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Jump in crime inspires community action “Whether black or white, rich or poor, we have an obligation to show these kids we love them”—Rodney Williams Gerardo Parraga The Chronicle

After violent crime in Durham saw a 30 percent increase in the first half of 2014, local activists are targeting change among the city’s youth.

The first Walk for Life Foundation march took place Aug. 30, and the demonstrations have continued each Saturday since—expanding from its local beginnings in Durham to neighboring cities who are also fighting the impact of crime on their youth. At the helm of the movement is Durham native Rodney Williams.

Inspired by the remarkably high crime statistics of the first six months of 2014—which include 587 aggravated assaults compared to 391 in the same period of 2013—Williams launched the foundation to “save the youth,” he said.

“Whether black or white, rich or poor, we have an obligation to show these kids we love them and to show them they are not alone,” he said.

In addition to the 50 percent increase in reported aggravated assaults, 2014 has seen 11 percent more rape cases and 7 percent more robberies. All totals are calculated by number See Crime on Page 4

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Democratic senator Kay Hagan and House Speaker Thom Tillis came out with guns blazing Tuesday in their second of three U.S. Senate debates.

With the race still tight less than a month before election day, the candidates criticized each other more directly than was the case in September’s debate. The North Carolina seat has been the target of both Democrats and Republicans hoping to tip the tentative Senate majority in their favor, and the two candidates have been locked in a dead heat in what is Kay Hagan the most expensive Senate race in the nation, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

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Duke Support creates safe With students under stress, space for sexual assault survivors CAPS sees referrals increase

With a national spotlight focused on addressing sexual assault on college campus, senior Ashley Pollard is helping introduce a support group for survivors to Duke’s campus this Fall. Pollard is one of four co-leaders of Duke Support—a group for survivors of sexual assault that began meeting in September. Pollard emphasized that all students are welcome at meetings—whether or not they choose to speak.

She explained that students can sign up for their listserv anonymously on the group’s website. The Chronicle’s Rachel Chason sat down with Pollard to discuss why this organization is crucial to campus culture.

The Chronicle: What was the process for creating the group?

Ashley Pollard: Since Duke Support is not an [Student Organization Funding Committee] organization, the co-leaders have enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of organizing this group as we see best fit for its members. We have had a lot of support from the Women’s Center as well as the Wellness Center, but for the most part this initiative is extremely student driven.

We have explained to our members that we want this group to be led by the group’s needs and desires. There are no expectations for Duke Support other than providing a safe space for students to get together and share experiences or talk about gender violence issues on campus.

TC: What are your biggest goals for the year?

AP: Right now we are looking forward

to spreading the word about Duke Support. As I mentioned before, we have strong interest already but are hoping to gain more. We also just hope that the existence of Duke Support will help increase awareness about gender violence and sexual assault on campus. Sexual assault is a serious issue that constantly gets pushed under the rug—and reporting those incidents are not easy. I hope the experiences of the members can bring light to the realities that are webbed into the current campus culture.

In the future, we hope to take on an activist stance that could include photo campaigns or general awareness events. All that being said, our most important goal is to maintain this safe space for survivors. These experiences can be extremely isolating and it’s really easy to fall into the trap of, “No one knows what I am going through, no one can possibly understand.”

While no one can ever understand the personal difficulties one experiences, there are students on campus who do have an understanding of what being violated feels like.

We want to uplift our members to feel like they are not alone.

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TC: Why is this issue important to you?

AP: As a survivor of a campus sexual assault, my entire world felt like it was turned upside down. Both my personal life and my academic life were extremely turbulent and I felt like I didn’t have a grasp on much. My participation in the Breaking Out Photo Campaign helped bring me to a more stable point in my life where I developed the goal of sharing my story with others. I know what it is like to walk around See Support on Page 4

Over past decade, number of students seen by CAPS rose by more than 50 percent Gautam Hathi Health & Science Editor Data given to The Chronicle by Counseling and Psychological Services shows a rise in the number of students served by CAPS. Over the past 10 years, the number of students seen by CAPS staff has increased by more than 50 percent—with a rise of more than 10 percent in the last four academic years. The total number of hours which CAPS spends treating students has remained relatively constant, however, as has the number of emergency appointments.

“We really see the gamut, from adjustment issues, stress, a lot of anxiety and depression and of course there’s always the more severe end of the spectrum too,” CAPS Director Wanda Collins said.

During the 2013-14 school year, 13 percent of Duke students used CAPS services, compared to a national average of 8.9 percent at similarly sized institutions, according to a survey from the Association of University College Counseling Center Directors.

“For most universities across the country, the utilization is around 7 to 10 percent,” Collins said. “At more elite institutions it tends to be 10 to 13 percent and upwards.”

Collins noted that Duke and peer institutions typically experience higher numbers due to the unique stresses of the environment. Constantly being surrounded by high-performing peers can increase the pressure students feel to excel, she said.

“Duke students definitely are very bright, very focused on their academics, very stressed out and kind of nerdy in a good way,” Collins said. “I think the pressure of being at an institution like Duke and being with students who are of that same caliber creates an extra intensity, more so than you would have at most universities.”

Nationally, AUCCCD statistics show a spike in anxiety issues over the past five

years, while the percentage of students affected by depression or relationship issues has remained relatively steady. In 2013, the AUCCCD reported that more than 40 percent of college students were affected by anxiety, almost 40 percent were affected by depression and just more than 35 percent had relationship issues.

Collins attributed the increase in anxiety levels to a number of factors, including the cost of college and the challenging job market, both of which increase pressure on students.

She also cited the fact that many more high school students with mental illnesses now have the resources to handle their illness through high school and to attend college. Although these students are able to succeed in a college environment, they may still require counseling or other treatment.

“The impact of that at a university level is that you see more of a range of mental illness, you see students who might really struggle with lots of issues while they’re also trying to be a college student, which can be challenging,” Collins explained.

“Most of them manage to get through it.”

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The philosophy department began The Chronicle moving into West Duke last week, but is far from returning to the status quo—though For some academic departments, move- the transition has not been without its in day happened later than usual this se- lighter moments. mester.

“For the first week I was on automatic The West Duke building on East Cam- pilot, walking right into the East Duke pus reopened in mid-September after ini- building,” Rosenberg said. “When I would tial project delays, and the departments get there I would start laughing, thinking, formerly housed in the building have ‘what am I doing? I don’t live here anybeen moving back in over the past several more.’” weeks. West Duke closed in February folThe building was originally scheduled lowing a ceiling collapse to open in time for the on the second floor and Fall semester, but den my opinion, the nice layed building permits remained closed to allow the completion of other from the city of Durham touches and improverenovations scheduled ments weren’t worth the set the project back sevfor the building, such as eral weeks, The Chronia new sprinkler system, seven months of dislocation. cle previously reported. roof replacement and a Rosenberg added — Alex Rosenberg that there is still some new elevator. Classes are expected to resume in West Duke in the construction equipment—including ladSpring semester. ders—inside West Duke, but appreciates Professors said they are pleased to be the new renovations, which include higher back in their original spaces after months ceilings, new carpeting, repainted walls, of disruption. thermostats and motion-activated lights.

“A challenge has been regaining your He noted that, although he recognizes the work habits of coming to the office, meet- University’s efforts to handle the situation, ing your colleagues, and exchanging ideas the short-term hassle may not outweigh with them instead of sitting at home, going the long-term benefits. to class, and going back home,” said Alex “In my opinion, the nice touches and Rosenberg, philosophy department chair improvements weren’t worth the seven and R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy. months of dislocation,” Rosenberg said.

West Duke contains the offices for the “The only real complaint that I have is the education, mathematics and philosophy failure to provide satisfactory alternative departments as well as the Kenan Institute accommodations.” for Ethics and the Army ROTC. These deThe overall cost for the project was partments have spent the past three weeks “right on the approved budget” of $5.8 moving into their new space, said Lynn million, said Executive Vice President TallJoyner, the project and building manager man Trask.

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continued from page 1 of reported potential victims, though not all of these incidents will result in a conviction.

Although this increase may seem alarming, the violent crime statistics may not be looking at the entirety of the crime situation currently in Durham, said City Council member Steve Schewel, a visiting assistant professor of public policy. He noted that the 2013 crime rates in Durham were at a 14-year low.

Of the 587 aggravated assault instances in

2014, 22 resulted in an arrested suspect under the age of 18.

Williams hopes that the foundation will bring awareness to some of the Durham neighborhoods that he feels are most negatively impacted by crime rates. Aiming to stop the violence that children are exposed to and unify the communities, he said his movement has been “inspired by the Lord.”

The Saturday walks have steadily increased in participation and dedication each week— with approximately 80 young marchers at the latest demonstration, noted Kitora Mason, organizer of the foundation.

Mason said she and Williams are proudly

“married” to the cause of helping adolescents in Durham. Ultimately, she said, no political or social pressure can detract her from keeping these weekly marches focused on the children, despite their rapidly growing size.

Neighborhoods in Raleigh and WinstonSalem have reached out to Mason, requesting that the Walk for Life Foundation host marches in their area. The impact of the walks can be “endless,” she said.

Walk for Life has already demonstrated a “positive outcome” throughout the communities it has been involved in, Schewel said. He added, however, that there is still much that needs to be done.

Future goals for the foundation include introducing toy and food drives in conjunction with the Durham Police Department to help provide for lower income children in the areas with the highest reported crime rates.

Williams added that another possibility is a fund to create programs designed to provide children with outlets that will deter them from falling into the criminal justice system.

He hopes to strengthen the foundation’s partnerships with DPD, Mayor Bill Bell and other Durham leaders.

The foundation’s next march will take place Oct. 11 at the public housing at Cornwallis Road.

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TC: What has the student response been like so far?

AP: Students have actually been very responsive thus far. Our meetings are small in number but we’ve had at least 40 people sign up for the listserv- just in the last few months. The co-leads think that this is a huge number and regardless of whether they attend this meeting, that number tells us that there are at least 40 people on campus who have been impacted by sexual assault who are interested in discussing the serious issues of gender violence on campus.

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Mousa Alshanteer | The Chronicle Senator Kay Hagan and N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis debated one another’s policy agendas at Tuesday night’s U.S. Senate debate.

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continued from page 1 nopoulos, the debate highlighted foreign policy, education and healthcare, among other issues.

Hagan argued that “Tillis built a record of dividing our state,” emphasizing that North Carolina “is a state where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great.”

On the other hand, Tillis noted that “Senator Hagan went to Washington... promised us she’d be different and... broke her promise.”

Education was among the hotly contested topics discussed at the debate.

While Hagan challenged Tillis’ opposition to a bill that would have allowed students to refinance their student loans, Tillis pressed the importance of creating more jobs for recent graduates to pay off their debts rather than “let the government do it for [them]”.

The state of public education in North Carolina—which has recently come under fire for low teacher pay and falling standards—was also discussed at length.

Tillis noted his role in introducing a teacher pay increase of 7 percent on average, while Hagan expressed skepticism of that claim. She further accused Tillis of cutting $500 million from North Carolina’s public education system.

“We are 48th in the nation in perpupil spending,” Hagan said, noting the incidence of fewer teachers, larger classroom sizes and outdated textbooks.

Healthcare was another hotly discussed issue, with Tillis speaking out against Hagan’s support of the Affordable Care Act. He claimed that Hagan broke a promise—that any person who liked their healthcare plan could keep it—24 different times, noting that more than 50,000 North Carolina residents have received cancellation notices over the past few weeks.

“Adding a trillion dollars to the debt doesn’t make sense. Robbing Medicare of 700 million [dollars] doesn’t make sense,” Tillis said.

Hagan defended her support of the Affordable Care Act, claiming that seniors and women would have had to pay more for prescription drugs and medical

coverage had the act not been implemented.

“Speaker Tillis would repeal this law and take us back to a broken system,” she said.

Hagan also claimed that Tillis’ role in rejecting statewide Medicaid expansion led to the loss of healthcare for 500,000 North Carolinians.

She called into question another aspect of Tillis’ legislative record, in particular his stance on raising the minimum wage and his vote to block a paycheck fairness act. Thom Tillis According to the American Association of University Women, women in North Carolina earned 82 percent of the median income of their male counterparts in 2012, she noted.

Tillis defended his record by maintaining that a focus on the economy was preferable to “just more rubber stamps.”

In turn, Tillis accused Hagan of failing to fulfill her responsibilities on the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee.

While Hagan clarified that she serves on the Armed Services Committee and not the Foreign Relations Committee, the Tampa Bay Times’ fact-checking resource PolitiFact confirmed that Hagan had attended nine out of the committee’s 22 open meetings within the last year—placing her 21st out of 26 members on the committee.

Both contenders were open to the possibility of a travel ban to alleviate concerns about Ebola. While Hagan noted that isolation would not completely solve the problem, Tillis advocated for a more proactive approach, including enhancing border security. He challenged Hagan to “step up and address these problems.”

When asked which of their own party’s stance each candidate disagreed with, Tillis found it “hard to say” and instead discussed the bipartisan problem in the Senate. In response to the same question, Hagan advocated for building the keystone pipeline and limiting deep budget cuts to the military.

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CROSSING THE POND Sameer Pandhare Staff Writer After winning the national championship last season, the Blue Devils knew they would need freshman reinforcements to cope with the losses of seniors Alejandra Cangrejo, Laetitia Beck and freshman Yu Liu. It was the dynamic two-under par performances by Cangrejo and Beck in the final round of play that helped Duke come from behind to defeat Southern California and win its sixth national title.

Those reinforcements came in the form of a pair of Irish golfers ready to take their talents to the next level in the United States.

Freshman twins Lisa and Leona Maguire enter the season with sky-high expectations as the Blue Devils look to repeat as national champions in 2014. After being recognized in Irish newspapers for their outstanding athletic and academic accomplishments, the twins’ decision to attend Duke and temporarily postpone their professional golfing careers seemed to be a surprising one. Many young European stars forego college and join the professional circuit right away. But the golfers knew exactly what they were doing.

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with golfing careers in mind. At the age of nine, the duo was forced to give up competitive swimming—their favorite sport at the time—due to an accident that resulted in a broken bone in Lisa’s

Continuing our midterm evaluations of the Blue Devils as the season nears its halfway point, today is exam day for the Duke defense.

Through the first five games of the season, this year’s Blue Devils are better in nearly every statistical category than they were at the same time last season. Duke is allowing 32.4 fewer total yards and 14.6 fewer points per game, and have generated more turnovers and sacks. It’s worth noting, though, that last year’s Blue Devils went up against three top-100 offenses in those first five games—including a pair in the top 35— but faced just two such attacks this year and none ranked in the top 80.

Duke has also improved in timely situations early in the season: opponents have converted just 28.1 percent of their

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Special to The Chronicle Freshmen Lisa and Leona Maguire passed up the opportunity to join the professional circuit for the chance to come to Duke, get an education and compete for the Blue Devils’ seventh national title.

pro yet,” Leona Maguire said. “There are a lot of demands when you turn pro and we wanted to have a degree as well to fall back on in case we got injured or golf didn’t work out.”

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Ricaurte leads Blue Devils with 11th-place finish Amrith Ramkumar Beat Writer Although they didn’t steal the show with a dazzling performance, the Blue Devils showed encouraging signs of improvement that should carry into their final two fall tournaments.

Duke finished seventh out of 12 teams—including eight ranked squads— at the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, concluding the two-day, 54-hole event Tuesday with a score of 34-over-par 874. The event opened Monday with two rounds before wrapping up with a final 18-hole round Tuesday.

The Blue Devils’ score relative to par might not have looked pretty on paper, but Duke competed much better than it has for most of the past two seasons, finishing ahead of ranked squads Vanderbilt, Georgia and tournament host Texas Christian.

“They stayed focused and continued to believe in themselves,” Duke head coach Jamie Green said. “This game can

beat you up. We’ve had a couple of notso-great finishes and had a hard time capping off, so to have our guys play pretty solidly on the back nine, particularly [Tuesday]...that was really nice to see.”

With a new focus on hitting go-to shots and keeping their ball flight down, the Blue Devils had a quartet of players tied for 19th at six-over-par after the first 36 holes concluded Monday and got off to a solid start on the demanding golf course.

Although Oregon won the event with a score of 11-over-par, the real winner was the famed Colonial Country Club.

The par-70 layout that annually hosts the PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational shredded some of the best collegiate golfers in the world.

No team was able to record a round at even par or under par on the course and only five individuals finished at even par or better, making Duke’s performance even more enBrianna Siracuse | The Chronicle couraging as it returns to Durham to host the Senior Michael Ricaurte finished tied for 11th at the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational thanks to Rod Myers Invitational this weekend. a stellar final-round performance in Fort Worth, Texas.

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continued from page 7 “The weather really wasn’t very difficult. There was a little wind, but not very much at all, which says a lot about the golf course,” Green said. “We had the guys playing on the second, third and fourth round hole locations they use for the PGA Tour event. The hole locations and the challenge of the rough, [along with] a little a bit of wind and some narrow fairways—that’s what started to separate the field.”

Senior Michael Ricaurte led the way for the Blue Devils, finishing tied for 11th at seven-over-par. In just his second start of the year, the Columbus, Ohio, native showed noticeable improvement after posting a disappointing 76.9 scoring average last year, closing the tournament with an impressive final-round 71.

“I’m really pleased with how [Ricaurte] has stayed on track,” Green said. “He’s one of the fitter players on our

team. He works really hard in the weight room. When you play a 36-hole day and cap it off with another round after that, he’s the one you want on your team. I was really excited for him to come out and see a strong finish.”

Freshman Adam Wood turned in another strong performance, finishing tied for 16th at eight-over-par after recording a top-10 finish in his first tournament of the season three weekends ago. The Zionsville, Ind., native was able to get off to a much better start in his rounds than he did in his first two events, something he hopes can continue as the season progresses.

Wood’s classmate, Jake Shuman, also finished in the top 25, carding rounds of 71, 75 and 74 to finish tied for 22nd at 10-over-par. After failing to break 80 in the final rounds of his first two starts, Shuman was able to keep it together Tuesday and has also shown plenty of promise early in his young career.

“He kept things really steady after struggling [Tuesday] on the front nine,” Green said.

Sophomore Max Greyserman and senior Turner Southey-Gordon rounded out the lineup and finished tied for 40th at 14-over-par. Although Greyserman was tied with Ricaurte, Wood and Shuman after 36 holes, he was derailed by a final-round 78.

After grinding its way to a solid finish on the course that owns the nation’s longest streak of consecutive years hosting a PGA Tour event, Duke should return home feeling very good about itself entering Friday’s first round at Duke University Golf Club.

The Blue Devils finished third at their own tournament last year, and could find themselves in position to improve on that placement if they continue implementing “go-to” shots and staying disciplined.

“It really does come to those later-in-the-round moments when you [need] to stick to the shot you know and stick to the one that you know you can pull off,” Green said. “Guys did that better this week.”

sports Special to The Chronicle In her Blue Devil debut, freshman Lisa Maguire poured in eight birdies at the Cougar Classic to earn a top-15 finish.

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continued from page 7 arm. But with a golf course nearby and the encouragement of their father, it was only a year or two before the twins were competing at a high level as golfers.

“Dad’s been a huge influence on both of our golfing careers,” Lisa Maguire said.

“He’s spent a lot of time helping us on our swings and taking us to tournaments.”

As would be expected of all siblings—let alone twins with nearly identical passions and interests—there has been no shortage of competition between the two. Nevertheless, the golfers have embraced this inner rivalry rather than let it detract from their play.

“There’s always been that sort of competitiveness between us. We’ve kind of grown up doing everything together, so it’s natural enough that there’s a bit of rivalry,” Lisa Maguire said. “It helps make sure that we both go out and do our best every time we go and play golf.”

When asked who the better player was, the competitiveness shined through.

“At the start, Lisa probably won more, but in recent times I’ve won more,” Leona Maguire said.

Another aspect of life that the Maguire twins have never been shy to voice their opinion about is their Irish background.

Coming over to the United States after living in a rural Irish town with a population less than that of Duke’s has certainly been no cakewalk for the duo.

“Where we are from is quite rural and there is a lot of farmland. We have chickens and hens and turkeys at home and there is a lot more green area,” Leona Maguire said.

“The town we’re from only has about 5,000 people so everybody kind of knows each other, which is quite different from here.”

In addition to the change of scenery, the Irish twins are also making a transition that nearly 1,700 other students at Duke are also facing this fall: the transition to the independence of college life.

Some of the biggest adjustments have involved the food and the size of their surroundings.

“It’s definitely been a big change, but everybody has been so nice and friendly,” Leona Maguire said.

On the links, the duo has the skill-set to help return Duke to the top of the world in women’s college golf.

“They’re both very talented players,” Duke head coach Dan Brooks said. “Lisa

Special to The Chronicle Freshman Leona Maguire finished second in the second collegiate tournament of her career and will look to make an impact right away for the Blue Devils this season.

has a tremendous short game and she’s tenacious. She’s an extremely smart player and she’s going to make sure she gets the score she wants. Leona’s ball-striking is really good and she also has a great short game.... They have great character and a great sense of humor, and they’re just a pleasure to have on the team.”

Whether it was their performance in the 2009 Girl’s European Team Championships—helping the Irish win for the first time in history— or their individual victories in numerous other tournaments, the Maguire twins have become accustomed to success in their young golf careers.

The driving force behind this success is two-fold: an intrinsic love for the game, coupled with a commitment to hard work and maximum effort.

“We’re both kind of perfectionists and we want to do the best we can,” Leona Maguire said. “That means spending a lot of time on the course and we both love playing so it’s definitely not a chore.”

The twins’ commitment to detail and solid work ethic were traits instilled in them by their parents from a young age.

“Our parents always told us growing up that if you want something you have to work for it because nothing is really guaranteed in life,” Lisa Maguire said.

Although the golf world is eager to watch the twins take their talents to the women’s tour, the Maguire twins are focused on taking things nice and slow. With the opportunity to play golf for one of the top college teams in the country and receive a topnotch education, their decision to come to Duke has been a hole-in-one.

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Creating ramps more traveled “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone,” say the famous lyrics of the 80’s rock band Cinderella. In many ways, the catchy chorus aptly describes the mobility we so often take for granted. In many cases, it is not until the onset of an unfortunate injury—perhaps a sprained ankle or a broken arm—that we reflect upon and appreciate the gift of mobility.

These considerations are especially pertinent at Duke, where a sprawling campus makes even able-bodied travel across three campuses a significant task.

With construction now in full swing, accessibility on campus has become an ever greater concern. The makeshift mulch paths down the main quad, for example, are a far cry from accessible. Buildings like Flowers, where Counseling and Psychological Services, the Mary Lou Williams Center and The Chronicle office reside, are not easily accessible to handicapped individuals. In general, signage for accessible routes on campus is sparse, and the routes that do exist are hidden and frequently involve long detours that take several minutes to traverse. Furthermore, while ADA vans are available to transport students, hours

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obert Frost wrote, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.” Many people misinterpret this quote to mean that one should try to strike out from the common path to make their own way, to be different and define themselves in a unique manner. Any true fan of “Orange is the New Black” knows that rather than advocating for a “carpe diem” approach to life’s journey, Robert Frost actually meant that later, far after

opportunities afforded by the other path?

The key is to prioritize what matters.

Journeying up one mountain does not mean second-guessing if you should have climbed a different one. For better or for worse, we will experience the things we will experience and we should look inwards rather than outwards for validation.

My friend told me this past summer that he learned the hard way that it is impossible to make everyone happy. Letting down people who are not

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a decision is made, we simply tell ourselves that we took the path less traveled although this is untrue. If you look closely at the poem, it is evident that both paths are equally trodden— it’s a lament to the moment of decision, a tribute to the choice taken to travel one path knowing that it will continue and that once it is made, the other path closes.

As someone with a major case of “fear of missing out”—FOMO—I don’t really like picking one path. I want to go down both paths, double back, cross them, sidestep, zigzag and intertwine. Duke offers so many opportunities—I want to dabble in this and dip into that. I want to write for The Chronicle and be featured in the Duke Political Review, go to seminars and lectures hosted by Sanford and read a book on my own time, hang in my fraternity’s common room and grab dinner with friends from my freshmen hall.

Crossing the pond for the semester and living in London, I have a lot more freedom but still can only go down so many paths. Do I go to Strøget in Copenhagen if it means missing Old Town Square in Prague? If I’ve already seen the highlands and lochs of Scotland, should I still travel to the low mountains and plains of Ireland? Do I travel with the many friends I just met or the one friend I’ve known for ages? Just like my choices back at Duke, I can’t experience everything and merely have a catalog of adventures that are a mile-wide and only an inch deep.

You can’t walk down, double back, cross, sidestep, zigzag and intertwine both of Frost’s metaphorical paths. How can someone be able to choose a path without regretting the missed

as dear in order to make others happy that are is sometimes necessary. Most importantly, as the poet Oriah has advocated, you must be able to disappoint another in order to be true to yourself.

At the end of the day, the person whose opinion matters most is the one in the mirror.

On the same token, while it may be true that there is not enough time to do everything, it is also true that there is no such thing as “no time.’ Everyone has the same amount of hours in a day, and people will spend it according to what’s important to them. At any given moment, choosing to do one thing means choosing not to do something else. If there isn’t time for something, you have to make time. Since most of us aren’t Dr. Who, this means making sure we give the things we value the highest priority and push the things we don’t to the backburner.

If you don’t have time to speak with family, don’t have time to exercise or don’t have time to study for a class, then it is a reflection of your priorities. Choosing one isn’t necessarily worse than choosing another, but it’s critical to recognize actions define character and actions are dictated by values.

Perhaps one day when I’m scrolling through my study abroad pictures of London, I’ll glance at my friend’s study abroad pictures in Istanbul and convince myself I took the path less traveled.

And perhaps one day I’ll think to the moment I chose where to go and whom to go with and what to do and question if I prioritized the things I value. But you can only double back, cross, sidestep, zigzag and intertwine for so long.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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hate birthdays. Turning six meant I had to leave my comfortable life at home with mom and enter a school that at the time was a foreign language to me. At 10, the double-digit life hinted I was encroaching on adulthood. No more children’s menu at my favorite restaurants.

At 16, I exchanged my gifts for tears, as attending boarding school meant it would be my first birthday without family. I never felt more alone. My 18th birthday reminded me of the consequences of clashing cultures. I wanted to break away from the reigns of childhood, but my parents quickly reminded me that childhood has no age limit.

My 22nd birthday is promised to bear resemblances. I will finally have to face the question that has been posed by everyone around me— What are you doing after graduation?

So far, I’ve done a decent job dodging this question. If you ask me, I’ll probably tell you that I’m waiting until after this round of midterms or

culture. Duke students are apt to be constantly busy. Frequently, this is pressure to conform to the norm, to throw yourself into work, to look like you have it all figured out. Duke students wear this ‘busyness’ as a fashion trend. And, quite frankly, I’m ready for it to run out of style.

We need to start asking ourselves what this ‘busyness’ means. Learning isn’t mandated to the classrooms—there is another world of education once we start looking up. Departments, like the Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Sanford School for Public Policy, hold events all semester discussing pressing issues that shape our society. Duke football teaches us what it is like to be part of a greater community. It teaches you to share your passions and build communal identity with strangers (it also teaches you what a third down is). Friendships, too, are incredible sources of education. I have learned invaluable lessons from my classmates that cannot be found in a book. You’ll forget about

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’m a fan of two of the most hated teams in sports-—the New York Yankees and the Duke Blue Devils. When I was just a middle school girl, I got a surprising amount of teasing for being a Yankees fan—such was life in central New Jersey, where friction arose from the clash of Yankees and Mets fans, with a few Phillies fans thrown into the mix.

I distinctly remember being made “It” one time in a game of tag solely because I was the only Yankee fan in the group.

It was a rough life.

So when I came to Duke, the whole “your team sucks” routine was not new to me. The vast majority of people’s reactions to the news of me being accepted was positive— however, I was aware that a lot of people really hated Duke.

Some people were impressively passive aggressive, digging at our basketball and lacrosse teams, insinuating that we’re situated in the sketchy, rednecky middle of nowhere, and

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that I’m going to finish the first chapter of my thesis before applying. I’m hiding under Duke’s workload (or overload) so much that “I’m busy” has become synonymous with my identity. If I’m not busy, then I’m obviously not doing life right. I see a successful day only when I have checked off all of the items on my to-do list in my planner. I can’t think about post-graduation if I’m always thinking about classes, right? Unfortunately, I doubt jobs and graduate schools and fellowship organizations care as much about my neuroscience test as I do.

I finally confronted this problem of being perpetually busy this weekend after attending the prayer service for Eid al-Adha, one of the two major religious holidays celebrated by Muslims all over the world. After prayer, Muslims sat down and listened to a sermon about Abraham (peace be upon him), known as Ibrahim by Muslims, and how he was repeatedly tested throughout his life. He was born into a city of idol worshippers, and rather than integrating popular beliefs and practices into his life, he posed questions to the community. His search for truth was not widely accepted, and he was quickly reprimanded by the community, including his father, who threatened to stone him if he did not stop preaching against the idols (19:46). King Nimrod, ruler of Babylon, ordered that Abraham be burned because of his confrontations. After having several prophetic dreams, Abraham was even tested to sacrifice his own son. As soon as the prophet was about to sacrifice his son, Allah told him that this was a trial. The son’s life was spared and Prophet Abraham sacrificed a ram, instead (37:104-106).

Whether you identify with a religion or not, this sermon is relevant to all of us. The sermon challenges us to appreciate the different ways we are tested. It also taught us to have courage as long as we know we’re advocating for life and justice. As a senior, this sermon allowed me to realize the different ways I am tested here at Duke, and a lot of my trials are rooted in Duke’s student

your midterm next week in two months—you won’t forget the memories you’ve created and the influences the people around have on you. Duke is an investment—we need to make sure we take advantage of both curriculums afforded to us.

The sermon this weekend gave me the courage to finally come out of my busy façade and be confident in taking things a little slower, as I strive to find truth and meaning in my work. Moreover, it prompted me to face the question that has been burrowing me deep into my studies. I am not sure what’s going to happen next year after graduation.

But I don’t even know what’s going to happen next semester. Or even next week. I’ve been using my busyness as a crutch to form my excuses, but hiding behind my work won’t give me answers.

My 22nd birthday will be four months from graduation. Ask me what I’m doing after I leave Duke and I’ll probably still not know. But not knowing what the future holds is not indicative of neglecting my duties as a student. Drifting away from my original plans a bit or taking a gap year— or three—does not mean I have failed. It means I’ve discovered that there is so much more in this world other than graduate schools. It means I’m learning that “oops I did it again” memories aren’t necessarily bad memories. And it means that I’m not merely a pawn in the system—I’m actually, thoughtfully, searching for the best path for me and not overwhelming my human capacities.

My ode to students—look up.

Pose your own questions and find your own answers. Interrogate Duke just as much as she interrogates you, leave her a more inquisitive place than you found her, and only after that we’ll be courageous and confident enough to realize there’s a whole new world with a multitude of needs that are waiting to be discovered and filled.

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claiming that it was a school for all the New Jersey kids who couldn’t pay their way into the Ivy League.

Oftentimes, I noticed many people’s hate of the Yankees was projected onto one of my favorite players, Derek Jeter. I had my friends who wanted to marry him (How can you resist that baby face?!), but I had even more who couldn’t stand his so-called “smirk” and apparently cocky way of carrying himself as he walked to his position at short stop. He was, according to some, an annoyingly perfect and overrated player.

The Jeter that those people saw was not like the one my dad used to tell me about. In his unique way, my dad used sports figures to teach my brother and I about “character”— all the values that would one day make us successful.

“The two most respected guys in sports today,” my dad used to say, “are Derek Jeter and Tiger Woods.”

Well, Tiger Woods’s spot in that category went to hell in a handbasket in 2009, and Derek Jeter—number two, Mr. November, the Captain—has been the symbol of character for me since then. He has a spotless reputation in a league run amok with steroid abusers and egotistical jerks. And okay, I know you read some article on Reddit about him doing ridiculous things to get into bed with women, but let’s not forget--one, Derek Jeter only has so many assistants’ cousins to allegedly sleep with, and two, this is the Internet— are you really going to believe everything you read?

But now that Jeter is retiring, it seems that everyone has caught on to how awesome the Captain really is, giving him the “respect” that he actually deserves. It’s especially strange for me to see others just now appreciate Derek Jeter, when I’ve admired him for my whole life which began just 167 days after his Major League Baseball debut. And it’s unfortunate that, just like most things that the majority of Americans believe, there had to be a fancy advertising campaign, a clothing line and the endorsement of Jay-Z to believe it.

I read an article recently entitled “Why Do We All Hate Duke?” that argues that many people hate Duke because our students personify our haters’ inequities. Duke achieves amazing things without an endowment the size of Harvard’s or Stanford’s, and most of us are not “super-human athletic freaks or Asperger-y geniuses.” We succed “by doing things right, by doing things we didn’t do: practicing the fundamentals, working hard, studying, sacrificing, persevering, delaying gratification.” And while I can’t say that a statement like this is true about the extremely wealthy New York Yankees as a team, I can’t help but think that this mindset is used in many people’s ex-hatred of Derek Jeter.

He was a kid from Michigan who wasn’t ridiculously tall, strong or athletic, yet he made it onto the best team in the MLB because he worked hard.

Duke has its fans, of course, but it has its haters as well.

The level of respect Derek Jeter eventually recieved from the public shows that, in the end, you’ll get what you work for and deserve. And yes, along the way, people in Big Papi T-shirts or sky blue get-ups will try to let you know how much you suck, but in the end, you’ll be the one with a model girlfriend and five World Series rings. Or, you know, at least a kickass job and a Duke degree.

Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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third-down chances and scored touchdowns on 53.9 percent of their red zone trips in 2014, compared to 37.8 percent on third down and 64.7 percent of red zone conversions last year.

Redshirt junior safety Jeremy Cash has risen to the top of the class early on this season and has seemingly been everywhere at once for defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. The Ohio State transfer has racked up 45 tackles through five games, good for second on the team, and leads the defense with five tackles for loss. Cash has also picked up 1.5 sacks on safety blitzes and has been an opportunistic defender, recording an interception and forcing a pair of fumbles against Miami.

The defensive unit was dealt a major blow when redshirt senior linebacker Kelby Brown tore his ACL in a preseason scrimmage, sidelining the First Team All-ACC selection for the year. Senior David Helton was forced to slide over into Brown’s mike linebacker spot, and redshirt senior C.J. France was inserted into the starting lineup at the will linebacker spot.

In Brown’s absence, the Blue Devils have struggled to stop the run so far this season, as might be expected with the loss of their third-leading tackler from last year’s squad.

Duke has given up an average of 186.4 rush yards per game, and its opponents have surpassed the 200-yard threshold on the ground in each of its last three games. Miami tailback Duke Johnson found the second level multiple times in the Hurricanes’ 22-10 win Sept. 27 en route to 155 yards and a touchdown.

Despite giving up a high volume of yards, the vast majority of the damage has

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come in bits and pieces—the Blue Devils have prevented the big play, allowing no runs of more than 28 yards so far this season. That number will be tested throughout the rest of the season against the likes of Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh, two of the nation’s strongest rushing attacks.

Next up on the Duke slate are the Yellow Jackets, as the Blue Devils will travel to Atlanta to take on a Georgia Tech squad whose rushing attack ranks 11th in the country. Executing Paul Johnson’s tripleoption at a high level, the Yellow Jackets are chewing up 297.2 yards per game on the ground, and torched the Duke defense for 344 rushing yards last September in Durham. The Blue Devils showed they could slow down the triple-option last year when they held Navy to seven points in a blowout win, and will need a sterling effort to leave Bobby Dodd Stadium with a win.

Led by Cash, the Duke secondary has bottled up opposing aerial attacks, holding its first five opponents to less than 240 yards passing. The Blue Devils have kept receivers in front of them all season long—only two pass plays against the unit have gone for more than 40 yards, and opponents have only scored two touchdowns through the air all season, one of them on a blown coverage. Cash and secondary counterparts DeVon Edwards, Deondre Singleton and Bryon Fields rank second through fifth on the team in tackles, respectively, trailing only Helton. Edwards has a pair of forced fumbles and an interception, and Fields recorded a pick-six against Tulane.

Overall, the Blue Devils are giving up 367.6 total yards per game, which ranks 49th in the country. If that number holds, Duke will allow less than 400 yards per contest for the first time since 2009, head coach David Cutcliffe’s second in Durham.

The Blue Devils allowed more than 30 points three times in its first five games in

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Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Safety Jeremy Cash has put himself in the thick of the action all season long; the redshirt junior ranks second on the team in tackles and has also recorded a team-best five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and an interception.

2013—including a brutal 58 to Pittsburgh in last year’s shootout at Wallace Wade—but have been much more stingy with points so far this year. The Duke defense has allowed just 13.6 points per contest through five games, less than half of the unit’s 28.6 pergame mark in the first five games of 2013.

After the inauspicious start to the year, that 2013 Blue Devil squad buckled down, surrendering a more-respectable 19.3 points per game for the rest of the regular season.

Whether this year’s edition of the Blue Devil defense will be able to thwart ACC offenses for a second-consecutive season remains to be seen. None of Duke’s nonconference FBS opponents this season crack

the top 100 in points per game, and two— Troy and Kansas—are among the bottom 10 teams in the country in that category.

That said, the Blue Devil defense was fairly sound in its first ACC tilt against Miami save for two big pass plays from quarterback Brad Kaaya, holding the Hurricanes to less than 30 points for the first time since 2010.

The Blue Devils will find out just how stout its defense is as they wade deeper and deeper into ACC play. If the unit can perform at or near the caliber it showed during nonconference play, Duke has a good chance to pass its weekly test and contend for a second straight Coastal Division crown.