October 23, 2014

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Duke prepared for Ebola outbreak, doctors say Should Duke neglect protocols, “more than 1.4 million people” could be affected by mid-Jan. Grace Wang Health & Science Editor

“[We look] at programs from faculty members who have deep ties to the community and its organizations,” Mlyn said.

New programs have been added fairly consistently since the first year of DukeEngage— with eight additions in 2012 and four in 2013.

Although new opportunities are being added, DukeEngage administrators cycle off other programs each summer.

A total of two programs—one in Lebanon and the other in Chile—from 2014 were rotated out for 2015, Mlyn said.

In the long term, DukeEngage is looking to increase the number of students which it can accommodate, but for this to happen, there would

“Duke is in a good position in terms of local resources, local expertise and in-hospital management capacity,” Dr. Cameron Wolfe said of the possibility of an Ebola outbreak.

Should a local case appear, Duke would be a fortuitous place to encounter the virus because it has one of the nation’s best infection control programs, said Wolfe—an assistant professor of medicine in the infectious diseases department.

Wolfe, director of biopreparedness for Duke Preparedness and Response Center, was one of several Duke experts that hosted a panel Wednesday to discuss the steps and procedures that the University and the Duke Health System are taking to prepare for a case of Ebola. The infection control program includes a collaboration between the Preparedness and Response Center and the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office to coordinate safety procedures across all Duke departments.

“This is obviously an illness that has an unique history of causing healthcare workers to fall sick,” Wolfe said. “The preparation that is different is that you need to not only have a more intensive form of personal protective equipment, but you also need to [make sure] the patients [don’t] have unnecessary people coming in to visit them…[the visitors] might put themselves at risk.”

The ability of Duke hospitals to hold specific isolation areas for infected patients is especially important, Wolfe said.

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Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle Two new international DukeEngage programs, in Turkey and Peru, joined the 24 existing programs Oct. 1. With 39 total programs, DukeEngage 2015 will be the largest it has been since its 2007 inception.

Linda Zhou The Chronicle DukeEngage announced four new destinations and one expanded program for Summer 2015.

Announced Oct. 1, two new programs—in Turkey and Peru—join the 24 existing international destinations. The 11 domestic options also grew by two with the addition of two programs based in California. With 39 total programs in addition to the independent options, DukeEngage 2015 will be the largest it has been since its 2007 inception.

Program directors, however, remain focused on providing new options with the pro-

grams rather than increasing the number of students that participate each year.

“We’re not really expanding this year—our goal is still to have about 435 students this summer,” said Eric Mlyn, the executive director of DukeEngage. In 2014, 425 students participated in DukeEngage.

In addition to the new programs for 2014, the Tucson, Ariz. program has expanded to include a Chiapas, Mexico component.

“We put out a call for proposals to Duke faculty every year,” Mlyn said. “All the programs came from faculty and staff at Duke who had ideas for exciting new DukeEngage programs.”

DukeEngage receives anywhere from six to twenty new proposals each year, of which two or three are selected, he noted.

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Dining creates Meatless Mondays, emphasizing the prevalence of vegetarian options on campus

As students express mixed feelings about the state of vegetarian and vegan options on campus, administrators work to continue improving the dietary options for Duke students.

Venues around campus have used the month of October to launch Meatless Mondays—a celebration of National Vegetarian Month aimed to highlight the meat-free dishes around campus. The celebration takes place in Penn Pavilion, Marketplace,

Café Edens, Divinity Café, Twinnies and McDonalds. Some students, however, remain dissatisfied with the options offered to meet their dietary needs. “[Vegetarian options] could definitely be improved, especially at Marketplace, because we only have one line that’s dedicated for us, and at times the lines for other items that are vegetarian are too long,” said freshman Dhara Patel, noting that the vegetarian station at Marketplace, Earth’s Fare, often has long lines and unappealing options.

Duke is very dedicated to in accommodating students’ dietary needs, said Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey.

“Vegan and vegetarian choices are always a main topic when planning menus and is one of Duke Dining’s main priorities,” he said.

Toni Apadula, a dietitian clinician for Duke Nutrition Services, explained that Meatless Mondays and similar events aim to educate students who are looking for more vegetarian or vegan options or interested in occasionally trying a plant-based diet.

“Student Health dietitians see many students each semester who are either new to vegetarian eating and want to make sure they are eating well or may want to try a vegan diet and are looking for advice or simply want to learn about vegetarian options in campus cafes,” she said.

In addition to Meatless Mondays, Coffey said, vegetarians will also see increased dining options with the opening of the new West Union building—which will include a venue dedicated to vegetarian, vegan and raw food. The venue will have its own kitchen to prevent contamination

with other foods.

This, however, will not address the concerns of many vegetarian students with the first-year dining plan. Freshman Smriti Rathi, a vegetarian, said that compared to the variety of tasty vegetarian food offered on West Campus, East Campus desperately needs improvement.

“There are more vegetarian options in Marketplace than I expected, but most of it doesn’t taste too good,” she said.

Despite some dissatisfaction from the student community, Apadula noted that Duke Dining has already seen progress compared to previous years.

“Over the past several years, I have seen a greater move toward not only more consistent vegetarian and vegan options, but more creative dishes being offered,” she said.

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Demonstrating in solidarity with Mexico

Elysia Su | The Chronicle Members of the Duke community demonsrated in front of the Chapel in solidarity with demands for justice following recent tragedies in Iguala, Mexico Wednesday.

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DSG approves K-Ville policy, grants funds for student voting Alex Griffith The Chronicle Duke Student Government approved a statute to fund shuttles to polling places for the upcoming midterm elections.

At the DSG meeting Wednesday night, Sophomore Tanner Lockhead, senator for Durham and regional affairs, proposed a budgetary statute to allocate $2,500 from the surplus fund to provide shuttles to polling locations for Duke students. The funds will support a 12-passenger van which will run from 2:00 to 6:00 PM on Tuesday, Oct. 28 through Thursday, Oct. 30—the days for early voting—and from 12:00 to 7:00 PM on Nov. 4, Election Day. Although he requested $2,500, Lockhead said that the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership and the Office of Durham and Regional Affairs have committed $1,000 towards this cause, and that as soon as this money comes through, $1,000 of the $2,500 provided

by DSG will be returned to the surplus fund in order to minimize the financial impact of this initiative on DSG. He also said that any money provided by DSG that is not used to pay for the shuttles will be returned to the surplus fund.

Additionally, DSG approved the Krzyzewskiville policy for this year. A new rule stating that all garbage must be cleaned up 90 minutes prior to game tipoff was also incorporated into this year’s policy, which was presented by senior Oren Bukspan, one of the two head line monitors. Line monitors are responsible for checking that groups tenting and waiting for game tickets are present and following rules to ensure the ticket distribution process is fair.

This year’s K-Ville policy establishes that, as in years past, one-third of a tenting group must always be present in K-Ville and that line monitors do not support or sponsor any stu-

dent group activities, which may be present in K-Ville as long as they do not interfere with game-day operations.

The K-Ville policy did not include a guide to tenting for the February game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which, Bukspan explained, was still being worked out. The only set thing was the date for the opening of the walk-up ticket line, which will open on Sunday, Feb. 15, three days before the game.

Other rules maintain that reasons for expulsion from Cameron Indoor Stadium immediately before and during basketball games include excessive intoxication and false credentials.

A statute establishing the student activities fee, which is paid by every student as part of their tuition, for the 2015-16 school year was introduced by Executive Vice President Abhi Sanka, a junior, who proposed that the fee rise from $126.50 to $128.65 in order to keep up with the inflation rate, about 1.7 percent.

This statute was met with fervent opposition from Senator for Services Max Schreiber, a junior, who explained that the fee should not rise due to the money DSG has in the surplus fund.

“We have all of this money, and it’s just sitting there because it’s not in a real bank, and it’s losing value every day that we don’t spend it,” explained Schreiber in an interview after the meeting. “If we’re asking the people to give more money because things are getting more expensive, and we’re simultaneously losing money because we’re not using it, we might as well use that money to cover the loss from prices going up.”

Schreiber motioned to table the statute until next week in order to discuss it more thoroughly. The motion passed.

In other business: Senator for Academic Affairs Annie Adair,

Chronicle File Photo DSG approved policy changes for K-Ville, pictured above, establishing that all garbage must be cleaned up 90 minutes prior to game tipoff.

a sophomore, introduced a statute to create a “synergy committee.” This would serve as a think-tank composed of senators from different committees who would report to each other about the projects of their individual committees to ensure collaboration between groups. Opposition to the statute portrayed it as redundant and bureaucratic, but supporters explained that it would help get more senators involved and give them a voice, particularly inexperienced first-year senators. The senate voted to a deadlock, and Sanka used his tie-breaking vote in favor of the statute.

Vice President of Services Billy Silk, a junior, and Senator for Services John McMichael, a sophomore, introduced a statute to create the Duke University Student Health Advisory Committee, which will confront issues related to student health and advise Student Health on improvements and modifications to the existing student health system.

DSG approved the statute.

The selection committee for the Young Trustee Nomination Committee was selected. This committee will choose students to serve on a panel to select finalists for the Young Trustee position.

DSG approved funding for two club programming requests—$2,000 for the Duke East Asian Nexus, which is bringing in the director of a documentary about the Cultural Revolution for a panel discussion, and $3,600 for Duke Mock Trial, which is holding a tournament in the Durham County courthouse.

Additionally, DSG recognized four groups—Project Tadpole, which repairs and modifies toys for children with disabilities; the Aikido Club, a group devoted to the Japanese martial art; the Japanese Culture Club, which will spread awareness and advocate for Japanese culture; and the Research Scholars Program, which provides a mentoring service for students doing research.

Grants Available for Spring 2015 Emerging Humanities Networks Faculty are invited to submit proposals that explore emerging ideas, projects, or networks that have the potential to change the way the humanities are taught to undergraduates in the 21st Century.

Department-based projects and student collaborators are welcome.

The Steering Committee anticipates making 3-5 awards for Spring 2015; most will be in the $10,000—$30,000 range— for truly exceptional proposals, awards of up to $50,000 are possible.

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Application Deadline: November 7. To learn about the previously approved Emerging Humanities Networks, and for application instructions:  visit humanitieswritlarge.duke.edu  email humanities-writ-large@duke.edu  call Laura Eastwood at (919) 684-8873 These grants are part of the Mellon Foundation-funded Humanities Writ Large initiative — a five-year effort to transform humanities education at Duke.

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3,100 UNC students implicated in academic scandal “It is hard to understand how College officials allowed this oversight failure to happen,” says report Jenna Zhang Local & National Editor An eight-month investigation into the academic scandal at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill revealed that the university’s “shadow curriculum” benefited more than 3,000 students—many of whom were student athletes.

The Wainstein report, released this Wednesday, disclosed that between 1993 and 2011, UNC ran hundreds of sham courses that offered a grade-point boost to those enrolled—of whom nearly half were student athletes. The probe, conducted by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein, found that a number of administrators, academic counselors and coaches were aware of the fraudulent courses or even complicit in their operation.

“Looking back from today, it is hard to understand how College officials allowed this oversight failure to happen,” the report states. “The University has been criticized for the lamentable oversight failure that allowed these classes to remain undetected and unaddressed for almost 20 years, and we believe that criticism is fair.”

Julius Nyang’oro, the former head of the university’s African and Afro-American Studies department, and Deborah Crowder, a retired department administrator, were heavily implicated in the report.

Approximately 3,100 students took the sham classes, which were mostly graded by Crowder. These “paper classes” did not meet

and typically only required the submission of a paper, which rarely received grades lower than an A or a B. “Crowder provided the students with no actual instruction, but she managed the whole course from beginning to end,” the report reads. “She registered the selected students for the classes; she assigned them their paper topics; she received their completed papers at the end of the semester; she graded the papers; and she recorded the students’ final class grades on the grade rolls.”

The report states that Nyang’oro signed his name to the grades and sustained the paper classes even after Crowder had retired.

Although criminal charges had been brought against both Nyang’oro and Crowder, the charges were dropped when they agreed to cooperate with Wainstein in the investigation.

The report portrays Crowder as a passionate sports fan whose “compassion” for student-athletes motivated her to help those who were struggling academically.”

“There is no question that her strong love for and identification with the sports program contributed to her willingness to offer paper classes that were disproportionately taken by student-athletes,” the report reads.

Crowder did not limit assistance to student-athletes—other students, most of whom were fully aware of the paper courses’ lack of rigor, were referred to the courses.

Campus advisors “often referred academically-challenged students” to Crowder for placement in the classes.

The report cites one example of a student who was referred to Crowder when his low GPA put him in danger of losing his scholarship. The student was placed in a paper course and was able to retain his scholar-

ship after receiving an A in the course.

Of the approximately 3,100 students who enrolled in the fraudulent courses, around 729 were fraternity members. Not only were fraternity members motivated to take the courses as a means of boosting their GPA— the fraternities themselves had an incentive to direct their members to these classes, the report indicates.

Both Crowder and Nyang’oro believed that the UNC administration wanted them to continue providing the fraudulent courses and cited the administration’s inaction over the years as evidence of its acquiescence, the report states.

Earlier this summer, the National Collegiate Athletic Association reopened its investigation into the academic scandal. The NCAA announced Wednesday that it is currently reviewing the report.

“The information included in the Wainstein Report will be reviewed by the university and the enforcement staff under the same standards that are applied in all NCAA infractions cases,” said a statement released jointly by the university and the NCAA. The NCAA has, in the past, imposed sanctions on universities for wrongdoing.

In 2009, it retroactively removed 12 victories by the Florida State University Seminoles in response to the ghostwriting of tests and papers for football players.

At a news conference Wednesday, UNC chancellor Carol Folt said that nine employees have been fired or are facing disciplinary procedures but refused to identify them, the Charlotte Observer reported.

The Wainstein report is the latest development in the ongoing UNC academicathletics scandal. In 2012, a report commissioned by former North Carolina governor Jim Martin revealed that the university had

offered hundred fraudulent courses, in which student-athletes were disproportionately enrolled. Earlier this year, UNC academic advisor Mary Willingham’s allegations that 60 percent of student-athletes read between fourth- and eighth-grade levels drew national media attention.

“The bad actions of a few and the inaction of others failed the university’s students, faculty and alumni and undermined the institution as a whole,” Folt said in a statement Wednesday.

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons According to the Wainstein report, UNC ran hundreds of sham courses between 1993 and 2011.

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While I cannot possibly hope to give you a comprehensive formula to make the ideal soundtrack for getting down and dirty, I can give you some basic guidelines.

It seems that there are two universal playlists for the Duke student: the homework playlist and the hookup playlist. With the advent of services like Spotify, one can find numerous examples of either of these with a simple search. In fact, I’ve even had ads on Spotify suggest that I should listen to the “PERFECT baby-making playlist” or “enjoy these relaxing tunes while studying!”

But I’m only here today to talk about one of these playlists. To be honest, the perfect homework playlist is rather standardized: take some mellow Bon Iver, some instrumental jams from Explosions in the Sky and some atmospheric soundscapes from Tycho, and you will have the perfect playlist for mulling over your unwieldy linear algebra homework.

So let’s not worry about the homework playlist. Let’s focus instead on the more contested one: the hookup playlist. While I cannot possibly hope to give you a comprehensive formula to make the ideal soundtrack for getting down and dirty, I can give you some basic guidelines.

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Start Slow Yes, we all love a deep bass thrum and crazy drops. But, for the sake of…well, the romance of the night, don’t start there. You want music that could be listened to by candlelight as you hold hands, discuss the aged wine you are sipping and gently pet the cute little pug perched on your lap. “But this is only a onenight hookup!” you might insist. So what! Even for one-night stands, kicking it old school and playing some “Earth Angel” or “Loving You” or even James Blake’s fantastic cover of “A Case of You” can be a wonderful mood-setter.

Christmas lights are strongly recommended for this stage of the night.

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To Be Frank The next stage of the night is a progression towards the real “business” at hand. It’s time to bring in Frank. You only have two options here: Frank Ocean or Frank Sinatra. Either way, you won’t lose. Men and women alike will melt at the sound of Franks’ voices. I once told a friend of mine that “Thinkin’ Bout You” was perhaps the best hookup song of our generation. She replied with a shocked “I don’t know what kind of hookups you have, but that would not work for me!”

In my humble opinion, she didn’t know what she was talking about. No one sets the mood better than these two fine gentlemen.

Whether it is smooth oldies or smooth R&B, Frank is essential. Tip: Move in for that first kiss right…about…now.

Ebb and Flow From this point on, it’s all about the flow of the night. Don’t go right into the fistpumping, Shooters jams that so many people tend to gravitate toward. Yes, I too want to hear “Anaconda” and “Shake It Off” at every moment possible (read: this is grossly untrue).

But you can’t jump right from Frank into the most beloved female performers of our time (this is horrifyingly close to the truth sometimes) with no lead-up. Build it up a little bit. Start adding the bass back into the mix with “Retrograde” by James Blake or some more up-tempo jams by Neon Indian or Milky Chance. Also, keep in mind that Beyonce is acceptable at nearly any point in this playlist.

Obviously.

The Only Song You Need The night has been progressing well!

Congrats. Oh, what’s that? It’s because of the music? Oh, you! So flattering. Alright, it’s time to bring in the big guns. Now, uh, I

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usually don’t do this...but go ahead and pull out the “Ignition (Remix).” Of course, make sure it is indeed the remix. It could end the night very prematurely if it isn’t. Speaking of “prematurely,” this is where I talk about the length of this playlist. For some of you, this playlist could be extraordinarily short. Like, one song. And if you do only need a onesong playlist for the length that you will be romantically engaged, then make it this one.

Otherwise, this song should always be placed at the peak of the night. It is as ridiculous as it is sexy. You’ve already been classy enough.

It’s time to push that all aside and accept that what you’re doing is downright bizarre.

Humans are weird! Let R. Kelly, who has done some pretty weird stuff in his days, take you into the peak of the night.

A Graceful Ending I have a shameful admission to make.

I may seem like I am professing to be some master of hookup playlists, but my playlist (very cleverly titled “Winky Face”) used to end with the wonderful, but so incredibly unsexy, “Sweet Caroline.” Yes, the one that everyone drunkenly slurs along to at baseball stadiums.

Don’t make the mistake that I made. End gracefully. Don’t allow the mood to splat into the ground by bringing in Neil Diamond. Play yourself out with some nice folk music. Or be unconventional and end with an instrumental piece. Really, you can end with almost anything relaxing, but, for the love of God, don’t let it be “Sweet Caroline.”

Again, these playlists are controversial.

I don’t claim this to be a foolproof guide.

If we wanted to be safe, though, we would stick to our homework playlists. Instead, be a little adventurous. Maybe, just maybe, a new and improved hookup playlist can take you somewhere exciting.

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Afro-Cuban jazz legend to perform at Baldwin great Dizzy Gillespie met Chano Pozo, a Cuban immigrant already legendary for his drumming and singing during the Carnival season. Together they created classic fusions of Latin music’s patterns and percussion with the instruments and improvisations of American jazz. Within this fusion, it’s difficult and almost counterproductive to decipher which component belongs to each tradition.

“Jazz is just not jazz without a Latin tinge,” Bradley Simmons, director of the Duke Djembe ensemble, said.

“Percussion makes jazz what it is.”

As the director of Duke Djembe, he knows the power of percussion instruments, particularly the gobletshaped West African djembe drums, which musicians play barehanded.

On Friday, Simmons and the Djembe ensemble will be joining Arturo O’Farill and Carlos Maldonado, the percussionist for O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.

The Duke Jazz Ensemble, a group of undergraduates led by John Brown, will also participate. As these groups come together for a final week of practices leading up to the concert, none seem overly perturbed by the challenge of melding together the many parts of a big band.

“We just think of the fact that we’re playing with Arturo O’Farrill on Friday,” Simmons said. “It’s a joy instead of a challenge.”

Annie Piotrowski The Chronicle Arturo O’Farrill, the son of AfroCuban jazz bandleader Chico O’Farrill, has built a career and legacy from working with diverse sounds, from AfroCuban jazz itself to far-out experiments with almost every single instrument you can imagine. This Friday, he will play in Baldwin Auditorium with the Duke Jazz, Afro Cuban & Djembe ensembles.

“I want the audience to scream, take off their shoes and run around,” O’ Farrill said. “It’s too bad Baldwin doesn’t have a dance floor anymore. They’ll have to use the aisles. But they absolutely can’t sit quietly in their seats. It’s just not going to be that type of performance.”

As the founder of New York’s AfroLatin Jazz Orchestra, O’Farrill works primarily to honor the tradition of AfroLatin jazz, a genre rooted in Havana and NYC clubs in the mid-twentieth century. The genre is characterized by collaborations between innovators in both jazz, the great American musical tradition and Cuban percussionists, whose arrival in New York City heralded a turning point in jazz. Jazz musicians, who had already embraced improvisation, were then able to draw rhythms from older Latin American and African musical traditions.

“I’ve mixed bagpipes with turntables,” O’Farrill said. “The genre doesn’t matter. I look for music with flexibility and openness.”

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A student shares her odyssey through Geer Street

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Recently, I spent an evening with a rotating cast of friends on Geer Street to answer the question: what do you do with too much time on a Saturday night in Durham?

Just north of the heart of downtown Durham, the area around West Geer Street and Rigsbee (hereby “Geer Street”) mixes Durham’s signature brick warehouse thing with the occasional barbed wire fence. Its clientele, restaurant goers and resident barflies, are a mixture of cute and tough.

A quick geography lesson: on the

corner of Foster Street and West Geer (think Cocoa Cinnamon, Manbites Dog Theater, King’s Sandwich Shop), we find the epitome of cute. Think wholesome family brunches, spontaneous games of volleyball and Duke kids in their yoga pants. As you turn the corner onto Rigsbee, things become edgier: plaid and facial hair make an aggressive comeback at Fullsteam Brewery, but nearby restaurant The Pit maintains a family-friendly vibe. At Motorco, the atmosphere takes a turn for the eccentric (in a good way). By the time you get to The Bar, things have gotten so weird that, like the political spectrum (it’s a wheel, not a line, folks!), the vibe seamlessly slides back into hipster at a

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local favorite, The Surf Club.

We begin our night at KoKyu, a thickly-graffitied food truck that serves up internationally-inspired BBQ dishes and falls somewhere in the middle of the cute and tough spectrum. Heavily tattooed men in black cut-off denim make delicious servings of comfort food with a twist, like tots fried in pure duck fat. It’s a truly Durhamite marriage of edgy and Carolina wholesome, and I dig it. Unfortunately, they won’t fry anything you bring them in their deep fryer of precious duck fat, so I stick my tots, carefully wrapped in a napkin, into my handbag to make them last.

Dinner is at Geer Street Gardens, which accidentally cancels our reservation but manages to seat us shortly thereafter (confession: I actually missed our reservation). I appreciate their friendliness, as well as the really nice lights they have strung up in their outdoor seating area. We eat our dinner of ravioli, a mountain of (oxymoronic) fried chicken salad and banana pudding– all family-style. It is as satisfying as it is unpalatable.

By now, the sun has set and the stars have come out, so I’m dying to relive my summer days and get on a rooftop somewhere. The nearest rooftop is at The Pit, a BBQ restaurant on Rigsbee, but it’s unfortunately been rented out for a private event that night. I glance at the bar on the opposite wall longingly one last time and cross the street to Motorco Music Hall instead.

But except for the alarming number of small children running around and under the outdoor tables, Motorco is uneventful. There’s something really peaceful, though, about the stillness of the dark sky and the frenetic hide-andseek of the children underneath. Before I can get too introspective, I’m whisked to Fullsteam.

Fullsteam passes by in the usual haze of good beer, board games and awkward picture-taking. I can’t figure out how to fix the white balance on the DSLR which I’ve borrowed for the occasion, and everything comes out orange. I care less

than I would on other occasions because there is good beer. Another confession: I keep a beer journal, and based on my notes and prior drinking experience, I recommend the Cackalacky, Working Man’s Lunch and more fearsome Hogwash.

It’s now one hour before the witching hour, and we decide to venture beyond my usual grounds to The Bar. The space is a neon-lit, LGBTQ-friendly dive bar with an empty dance floor outfitted with an unused stripper pole. We each order something called the “Pink Panty,” essentially a shot of alcoholic pink lemonade with a moniker excusable only because it has something to do with breast cancer awareness. A dull buzz has formed behind my eyes, a sure sign of exhaustion, adrenaline and alcohol. I make a note to come back on Fridays, when local drag queens perform.

Sometime around 11:30, I convince two cherubic Southeast Asians to get freaky with me on the dance floor to Rihanna’s “S&M” (their suggestion, not mine), but I lose heart halfway through, and we leave surreptitiously before the DJ can deliver.

Directly next door, thickly bearded types mill around The Surf Club. I expect the same kind of kitschy decor as The Bar, but am pleasantly surprised by the wooden bar manned by KoKyu doppelgangers and the ubiquity of either tweed or black denim, all of which tickle my bourgeois sensibilities.

On the adjacent wall, a brightly lit tribute to Pabst Blue Ribbon illuminates the upturned faces of the well-read and poorly heeled crowd below. We sip two dollar draft beers and sample an extraordinarily roasted stout called The Yeti which nearly blanches my taste buds off. Outside, the wind whistles a bit across the open doorway, and I think of the long scooter ride back home with some trepidation. Still, it’s time to call it a night. We close our tabs, shuffle out, and with a deep breath, I square myself against the chill of the coming morning.

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Ethics of representation in American Horror Story Carleigh Stiehm Editor-in-Chief

Record numbers of viewers tuned in to watch the season premiere of the fourth season of American Horror Story. With the largest audience in FX’s history, the first episode of “Freak Show” did not disappoint. From the initial onset of the murderous clown with a torn-away face, the horror of the show was truly brought to life, and yet— in true Ryan Murphy form—nothing could be a simple, surface-level plot, as the clown goes on to try and please his captives, potentially foreshadowing the torrid history that has led him down the road to torture.

The immediacy of the fear in the fourth season was reminiscent of the original “Murder House” season, which so captivated audiences before the sharp decline of the plotting and fear-inducing elements of “Coven.”

But perhaps what sets this season apart from any of its predecessors is its central cast of freaks. Set primarily in 1950’s Florida, this season follows a performing freak show—with a cast composed of some actors with physical disabilities and others with disabilities induced through CGI technology.

Though hardly the first time that Murphy has pushed the envelope of casting decisions—earlier seasons of American Horror Story and Murphy’s show Glee have both prominently featured actresses with Down syndrome, with their storylines expanding far beyond the trope of their disabilities, and Murphy’s long-running drama Nip-Tuck featured actors and actresses with many

different physical handicaps—“Freak Show” capitalizes on the othering of actors and actresses with disabilities in a way that previous shows have avoided. In focusing on these characters as “freaks,” the acting and artistic abilities of the performers themselves take a backseat to the fact that they look different from much of the world around them.

Although it is too soon to see to what degree the backstories of these characters is developed, if Murphy’s previous character development is any indication, the audience will be treated to the full view of each character far beyond just their classification as a freak. But this development does not counteract the way in which the actors are objectified into their role as a freak and systematically viewed as such by millions of viewers each week.

Because actors with actual physical disabilities are cast alongside actors who have their disabilities imposed onto them using technology, the message is driven home that these disabilities are a source of entertainment. The acting is entirely secondary to the visual representation of these characters as different from the majority.

As a society, we have moved away from the days in which the freak show was a source of entertainment—much like the recognition of the cruelty of a circus in general—because we have recognized that no person deserves to be mocked because of their appearance.

But we are still far from perfect. It is no secret that many people with physical disabilities are still the victims of cruel bullying or violence. Discrimination runs rampant surrounding those whose physical appearance falls outside of

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And when a show as popular as American Horror Story glorifies the othering of these people by labeling them as freaks for mass entertainment, it sends mixed messages to the viewers. Certainly, Murphy did not intend to perpetuate a culture of hate or discomfort around those with disabilities, but there is no saying that is not what will happen. If a child with ectrodactyly, the rare congenital deformity that causes a cleft in the hands or feet, looks to Evan Peters’s CGI-inhanced portrayal of the man with lobster-like hands, they may feel that they are a freak because he is labeled as such. Peters does not have ectrodactyly, yet he becomes a representation of the condition. In creating this image of himself while acting around those with the actual disabilities they represent, Peters is appropriating the condition of disability solely for the entertainment of being a freak. The behavior of the freaks in the freak show doesn’t help with the image they are projecting either. Not to give away any spoilers, but they are the perpetrators of a rather gruesome dismembering in the very first episode—not a great indication of the morality to come.

That is not to say that those with disabilities cannot be actors—quite on the contrary, in the few minutes that Matt Fraser has been on screen as the Illustrated Seal, he has captured the camera, and the inaugural performance of Jyoti Amge, the world’s shortest woman, left the audience wanting more. But casting those with disabilities only to label them as freaks seems counterintuitive to Murphy’s usual empowerment of differently abled actors and actresses.

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I feel like nowadays all I seem to write about is superheroes. To be honest, I can’t deny my passion for caped crusaders and escapism. Nonetheless, the true reason I continually capture the superhero genre in my pieces is that superhero films are becoming more popular and more frequent. So as DC has just recently released their new film slate, I’d like to consider whether the number of superhero films in the next five or so years is exciting or excessive 2015 is what we’ll call the calm before the storm. We will be treated to the highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron, which, for any fanboy, sounds like it will be a grand ol’ time. The original Avengers film contained whip smart dialog, action-packed sequences and everything anyone could want out of a superhero film, so why not look forward to the sequel helmed by the great Joss Whedon. But then come Ant Man and the Fantastic Four reboot, two films no one asked for. Sure Guardians of the Galaxy was the surprise film of the summer, but is it worth it for Marvel to try its luck twice with obscure superheroes? And for Fox studios, rebooting the Fantastic Four seems like a desperate move considering how far they are behind in the superhero game.

And then comes 2016, the year of Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America 3 (Fallen Son/ Civil War), X-Men: Apocalypse, Doctor Strange, Suicide Squad, and Sinister Six. Of course, it’s exciting to get Batman

and Superman on the screen together again, but with DC’s track record I’d argue not many have faith in its chance of success. Furthermore, studios looking to capitalize on the big box office returns of superhero films are likely to be devastated by the legion of films that will come out around the same time. Most of these films require a massive budget to create, with all the special effects and high-valued stars, so with decreasing returns it seems questionable whether these films will continue to be worth it for the studios.

Finally, as an audience we have to ask ourselves when does it become too much?

If each studio (Marvel, DC, Sony and Fox) legitimately plan to each produce two to three films each year what will the quality become? Will there still be as great a draw when there are 8 to 12 superhero films every year? Simply put, it’s easy to get jaded. Superhero faces new foe. Initially is defeated. Comes back to save the day.

How long will we continue to appreciate this repeated cycle of familiar plot-lines especially when they occur frequently throughout the year? I understand that one might say, well, of course, we’ve continued to appreciate recycled plots year after year, but I’d say that it’s different when it occurs constantly within the same year.

Right now, I do look forward to superhero films: they are one of my favorite forms of entertainment in the ever-stressful world here at Duke. But I worry about the future. With over 40 superhero films to hit theaters in the next six years, I fear that we will lose superhero gratification and instead become weary with comic-book overkill.

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Forced into a new role before the season began, David Helton now leads one of the top scoring defenses in the nation.

Nick Martin Sports Editor Senior linebacker David Helton has never been a flashy player. It’s not his style. And seven games into the season at a new position, he’s shown that flashiness is overrated.

When the Blue Devils lost All-ACC linebacker Kelby Brown to an ACL tear Aug. 12, many thought the expected drop in production from their defense’s mike linebacker position would end their chance to repeat as Coastal Division champions. Brown was the focal point of the defense, one that still allowed 418.0 yards and 26.6 points per game last season. Without him as the Mike linebacker, Duke did not stand a chance of slowing down conference opponents. Or at least that’s what everyone thought before Helton took over.

“David has been one of the best stories of our season,” Cutcliffe said. “Leading tackler in the conference, where he played a year ago at Will, an unfortunate injury to one of his best friends, fellow senior linebacker. He moved in there. I think it was role-changing for David.”

Helton quietly—if it is possible to do so quietly—led the ACC in tackles in 2013, his first year as a full-time starter, making him the first Duke player since Michael Tauiliili in 2008 to do so. And as Brown and safety Jeremy Cash scooped up all the postseason awards, Helton kept preparing for what he hoped to be a memorable senior season.

He gained 15 pounds in the offseason and worked on his explosiveness in order to better shed linemen hitting the second level, which he says has paid dividends this year. The weight-

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gain and the added speed was all part of the work ethic that had defined him as a linebacker at Baylor High School—he led the team to the state championship behind a 121-tackle effort in his senior season. And to be starting on a now-successful Duke squad was more than he dreamed of back in Chattanooga, Tenn.

“To be very honest, when I was in high school, I was thinking I had exceeded the expectations of myself,” Helton said. “In high school, I even thought I would play D1-AA, at certain points sophomore year, junior year.”

Four years removed from thinking he would barely have a shot at making a Division I

program’s roster, here was Helton playing for the defending Coastal Division champions.

But his journey was far from over, as he would find out Aug. 12, when it was announced Brown’s season was finished before it began.

When Brown went down with the injury, there was no sense of panic for the Blue Devil coaching staff, according to assistant defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jim Collins. With Helton on-hand and healthy, Duke had a viable candidate to fill in for Brown. But nobody could have anticipated the success and ease with which he would handle the transition, something Helton attributes to

the community around him.

“There’s a series of people that have been able to make it really easy,” Helton said.

“Obviously, Kelby has helped a lot, Coach Collins and a lot of the other players [helped] just trusting and believing I could make that switch very seamlessly. I remember when [Brown was injured], a lot of guys were ready for me to step over and play that position. I felt that from the whole community of Duke football.”

Making the move from Will to Mike linebacker in the Blue Devil defense requires much more than stepping to the side threeto-four yards and adjusting to a different set of offensive players. The Mike functions as the quarterback of the defense, making the calls for the linemen and secondary prior to the snap.

For Helton—who was not known as an overly vocal on-field player—this meant stepping up and using his voice as another weapon.

“He took on a new role. He did become a communicator,” Cutcliffe said. “He’s kind of the man in the middle. So his communication to the defensive front, the secondary, all of that changed. His leadership role changed. I think he has thrived in it. I think it’s been incredible to watch and I’m extremely proud of him.”

Through seven games, he ranks third in the ACC in solo tackles with 26 and ranks second in total tackles with 69. But the tackles were expected—that’s what Helton does. What was not expected is how well the defense would adapt around him.

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Duke and Syracuse set to square off in top-10 battle Delaney King Beat Writer Entering the final weekend of the ACC schedule, the Blue Devils have one final chance to improve their conference record before the postseason begins and seeds are set.

No. 6 Duke travels to New York to take on No. 10 Syracuse No. 6 in both teams’ final Duke ACC showdown of the vs.

2014 regular season No. 10 Saturday at 1 p.m.

Syracuse The contest will be the second in program SATURDAY, 1 p.m. history between the J.S. Coyne Stadium two teams and the first played at J.S. Coyne Stadium.

“For us, it’s just a conference game that we have to take care of,” head coach Pam Bustin said. “We’ve been working on our game and

our game strategy and how we want to play it.”

In last season’s contest, the Orange (103, 1-4 in the ACC) edged out a 2-1 doubleovertime win that lasted 90 minutes. The Blue Devil defense fought to stay even after junior defender Hannah Barreca’s go-ahead goal, but the Syracuse attack fired shot after shot— 25 on the day—until forward Lauren Brooks managed to find the net and seal the win.

“We learned a lot from that game last year,” Bustin said. “We want to be the one who hopefully gets on the board first [this time] and continue to attack that way.”

Brooks returns to the squad this season as just one of many offensive weapons for Syracuse. With seven goals scored this season, she ties Duke senior forward Jessica Buttinger’s goal tally, but sits behind three of her teammates in the goals-scored column.

The Orange’s 3.64 scoring average is the best in the conference, despite the team’s current place at the bottom of the ACC standings.

“We’ll have to respect and recognize that

[they have strong scorers],” Bustin said. “But we’re working a lot on our backfield structure and our individual discipline, so it’s going to be challenged on Saturday, but hopefully our preparation will prepare us to play that.”

A ttraditionally high scoring Syracuse offense will be up against a Blue Devil backfield that has notched five shutouts this season, tied with North Carolina for the most of any ACC team. Led by redshirt junior goalkeeper Lauren Blazing, Duke (11-4, 2-3) has dominated the defensive end of the field throughout the season, allowing just 1.07 goals per game.

So far this season, Blazing and the Blue Devil defense have been able to stymie some of the most dangerous offenses in the country.

North Carolina, Virginia and James Madison all rank in the nation’s top 10 in goals per game, and all were held to two goals or fewer when facing Duke.

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Wilson leads back line as Duke faces Cavaliers, Eagles Ryan Neu Beat Writer Going into the season, head coach Robbie Church had a few questions about his back line.

Two of his starters from last season, Natasha Anasi and Mollie Pathman, graduated in the spring. Malinda Allen, a rising sophomore who saw a lot of time on the back line as a freshman, went down with an injury, forcing her to redshirt this season. Another injury, this time to midfielder Cassie Pecht, forced Church to move Christina Gibbons, an outside back last season, to the midfield, leaving another hole in the Duke defense.

Sophomore Lizzy Raben was the only returning starter from last season’s back line. The two outside back positions went to freshmen Schuyler DeBree and Morgan Reid. Both players possessed a lot of talent but were inexperienced and left Church with one spot left to fill in his starting lineup.

That’s when Kara Wilson stepped in.

Before this season, Wilson had been a midfielder throughout her career. The junior from Potomac, Md., was a holding midfielder whose job was to play more defensively and facilitate the offense by creating outlet passes to her teammates. Church’s answer for filling the final spot in his back line was to move Wilson to center back.

“I’ve never really had any experience playing center back,” Wilson said. “I played outside back for portions of a couple of games last year but [had] no experience in the center. It’s definitely been a transition. It hasn’t been super tough because I played the holding midfield position in such a defensive way… so it’s been a natural transition.”

This weekend, Duke plays its final two home games of the season at Koskinen Stadium against No. 3 Virginia Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Boston College Sunday at 1:00 p.m. With the offense suffering from a dearth of production throughout all but one of its past five games, the bulk of the work could fall on the shoulders of Wilson and the back line.

Coming into 2014, the Blue Devil offense was supposed to be the team’s strongest component. Returning pieces such as senior forward Kelly Cobb and sophomore midfielder Toni Payne alongside newcomers like freshman sparkplug Imani Dorsey were supposed to help carry a team that was unsure about its defense. But Duke (7-7-1, 3-3-1 in

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the ACC) has struggled all season long with turning shots into goals. It is currently riding a streak of four out of five games without a goal.

Oddly enough, with all of the questions looming at the beginning of the season, Duke’s defense has emerged as the most consistent aspect of this year’s team. The Blue Devils have allowed two goals or more in only five games this season and have held their opponents scoreless six times.

Wilson has flourished at the center of this defense, but she hasn’t gotten there without help.

“I’ve definitely had the help of Lizzy [Raben],” Wilson said. “Having her help me and teach me different things in the position has been very helpful in getting to know the position and getting better at it…. The coaches, too,

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especially [assistant coach] Carla Overbeck [have helped].”

Wilson never was much of an offensive threat throughout her first two seasons as a midfielder, but this season she has been able to provide a slight spark in the attacking third.

During her freshman and sophomore campaigns, Wilson combined for a total of seven shots. This season, as a central member of the back line, Wilson has registered 12 shots and though none have found the net, the shots have created opportunities for her teammates.

Although Church acknowledged that Wilson does need to work on her communication, he believes that she has turned out to be a key component to the defense. Despite her lack of experience, Wilson has become a leader on the back line.

“Everything has been excellent,” Church said. “She’s done a really good job…. Her leadership is that she is there every single day. She works hard, she sets an example, she’s not very vocal and that’s one thing she needs to continue [to] work on going into her senior year… but she always works, she always plays hard and as a coach it’s important to know how reliable she is. In that sense she’s been a fantastic leader.”

With three games remaining this season, Duke’s NCAA Tournament hopes hang in the balance. It will take at least a win and a draw for the Blue Devils to have a shot at qualifying for the tournament this season. The final game of the season is a trip to No. 2 Florida State, which makes the two games Duke plays at home this weekend even more important.

When it takes on the Cavaliers Thursday, Duke will compete against the best offense in the ACC. Virginia (141-0, 6-1-0) averages 3.47 goals per game, which is 0.66 more than the ACC’s second-most potent offense, Virginia Tech.

The Blue Devils allowed two goals to the Hokies in a loss Sept. 28, and will need to play one of their best games of the season to stay with the Cavaliers.

Duke’s defense won’t get to relax after taking on Virginia.

Boston College (10-6-0, 3-4-0) has the fifth-best offense in the conference, averaging 1.81 goals per game.

But Wilson and the rest of the Blue Devil back line will be ready to tackle the challenge and do their part to keep the season going.

“The biggest thing is just playing as a team,” Wilson said. “The pieces are there and we’ve been able to have a really good half… but we haven’t been able yet to string together a full 90 minutes and play hard as a team for a full 90 minutes…. We’ve got a great opportunity on Thursday and Sunday to turn around and these next couple of games are huge.”

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currently ranks fifth in the nation in points allowed, as it has held opponents to just 15.1 points per game.

This has been possible thanks to the Blue Devils’ ability to lock down opponents in the red zone, where they have held opponents to field goals on 40.1 percent of red zone trips.

In last week’s Homecoming victory against Virginia, Duke allowed 465 total yards of offense, but held the Cavaliers to 13 points. These numbers are not an anomaly, as it has allowed an average of 398.0 yards per game.

“We play really well when the ball gets into the strike zone, which is around the 40 to the 25 [yard line], and we play pretty well in the redzone,” Collins said. “Our redzone percentage right now is not great because we give up some field goals, but we don’t give up a whole lot of touchdowns in the redzone...If you go check the number of field goals versus the number of touchdowns, we’re pretty damn good.”

As the Blue Devils turn their attention to the final five games on their slate, they will first set their eyes on a Nov. 1 contest at Pittsburgh. As many remember—including Helton and the defense—the Panthers amassed 598 yards and 55 points on Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium last September. When Helton and Co. hit the road next weekend, there is no doubt they will have something to prove at Pittsburgh.

“What David needs to do is continue to stay healthy, good Lord willing, get more and more comfortable down the stretch here,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re going to need him to be at his best [and] I think he will be.”

When Helton steps onto Heinz Field Nov. 1, it may not be the last time he has the opportunity to play on an NFL field.

Aside from the goal of playing in Bank of America Stadium again for the ACC Championship game, Helton now carries with him the dream of suiting up as a professional.

If he is able to stay healthy and continue to produce at the same rate, the high school player who thought he would not suit up for a Division I team could find himself playing on Sundays when next fall rolls around.

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“We’re just thinking about us and focusing on us and doing the basics,” freshman defender Sarah Furey said. “[We’re] marking, keeping tight and staying with ourselves and the tactics we’ve been using all season.”

Duke’s seed in the conference tournament rests not only on its success against Syracuse, but also the outcomes of two other ACC matchups on the same day. The Tar Heels and Wake Forest, both 3-2, will face off in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Boston College will get the chance to improve to 3-3 with an upset win against conference leader Virginia.

As usual, the ACC has been a strong presence in the NCAA this season, with all seven teams nationally ranked in the top 14 and five in the top 10. This season’s conference results reflect the league’s parity, as seven conference contests have gone into extra minutes, and all but one game have been decided by a margin of two goals or fewer.

“It’s hard to figure out what’s going on right now with the ACC,” Bustin said. “Putting us at 3-3 in the conference gets us in the middle of the pack, which we want, and it is significant as far as who we play and where we finish in the league. But a lot of things will have to happen on the weekend as well.”

After Saturday, the Blue Devils will conclude their 2014 regular season at Richmond before turning their focus onto the postseason, which begins Nov. 6 at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium with the ACC tournament.

“We’re going to take it one game at a time then focus on going through ACC’s,” Furey said. “We always work on our basics, every single day, and that’s what’s going to carry us through as far as we can go.”

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This announcement comes as part of a larger trend: leading universities opting to replace student loans with grants. Duke is now one of

Editorial only two universities ranked in the U.S News and World Report top 10 that maintains a student loan policy. By including loans in financial aid packages, Duke is placing a costly burden on the shoulders of its students while also potentially harming its own long-term prospects.

The effects of college debt on students are numerous and often damaging. With the average Duke student graduating $19,000 in the red, students may be forced to prioritize earning money immediately upon graduating college.

This can exacerbate the trend of students opting for pre-professional tracks, an issue the Board has discussed in the past. With so hefty a financial burden, working at a non-profit or taking time to explore other uncommon options do not seem

to be reasonable options, as interest will quickly begin to add up. College debt can thus distract from the intellectual pursuits that students might otherwise be able to engage.

If loans pressure students to follow lucrative tracks, then they may also burden students with additional stress about the debt they are accruing. For 18- to 22 year-old students who have little exposure to personal finance, loans may seem to be a looming, enigmatic weight that serves no purpose but to create uncertainty about life after graduation. In this way, loans serve as a distraction from the priorities that the University desires students to have.

Duke should thus follow its peers in offering students grants rather than loans in its financial aid system. The elimination of loans could yield both short-term and long-term benefits for the University. On one hand, students receiving aid through grants rather than loans attached to ever-accruing debt would feel a sense of gratitude toward Duke. Such appreciation not only incentivizes students to maximize their potential and take advantage of diverse opportunities during their time at Duke, but it also encourages them to give back as alumni.

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Hookup culture” is a myth.

Spend a few days on Duke’s campus, and you’ll soon be convinced that our so-called hookup culture is the root of all evil. The phrase is almost a cliché. Indeed, it’s nearly impossible to have a discussion about the social life at Duke without “hookup culture” sneaking its way in. Can’t find a girlfriend? Must be the hookup culture. Frustrated with your social life? Blame hookup culture. Hate the food at Marketplace? You guessed it—hookup culture (I hyperbolize).

The only problem? Hookup culture isn’t real.

Hookup culture has frequently been the topic of shock pieces reliant on anecdotal evidence and fear mongering. For example, in a 2013 New York Times article, Kate Taylor used stories and interviews with

from Duke Inquiries in Social Relations found that 76 percent of respondents wanted a romantic relationship, and 75 percent hook up less than once a month. So, while Duke may be widely recognized for our various sex scandals and looser sexual culture, these perceptions simply don’t reflect the attitudes and behaviors of most students.

You may be wondering, if hookup culture doesn’t exist, why is she writing about it?

To be perfectly honest, I couldn’t care less what my peers are doing in the bedroom (or the stacks, random fraternity house, bathroom at Shooters, etc). Even so, I think that it’s critical that we talk about this notion of hookup culture, because complaints about “hookup culture” are part of a larger pattern of policing sexuality,

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Katie Becker OR NAH students at University of Pennsylvania to paint college women as selfish, calculating and sex-crazed. It’s no wonder that this garnered negative attention. A woman making her own decisions about her body? Having sex with multiple partners? Waiting longer to get married?

For some, there’s nothing more terrifying.

This moral panic has spurred critics of this behavior, such as the now-notorious “Princeton Mom” Susan Patton, to conclude that dating is dead and we’re all screwed (literally). This is visible on our campus, where advertisements for the “Blue Rose Society” adorn our bus stops and newspaper pages, attempting to revive chivalry and eradicate wanton sexuality.

Of course, panics about the immorality of “the youth” are nothing new.

What’s noteworthy about this panic, however, is that it is generally unfounded. While many more articles have focused on hookup culture in recent years, the actual rates of casual sex are no different today from those of the 1980s. We may be talking about it more, but we’re not actually doing it more.

Sure, studies about “hooking up” often report shockingly high numbers of hookups, but these studies are reliant on the intentional ambiguity of the word ”hookup,” which can mean anything from kissing to intercourse. When questions are worded more specifically, we find that a significant majority of students are having sex only with romantic partners.

These patterns hold true at Duke, where a report

particularly female sexuality. Don’t be fooled—critics of hookup culture don’t really care about your health and safety. No, they’re scared you might become autonomous, empowered or, God forbid, aggressive.

We live in a rapidly changing society where it is hard for some to accept that a woman’s worth is not in her sexual behavior. Thus, condemnation of an imaginary hookup culture is a mechanism through which people can critique others’ sexual choices.

Furthermore, we must not allow our obsession with talking about “hookup culture” to obscure real concerns about social behavior and sexual violence. Hookup culture may not be real, but rape culture certainly is. We must be wary of allowing violence against women to go unchecked under the guise of hookup culture.

The “hookup culture” discussion simply isn’t productive. If we’re that concerned about sex outside relationships, let’s stop perpetuating the “everyone is hooking up” idea and start pursuing relationships. Otherwise, hookup culture may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Conversely, if we aren’t averse to the normalization of casual sex, let’s stop complaining and judging others for it.

Either way, let’s retire the term “hookup culture.”

The sooner the better.

Katie Becker is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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So, what’d you get?”

We’ve all thought it before and most of us have probably asked it to one another. This dreaded question, which always leaves one individual with a smirk on his or her face and an inflated ego and the other with academic insecurities and one almost severed friendship, seems to be pervasive at Duke. In high school, I looked forward to college as a place where this foolish and excessive competitiveness in academia would come to an end. Yet, much to my dismay, I have found that in some sense, college has made it even worse.

The worst part about a midterm, or any test in general, is getting it back. Whether it’s the classic “If I had just five more minutes!” or “We never even learned this in class!” there always seems to be a reason to be at least just the tiny bit unsatisfied with the results. In many of my past classes, my final grade was determined

Brandon Choi OVERWHELMING THOUGHTS relative to how well my peers performed in the class, which is the double-edged sword of a system. On one end, this strategy makes sense in order to avoid a drastically skewed spread of letter grades (e.g. Duke math). Yet, on the other end, it often leaves me with malicious hopes at the end of exams that my peers also got the same questions wrong and overall did worse, even just by the slightest bit, than I did.

At such a prestigious institution like Duke, it is hard to ever really feel accomplished. Within our classrooms, we are conditioned to define our success as relative to others’ and, unsurprisingly, this competitive attitude pervades our life beyond our lecture halls. It leaves us always looking around to see what others are doing and often pressures us to one-up them. We get so caught in this race against each other that we miss many opportunities to pursue our goals and mold our four years here into the college career best suited for ourselves.

In the beginning of the semester, I found myself

often cringing when others asked me what I had done over the summer. I didn’t have some impressive story about beginning a start-up company or going through a life-exchanging experience volunteering for an NGO across international borders. Rather, I worked at a dessert café in my hometown earning minimum wage, spent countless hours in Barnes and Noble catching up on reading and, to be honest, watched a somewhat shameful amount of Netflix (but didn’t we all?). When asked this question, I was always quick to reply with a, “Oh, not much. What about you?” in order to avoid my comparatively embarrassing answer. Yet, in retrospect, I regret being silenced by others’ supposedly superior summer experiences. Sure, my summer was spent in the comforts of a familiar environment but I was happy with what I made of it and at the end of the day, I realized that my happiness and satisfaction are what matter. Plus, who knew “Scrubs” was such a great show?

Recently, I’ve noticed I’ve started to become more self-centered. Not the narcissistic and pretentious type but the type who focuses more on myself in terms of how I define success. I’ve come to terms with the fact that it is simply impossible to pursue my own interests and, on top of that, attempt to excel in whatever everyone else seems to be doing. In fact, I’ve found that it is a waste of time trying to do the latter.

Perhaps a prime example of all of this is with the DukeEngage applications. With the applications due in just a few weeks, many of my friends seem to be scrambling to attend all the information sessions and trying to strategically pick one to apply for. Like many of you, I have felt extremely pressured to apply because it seems like the “correct” thing to do, but while I absolutely respect the DukeEngage program and everything the experience entails, I’m not sure that is how I want to spend my summer. I won’t share what any of my other tentative plans are either, though. As frightening as it is, not knowing or worrying about what others are doing is a great way to focus on yourself. Be self-centered, think more about yourself, and as cliché as it sounds, you do you. You’d be pleasantly surprised at how satisfying that’ll feel.

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Brandon Choi is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

Letter to the Editor Unidos y fuertes On October 15, the Editorial Board released an article evaluating Mi Gente’s Hispanic Heritage Month events. The assertion that these events were poorly attended and unrepresentative of Duke is simply inaccurate. Employees from the Loop reported sales of $13,000 during Mi Gente’s Latin Night, one of the most successful nights of the semester. Additionally, attendance at our Gender Roles in the Latino Community event at the Women’s Center outnumbered the available seating accommodations. Along with the erroneous information provided, the article makes troublesome recommendations, suggesting that cultural organizations tailor events to attract students that would otherwise be repelled by their preconceived notions of cultural groups. It is not the responsibility of Mi Gente, or any other cultural group for that matter, to cater to those unwilling to enter spaces beyond their comfort zone. We welcome those that recognize the value of going beyond their predominating cultural norms.

According to the article, Hispanic Heritage Month “Attracted a particular crowd of students that were not representative of Duke’s general population.”

The article fails to mention the fact that throughout the month, Mi Gente collaborated with Blue Devils United, the Women’s Collective, Club Pura Vida, Duke Students for Humane Borders and the Gates Scholars.

These various groups encompass an array of student populations that make up the Duke community. If the Editorial Board determines Latinos, LGBTQ students, Gates scholarship recipients and women to not be representative of Duke’s general population, then we are left with a narrow Duke community sadly deprived of a wide range of ideas and experiences.

Moreover, evaluations of student groups should be done in a way that doesn’t set misguided standards or expectations for these groups. Mi Gente is about more than “advocating issues” and “raising awareness.” In fact, the primary objective of Mi Gente is to empower and support the Latino community at Duke, not to customize

events for those who are uncomfortable exploring different spaces. Latino students are often the “only ones” in their classrooms, Greek houses, selective living groups and other social places. White culture is pervasive throughout these spaces and those who do not identify with it live with the daily expectation of fitting into this culture or otherwise facing alienation. This reality is often unacknowledged on campus by those who do not recognize the existence of white privilege and its implications for non-white identifying students.

Mi Gente and other cultural groups are all too often expected to prove to members of the university why students would benefit from particular measures like the increased recruitment of diverse faculty and staff across academic departments. While we strongly believe in these initiatives, we are students and should serve as reminders, not as the primary forces catalyzing institutional changes that would benefit the entire Duke community. We call upon the Duke community to recognize the importance of these issues and see that it is not merely a “minority” concern, but rather an issue that all of us need to address. Duke students travel the world to find immersive experiences, not realizing their ability to become a voice and act for change here on our own campus— regardless of background.

For many Mi Gente members, Mi Gente has meant a home and a family. Transitioning to Duke and being surrounded by a new culture is difficult, and Mi Gente serves as a platform for a community with members of various backgrounds and Latino experiences. The struggle of obtaining visibility and being recognized on this campus has proven to be one that will continue to be arduous and challenging. It is crucial to remember that Mi Gente consists of a spirit that has been questioned and discouraged more than once.

Nevertheless, Mi Gente and supporters of the Latino community will push forward to make it known that we stand united and strong.

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or those of you who know me, you’ve probably heard this phrase more times than you can count in recent weeks—“I’m an ENFP!” For those of you who know me, you’ve probably heard this phrase more times than you can count in recent weeks—“I’m an ENFP!” Although I won’t go on to list the rich and famous with my same personality type—for starters, I count among my close companions Walt Disney, Bill Clinton and Oscar Wilde—I will say that the Myers-Briggs personality test has changed my life. Like many of my fellow Duke students, I took the test when I was in high school under the guise of discovering my perfect college based on personality type. Whether that happened, I cannot say, but the test did have a way of defining me. I was an ENFJ—extroverted, intuitive, feeling and judging.

Well, my whole outlook transformed when I decided to retake MyersBriggs on a lark. Would my results be different? Had Duke really made

Elizabeth Djinis EDITOR’S NOTE me a different person? A few rapid clicks later and the answer was right in front of me—it had, but only slightly. I was an ENFP. I perceived now instead of judged. That sure sounded like a good thing, right?

But no matter how happy I am with my new personality type, professor of psychology Mark Leary tells me I should take the test with a grain of salt. It may be helpful in indicating how we interact with others and how we make decisions, Leary says, but it is by no means the key to unlocking our inner secrets.

Leary notes that the test’s biggest problem lies with its tendency to characterize test-takers as one personality type only to give them a completely different type a few days later. According to a 1993 article by psychologist David J. Pittenger, test-takers had a 50 percent chance of receiving a different personality type on the test after only a 5 week span.

I myself wondered if the test suffers from the danger of “selfreporting.” A sample Myers-Briggs question starts “You feel at ease in a crowd,” where the taker must either choose “yes” or “no.” Perhaps this is the extrovert in me speaking out, but wouldn’t most people want to say yes to that answer? Does anyone want to feel uneasy in a crowd? But Leary says the test generally yields accurate answers from participants, as long as they have enough insight into themselves to understand how they would react in general situations.

Admittedly, the test is not without its flaws. But here’s what I love about Myers-Briggs. No matter how many times I tried to Google “best Myers-Briggs personality types,” no definitive results came up. Unlike most of the implications we give to our descriptors, Myers-Briggs is not a value judgment, it is merely an assessment of personality. It is best used not to compare ourselves against other people but to better understand ourselves.

More importantly, reading my Myers-Briggs made me realize how I had matured as a person—and not merely based on my changed personality type. My few short years as a semi-adult have taught me to discover my flaws and embrace them. While “embracing your flaws” is commonly confused with recognizing that you are imperfect and continuing to practice your imperfection, that is not what I’m referring to. Instead, I discovered my professional flaws.

First and foremost, I am not detail-oriented. Myers-Briggs reinforced this. As an ENFP, I am a big picture person, explaining why I have no trouble grasping large concepts in a literary text but I still can’t seem to remember the Greek word for ‘hand.’ When I worked for a newspaper last summer, I could often handle reporting and writing a story on deadline, but found writing the budget line extremely difficult. How was I supposed to know that you started a Business story budget line not with the intuitive answer, “B,” but instead with the seemingly unrelated letter “L?” The “embrace your flaws” counterpoint to these sad facts would be to “shake it off” and say, “Hey, I’m perfect the way I am.” But here’s the thing—I’m not. Being naturally detail-oriented may not be in the cards for me, but I can make a concerted effort to pay more attention to the small things. It even turns out that doing this will help me in the long run. Who knew?

Here is where I propose the next step—let Myers-Briggs help you. Personality tests can teach us a lot about the parts of ourselves we either do not want or cannot objectively discover. And it can teach us about those parts of other people, too. One day, when we’re actually working, we can use the Myers-Briggs test to understand our coworkers and ourselves.

My point here is that Myers-Briggs—despite its flaws— is not the death of uniqueness, but instead the birth of understanding. College students tend to search for individuality and yearn for difference. But there’s also something comforting in being part of a group. I feel like I’ve found my people in the ENFP’s. I enjoy reading articles summarizing my personality. Is that so bad? To be validated by a personality test?

Let’s hope not.

Elizabeth Djinis is the Editorial Page Editor and a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday. Follow her on Twitter @djinisinabottle.

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need to be additional financial support, Mlyn said.

“If we keep the program the same way, then each year there will probably be two or three programs that will rotate in and rotate out,” he noted.

Staying stateside This year’s expansion of the domestic programs follows a trend of increasing the focus on service close to home—2014 saw four additions to the domestic destinations.

“We feel Duke has an obligation to remind ourselves we don’t need to look far to help local and national communities to address issues of concern,” Mlyn said.

The California program based in San Francisco aims to reach youth at risk, particularly the homeless youth.

San Francisco is a city with a very high rate of homelessness, noted program co-director Janie Long, associate vice provost for undergraduate education.

“We know a large number of LBGTQ

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Should the University neglect the safety protocol it has in place, the results could be disastrous, Wolfe noted.

“If you take a pessimistic look at this, say we don’t do anything about it, we are looking at more than 1.4 million people infected by mid-January,” he said.

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youth are homeless because they’ve been kicked out of their homes because of their identities,” said co-director Rebecca Bach, associate professor of sociology.

She noted that the directors of the program wanted to focus on LGBTQ youth in the Bay Area, because many of these youths are at risk for discrimination or violence.

The program will focus on helping homeless LGBTQ youth develop career and job application skills. Students will work with these youths to create resumés or to help them obtain their GEDs if they dropped out of high school.

“I hope that the youth will learn that they have not been forgotten, that they are worthwhile human beings and there are those in society who want to see them succeed,” Bach said.

The second California program is based in Orange County. It is centered on the development of STEM programming within the national organization Girls Inc. The students will choose between working with elementary, middle or high school girls with week-long themed modules, such as a robotics camp.

“We hope that DukeEngage will provide easily accessible role models, allowing the youth to identify with someone who has been where

they want to be,” said program director Christine Mulvey, research scientist and instructor.

She added that she hopes many male students will also participate in the program, providing strong male role models to at-risk girls.

“Duke students are very motivated and also very lucky, with many coming from favorable experiences,” Mulvey said. “We hope to expose them to other side of the coin and allow them to give back to those who don’t have the same opportunities.”

The expanded program in Tucson, Ariz. includes a 10-day stay in Chiapas, Mexico. The program is organized by BorderLinks in collaboration with DukeEngage. Its service goal is to follow the immigrant path from Central America to the United States, partnering students with community service organizations focused on immigration and border issues.

Wolfe noted that the protocol for using personal protective equipment, or PPE, is different from that of almost any other routine infections in the past. Because the PPE used for handling Ebola is very easy to put on but extremely difficult to take off without exposing the health worker to the virus, additional staff training is required.

The new screening protocol places greater emphasis on the timeliness of response than those in the past.

“We don’t usually get into the habit of asking travel history at the very beginning of the evaluation of someone,” Wolfe said.

“By sort of flipping on its head of how we take history, we will be able to identify patients from early on, and that’s a big deal.”

According to the presentation by Wolfe, the current protocol for screening incoming patients to Duke Medicine includes three key questions: “Have you traveled outside the US in the last 21 days?”; “Have you specifically travelled to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone?”; and “Do you have any symptoms, and if so, what?” The patients whose answers are positive for all three of these questions will be placed in isolation, while Duke Medicine notifies Infection Control.

“Traditionally, when a patient is sent to the emergency room, you get a very Photo Courtesy of The Washington Post long and detailed examination of history, An ambulance team prepares to collect a where travel history will be a part of it,” body suspected of being infected with Ebola Wolfe said. in Monrovia, Liberia.

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DukeEngage abroad The program in Turkey is focused on conservation efforts and public awareness education related to sea turtle protection.

Students will work with DEKAMER, an organization based in Dalyan that focuses on conservation and rehabilitation of sea tur-

tles. The goal of the program is to conserve and protect sea turtles that use the area for reproduction and foraging.

“We’ve always felt that we needed to do a better job of providing civic engagement opportunities that deal with conservation issues, so the program in Turkey dealing with sea turtles is very exciting for us,” said Mlyn.

The other new international program in Peru is organized by the School for International Training in collaboration with DukeEngage. It aims to support the efforts of organizations in and around Cuzco, Peru, with focuses on indigenous rights, advocacy and support.

Considering the wide range of service opportunities and areas of focus available to students, program leaders noted that the experience is beneficial to the long-term career goals of Duke students.

“We want students to believe in and support the work of nonprofits,” Long said.

“It’s our hope that the students who go through this program will come out with a greater knowledge of what it takes to run a non-profit organization, as well as a desire to become more involved with non-profits after graduation.”