October 1, 2014

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Second Straight Shutout

UN Adviser Visits Duke

Junior Zach Mathers ensured Duke’s 2-0 defeat of Appalachian State Tuesday evening | Page 7

Oxford professor Robert Walker answers the question, “Do we accept the right to be poor?” | Page 3

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Wilsons pitch in $3 million to Duke arts and athletics

ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 26

University to address disability access

Donation to support athletic facilities and establish art endowment at the Nasher Rachel Chason University Editor Duke announced a $3 million gift to support athletics and the Nasher Museum of Art Tuesday morning. The donation comes courtesy of the Wilson family—Gary Wilson, Trinity ‘62 and a former member of the Board of Trustees, and his son Derek, Trinity ‘86 and Fuqua ‘90, a current member of the Nasher Board of Advisers. The gift includes $2 million to enhance athletic facilities and $1 million to form an endowment for the Nasher, according to a Duke News release. Sarah Schroth, the Mary D.B.T and James Gary Wilson H. Semans director of the Nasher, said that the endowment created by the Wilson family’s donation will be directed toward exhibition research, development and implementation. In the short term, the funds will be used to support a new exhibit being developed by chief curator Trevor Schoonmaker. The exhibit—which has the working title “Southern Accent”—will showcase what “southern identity” means in the See Wilson on Page 5

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle At an upcoming conference, Duke will assess access for individuals with disabilities and determine ways to improve the campus environment.

Abigail Xie The Chronicle Junior Jay Ruckelshaus—who was left paralyzed in both arms and legs after a diving accident the summer before his freshman year— is shining a spotlight on the experiences of students with disabilities. After founding a nonprofit called Ramp Less Traveled to make higher education accessible to others with disabilities, Ruckelshaus is now bringing a national disability conference

to Duke. His inspiration, he says, comes from his own experiences with transitioning to college. “Even with my extremely supportive family and the great friends I had back at home, I found the process of getting back to Duke really overwhelming,” Ruckelshaus said. “So this re-entry process is basically an impossible task for students with disabilities who don’t have the support I did.” The “Beyond Disability, Beyond Compliance” national retreat will bring students, administrators and experts from across the

country to discuss higher education opportunities for those with disabilities. Scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 22 at the Fuqua School of Business’ Thomas Center, the retreat will examine how colleges accommodate students almost 25 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ruckelshaus said his ideas for the conference were met with overwhelming support from administrators, particularly Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaug and See Ramp on Page 4

DukeMakers brings 3-D printing to Duke Student organization uses 3-D printing technology in medicine, fashion and more Grace Wang Health & Science Editor A new student group is working towards more accessible and flexible 3-D printing for innovators across campus. DukeMakers, a 3-D printing club founded in January, was inspired by the worldwide maker movement—a movement dedicated to facilitating innovative

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products and creations in the broad community. The club has undertaken several projects in different fields—including fashion design and biomedical engineering—and hopes to expand beyond campus to other universities in the United States. “Essentially, we [want to] make the world into Legos,” said junior Ouwen Huang, a computer science major and member of DukeMakers. “When you were a kid, you played with Legos and could build anything with Legos. With 3-D printing, it allows adults to mold whatever you want.” The club grew from a small gathering

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of four members to an active club—with more than 40 participants—within a year. So far, the club has successfully built a prosthetic hand for a boy with birth defects and collaborated with FORM Magazine to create 3-D printed fashion pieces. “Our mission is to build a community of makers on campus,” said junior Ying Wang. Important on-going projects of the club include the construction of 3-D printing kits. Junior Yitaek Hwang noted that in addition to the five printing kits that are currently being built, the club is See Printing on Page 12

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Special to the Chronicle The Duke 3-D Printing Club collaborated with FORM magazine to create 3-D fashion pieces.

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