suite-style layout and private bathrooms. The dormitory houses 100 students, though none took advantage of the option. Gonzalez said he could not specify how the option was noted on the housing application.

Conversation regarding gender-neutral housing on campus has been active at least since 2007, when a parent voiced concerns about a transgender student living on a samesex West Campus hall. In 2008, Campus Council approved a gender-neutral bathroom in Kilgo Quadrangle, and in 2010, the Council approved gender-neutral housing on Central

Campus, with West Campus following a few years later.

“This is something that started a number of years ago with a handful of organizations that have championed this concept over the past two to three years, advocating for genderneutral housing and then expanding it,” Gonzalez said.

Gender-neutral housing began on West Campus in Fall 2013, with the implementation of the program in parts of Kilgo and Few quads that had three bathrooms on each floor—one male, one female and one gender-neutral.

For Fall 2014, gender-neutral housing was expanded to East Campus and selective living groups were given the option to vote to offer gender-neutral housing, regardless of the number of bathrooms available.

“The administration wanted it to be an option for students who maybe didn’t identify with a particular gender or just wanted to live

with students of the opposite gender,” said sophomore Zachary Gorwitz, Duke Student Government vice president of residential life.

Gonzalez noted that the demand for gender-neutral housing has not yet met the level of available rooms, so there is no plan to expand the program now that it is on all three campuses.

In independent housing, there are currently 12 apartments on Central Campus with occupants of mixed genders, and four rooms on West Campus with occupants of mixed gender, Gonzalez said. Additional students live in gender-neutral housing as part of selective living groups, he added.

“Student opinion is firmly behind it—a lot of people supported the idea and there was no push back,” said Gorwitz. “It is amazing and very important that Duke Housing provided this option to the students who wanted it.”

The Chronicle Blue Devils United President Daniel Kort, a senior, noted the importance of genderneutral housing for transgender students.

“I think that gender-neutral housing is a very safe space for students who don’t identify as cisgender, so it’s a very affirming residential space for transgender students,” Kort said.

Kort lived in gender-neutral housing last year in Few and described his experience as positive, noting that he expects demand to grow as word the continues to spread.

Bringing gender-neutral housing to selective living groups should particularly help raise awareness of the option, he said.

“It was not so much that I necessarily wanted to have a female roommate, but that the person that I wanted to room with happened to be female,” Kort said. “I’ve been very satisfied with my experience with gender-neutral housing.”

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Durham ID bring those types of people and needed infrastructure to the community. It draws people to the city who know how to create and develop companies.”

Brock said she has been amazed by the support of the surrounding community regarding the development of the district.

“It’s really impressive how much people get what we’re trying to do—a full build out, a $500 million dollar project plus. It’s

refreshing to see how all of the city really understands the value that this will create,” she said.

For students and faculty, this will mean research and fundamental discoveries made at Duke’s off-campus labs can now be publicized and aided by private companies.

In the spirit of this innovative and entrepreneurial movement, not all aspects of the district are finalized, Selig said.

“The whole idea is that we don’t put parameters on what this thing is or is not. The whole idea is for this to grow organically,” he said. “[Durham ID] will anchor Durham in technology and life science as a ‘cool’ place to be.”

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