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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 31
University goes day by day in time of student grief Gautam Hathi Health & Science Editor
Anthony Alvernaz | The Chronicle Construction continued on the West Union, with the laying of the foundation this week. The three year project has led to the closure of the Bryan Center Plaza and will result in a transformed Union with more dining options and student space.
After the deaths of Alexander Rickabaugh and Kaila Brown Sept. 21, the University has reached out to those potentially affected by the tragedy while deferring a campus-wide discussion of the issues surrounding those events. Many elements of the student life team— including Counseling and Psychological Services and DukeReach—have sought to inform students about the availability of their services. These organizations have also worked to identify individual students who may have been affected by the deaths and offer them ongoing support. But the University has thus far decided against translating this support into a campus-wide opportunity to discuss psychological issues affecting students who may be mourning, despite lingering concerns about the ability to effectively reach students potentially in need of psychological resources. A cause of death has not yet been announced for either Brown or Rickabaugh. “When we have an incident on campus…we try to identify which students might be affected by that particular incident and we try to figure out how to best reach out to those students and offer them See Discussion on Page 3
Student Health works to bridge communication gap Students criticize the clinic’s hours and location as cold and flu season sets in
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Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle This winter will mark Duke’s first cold and flu season since the 1990s with all student health services in one location—and some students are expressing concern about whether Student Health can accommodate everyone. Duke closed its East Campus Student Health location after the Fall 2013 semester, bringing its services to the West Campus location. As more students seek out medical care at the clinic as autumn sets in, some have expressed dissatisfaction with appointment scheduling. The Student Health clinic’s location in the Davi-
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son building and limited hours have also phone was just frustrating,” said freshman elicited criticism. John Vaughn, director of Amon Williams. “We kept getting transStudent Health, acknowledged issues with ferred to a machine instead of a real perthe current system but emphasized that son.” the clinic does its best to The clinic’s locaaccommodate student tion—off of Flowers t’s impossible to even needs. Drive, across from the “I’m confident in saySarah P. Duke Gardens— find the place. It’s ing this: if someone is can be a deterrent to sick, if someone wakes counterintuitive and it runs students, said freshman up with a high fever, if against the principles of the Parmida Mostafavi. you need to be seen, you institution. It kind of defeats “It’s impossible to will be seen,” Vaughn even find the place,” Mosaid. “We’re here for the the purpose when you’re stafavi said. “It’s counstudents.” terintuitive and it runs already sick, already not Some students ex- performing [at] 100 percent. against the principles of pressed frustration at the the institution. It kind inaccessibility of the clin— Parmida Mostafvi of defeats the purpose ic. A number of students when you’re already sick, recalled encountering busy phone lines or already not performing [at] 100 percent.” voicemail when they attempted to contact Students have also criticized the hours Student Health. See Student Health on Page 4 “Getting in touch with them on the
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