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For one employee, Duke helps fight Ebola at home Volunteer-run initiative supplies surplus from Duke hospitals to Liberia, Sierra Leone

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REMEDY at Duke, a team that recovers surpluses of medical supplies from Duke University Health System, recently partnered with Project Liberia Ebola to bring Grace Wang stocks of equipment to Liberia and Sierra Leone. The supplies—including isolation Health & Science Editor gowns, gloves, bandages and sanitizers— When Liberia native and Duke em- have all arrived at affected regions in Liployee Amos Kai heard of the devastation beria.

Ebola has caused in his former home, he From August to October, REMEDY dofound a way to utilize his nated 25 pallets of surconnection with Duke to plus medical supplies to olks at home...were send supplies to those in Liberia and Sierra Leneed. very happy to receive one to aid with the Ebola “I’m very worried these supplies and see outbreak. about the virus in gener“They use gloves eval,” Kai, a Duke Materials them taken to every town ery minute in the clinics, Resources technician, and village. and doctors and professaid. “[The supplies are sionals could tell people — Amos Kai how to use these antisepnot going to] cure Ebola, and I have some relatics, isolation gowns and tives who have already been infected, some sanitizers,” he said. of them even died. One of my cousins who According to the latest statistics from passed away [had] a wife and two kids.” the Center of Disease Control, 4,665 cases Kai—who has seven children currently of Ebola have occurred in Liberia since living in Liberia—said the medical supplies See Ebola on Page 4 are crucial for increasing public awareness

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Chronicle File Photo Durham’s Ninth Street, where Club 9 is located, will again be home to the annual Monster’s Ball.

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This Halloween, say welcome back to Monster’s Ball—a Durham rival to the annual Franklin Street festivities.

Monster’s Ball—an idea conceived by Durham residents Jeff Johnson and King Kenney in 2008 and temporarily put on hold in 2011—is returning to Ninth Street this year.

The party this Halloween will be hosted by Club 9 and feature six local Durham DJs and a contest for best costume with a $500 prize.

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Chapel Hill to party, why don’t we try to produce a cool party in Durham and use Halloween, which was the biggest event we could get people to do,” said Johnson, a Durham native. “Just hang out on Ninth Street and show it some love, and we don’t have to drive all the way.”

When Johnson and Kenney created Monster’s Ball in 2008, they hoped that it could rival the Halloween parties at Chapel Hill.

Monster’s Ball then went on to become one of Durham’s biggest parties until 2011, when Kenney moved away.

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Republicans challenge same-sex marriage Duke renews “one of a with appeal of Amendment One decision kind” contract for HIV

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“[An appeal] seems very unlikely to make any practical difference,” says Neil Siegel

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Alex Griffith The Chronicle Although Amendment One was ruled unconstitutional several weeks ago, Republican state legislators are preparing to challenge the decision.

Republicans in the state legislature have announced their plans to appeal the overturn of Amendment One. Amendment One—the state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage—was lifted on Oct. 10. Although state legislators were granted the ability to challenge the decision several days after the ruling, political observers have noted that a successful appeal is unlikely and that any potential lawsuits will most likely be politically motivated. “[An appeal] seems very unlikely to make any practical difference,” said Neil Siegel, David W. Ichel Professor of law.

Five days after Amendment One was overturned, William Osteen, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, allowed state legislators to appeal the decision. Speaker of the N.C. House Thom Tillis, the Republican contender in the upcoming U.S. Senate election, and state Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, have announced that they will participate in lawsuits challenging the amendment’s repeal.

The ban on Amendment One stems from Bostic v.

Schaefer, a court case in Virginia which challenged the state’s refusal to sanction gay marriages. Virginia’s ban on gay marriage was struck down as unconstitutional, and the decision was upheld in both U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. When the Supreme Court denied judicial review for Bostic v. Schaefer on Oct. 6, it allowed the court decision to stand, establishing a precedent for all five states which fall under the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals—including North Carolina.

“The only [appeal] I can think of that isn’t frivolous is that Bostic was wrongly decided and should be overruled,” Siegel said.

A Republican appeal would go to a panel of three Fourth Circuit judges, who are not allowed to overrule the precedent but can make the argument to preserve it, Siegel explained. If the Fourth Circuit panel dismisses the lawsuit, the appellants can request a rehearing before the entire Fourth Circuit bench. Siegel noted, however, that there is “no way” that the Fourth Circuit

Photo Courtesy of the N.C. Department of Transportation N.C. Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, pictured above, has announced that he will challenge the repeal of Amendment One.

bench will sit for a rehearing.

After the Fourth Circuit, the Supreme Court is the only court that can overturn the Amendment One ruling. If other appeal courts issue rulings contradicting Bostic v. Schaefer, the Supreme Court will likely get involved to settle the dispute and decide whether or not same-sex marriage bans across the country are constitutional.

“The U.S. Supreme Court will get involved if and when it wants to get involved,” Siegel said. “It doesn’t require Amendment One to do that, because it has See Marriage on Page 4

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The Duke Human Vaccine Institute has renewed its sevenyear contract with the National Institute of Health to perform quality control tests for HIV research.

The contract enables Thomas Denny, chief operating officer of DHVI, and his laboratory team, to evaluate both domestic and international assays of CD4 cells—a type of T-lymphocyte infected by the HIV virus. The count of these cells is used to determine the strength of a patient’s immune system. Denny, who serves as principal investigator of the project, has held this contract with the NIH since 1999. The contract puts him in charge of 80 Thomas Denny labs throughout the US and an additional 70 labs internationally.

“It puts us in the spotlight,” Denny said. “There’s only one of these programs funded by the NIH, so it’s one of a kind.”

Because Denny is responsible for both domestic and international labs, his team travels all over the world to perform these quality assessments. The lab inspections his team conducts involve checking the supplies and necessary reagents as well as teaching and training other researchers. He added that because all labs should be performing the same test, the process should not be affected by the use of different equipment brands.

“You’re enrolling patients for therapies all around the world, and you’re eventually going to bring all that data together in one database—so you want to make sure that tests that are done in South Africa are the same as the ones done in New York or Paris,” Denny said.

This contract could be worth up to $13.9 million over the course of seven years—which includes equipment costs, travel fares and the salaries of team members, Denny said.

Denny was initially awarded the contract at New Jersey Medical School, and had it transferred when he came to Duke in 2006.

“Having Tom Denny’s quality assessment infrastructure here at Duke provides unique infrastructure for both the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology work we do on the AIDS vaccine and for all of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute’s work on other emerging infections such as influenza and TB,” said Director of DHVI Barton Haynes.

The contract has enabled Denny and his lab to generate and gain access to a large amount of data. He added that having certified labs allows the Institute to be more competitive when applying to grants, which provide for future research.

“It’s going to help us to be a leader in diagnostics and set standards for assays that are used in clinical trials,” Denny said.

“Hopefully, it will enable us to continue to strengthen our research and academic mission at Duke.”

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DSG raises student fees, supports Women’s Studies name change run out of money in four of the past 11 years. He pointed to this year’s consumption, which is 15 percent ahead The Chronicle of the usual consumption rate as yet The Duke Student Government Sen- another reason why the surplus fund is ate voted to raise the Student Activities necessary.

Fee to counteract inflation.

Adoption of a plan like Schreiber’s, At a meeting Wednesday night, the Gavai argued, will be unfair to future Student Activities Fee—a fee applied to students, who will be forced to absorb all undergraduate students which sup- an increase in the Student Activities ports the DSG programming fund— Fee of much more than 1.7 percent to was raised from $126.50 to $128.65 for account for multiple years of inflation. the 2015-16 academic year, an increase Ultimately, the Senate voted in favor equal to the 1.7 percent rate of infla- of the 1.7 percent increase. tion. Two different parties came out in Whether to raise the Student Actividebate over the statute—one in favor ties Fee is always a contentious issue in of increasing the fee and one in favor the Senate, said Executive Vice Presiof using money in the dent Abhi Sanka, a jusurplus fund to cover nior. he management of the increase in infla“The management tion. the student activities of the student activiJunior Max Sch- fee is our biggest responsities fee is our biggest reiber, senator for serresponsibility,” Sanvices, led the opposi- bility. It’s the one thing that ka said. “It’s the one tion to the increase. we can control. thing that we can conAlthough he argued trol and if we vote on — Abhi Sanka it, it happens. Some against the increase, he also championed a years people say that new system to fight inflation. He pro- we should adjust by inflation, and some posed that the Senate use money from years we don’t adjust for inflation bethe surplus fund instead of increasing cause we have a lot of money and don’t the Student Activities Fee and hold a need it.” referendum in 2020 to raise the fee once existing funds have been exhaust- In other business: ed. This cycle, he proposed, would conThe Senate approved a resolution tinue with referenda every four years to to support changing the name of the raise the fee by more than its current Women’s Studies department to the 1.7 percent.

Department of Gender, Women’s and Treasurer Nikhil Gavai, a junior, op- Sexuality Studies. The change was posed Schreiber, saying that the surplus proposed by sophomore Tara Bansal, fund should be preserved as a safety net for the programming fund, which has See DSG on Page 4

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senator for academic affairs. She argued that the stigma of “angry feminism” and the exclusionary nature of the name “Women’s Studies” were reasons to change the name.

The name change reflects both gender equality and a shift towards acceptance of different sexualities, Bansal explained in her presentation. The resolution has received support from the director of women’s studies, many women’s studies majors, Baldwin Scholars and donors, she said.

The proposed curriculum changes include a differ-

ent set of core classes, a possible FOCUS program and a concentration in the renamed department.

“Those are details that are going to be ironed out a little more by the department and administration,” Bansal said in an interview after the meeting. “Some of the changes will include courses specifically about understanding sexuality studies today and understanding gender in the context of modern society.”

Fix My Campus was added to DSG Affiliate By-Law after being tabled for two weeks.

Junior Kavita Jain, senator for academic affairs, proposed a resolution to support change to the major requirements for the history major. Students majoring in history are currently required to pursue one of two course paths. One path requires students take courses on three of four world regions—the United

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the era of all the Durham love, people weren’t hanging out in Durham,” Johnson said.

Johnson decided to bring the event back this year, after noticing the increasing number of parties held in Durham.

“I thought, maybe people are willing to dance and have fun.

I think Durham has more of a bar culture, but people still like to dance,” he said.

Besides the top local DJs and costume contest, Monster’s Ball will feature a scavenger hunt for miniature monster balls hidden around the club. These tiny balls each contain a gift certificate to a popular establishment in Durham—such as The Parlour, Pizzeria Toro and Offbeat Music.

“We’re just trying to get a more diverse crowd and more and more people back into digging Durham, dancing in Durham, seeing that the only thing you have to do is just go out to a bar,” Johnson said.

Monster’s Ball will only be open to adults over 21 years old.

Some members in the Duke community voiced their preferences for Chapel Hill parties.

“I think most of my friends are going to Chapel Hill because they’ve just heard more about Halloween at Chapel Hill, and it’s a state school, so there are already more people there,” said freshman Emil Thomas. “I think whether I would go to Monster’s Ball depends on where my friends are going, because that’s why people go out - to spend time with friends. But [Monster’s Ball] sounds fun and it’s close by.”

Johnson noted his strong tie to the city as well as his hope to bring out the unique appeal of Durham. He hopes that Monster’s Ball will continue each year, if residents are willing to expand it on Ninth Street. “[Kenney] and I grew up in Durham, so we saw the city change for the better, so we just wanted to add another thing that could be Durham-centric,” he said. “This is what Durham is—Durham is the Monster’s Ball, and it’s a reflection of what Durham is without having to go to another city to enjoy their party.”

plenty of opportunities to do that. But for the time being, the Supreme Court is not getting involved and you can’t convince the Fourth Circuit that [Bostic v. Schaefer] was wrongly decided.”

Although a successful appeal of the Amendment One overturn is unlikely, Tillis may have political motivations to announce his opposition to the ruling, said John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University professor of political science. Strong opponents of same-sex marriage may be more inclined to vote for Tillis if he announces his support for the lawsuit, he said.

“It’s useful, politically, if you want to satisfy a base,” Siegel added. “I myself don’t see anyor the time being, the thing being served Supreme Court is not by an appeal in terms of chang- getting involved and you ing the law. I see it can’t convince the Fourth more in terms of achieving a political Circuit that [the case] was agenda.” wrongly decided.

Chris Hayden, — Neil Siegel press secretary for incumbent democrat Senator Kay Hagan’s campaign, said the Senator supports marriage equality for all and that any potential lawsuit by the legislature concerning Amendment One would be a misuse of taxpayer money.

Attitudes toward same-sex marriage are changing in the country, Siegel noted.

“The politics right now on same-sex marriage are different from what they were when Amendment One was passed,” Siegel said. “I think the state, like the country, is in transition.”

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States and Canada; Europe and Russia; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She argued that Asia, Africa and the Middle East are diverse regions with extremely varied histories and should be split into three individual areas of study. She maintained that history majors would still only be required to take courses on three of the six regions. The resolution passed.

The Senate withdrew $1,500 from the surplus fund to replenish the legislative discretionary account.

DSG recognized three groups—the Duke Union for Media and the Arts, which provides resources for student in arts majors, minors and concentrations; Duke Women’s Club Rowing; and First Conversations, a group devoted to helping students find their place at Duke and beyond.

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“I just talked to my daughter on the phone today, and she told me [the situation] is cooling down a bit,” Kai said.

Kai was first approached by Liberians living in Durham who know of his work relations with the Duke Medicine.

After contacting John Lohnes, physician assistant at Duke Medicine and coordinator of REMEDY at Duke, Kai was connected to Project Liberia Ebola—an effort dedicated to the containment of the Ebola virus. PLE was founded by medical professionals who are Liberian natives, including Amanda Thomas, a clinical nurse educator at Duke Medicine.

Since the beginning of the outbreak, concerned Liberians in the Raleigh-Durham region have been discussing what they can do to help families and friends back home, Kai said.

“There is a very large Liberian population in North Carolina, mostly refugees in the war, “ said Lohnes, who managed the identification of surplus and organized the donation with his team. “[REMEDY at Duke] relies on requests for supplies, and once we got the request from these Liberians, we were able to recover a lot of supplies that could help them.”

Lohnes explained that the recovered medical supplies are the ones that cannot be recycled back into the Duke University Health System due to reasons such as overstock.

“We do avoid collecting things like medications that could be risky or time-sensitive,” he said. “[These supplies] have been stamped and for legal reasons, Duke is unable to reuse them at all. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is anything wrong with them. In fact, they could really help some developing countries in need.”

In addition to the nine cases of gloves that were delivered to Kai’s hometown of Gbason town in Sinoe County, the supplies were delivered throughout the infected areas of Liberia—some as far as 200 miles from the capital city of Monrovia.

“These medical supplies that came from Duke went straight to Liberian clinics in many cities,” Kai said.

The reception, he said, has been one of extreme gratitude in the cities that have received the supplies.

“After the war, we didn’t have anything,” he said. “Folks at home were told that they can get American [medical] supplies by their relatives in the US, and now they were very happy to receive these supplies and see them taken to every town and village.”

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I have mental illness, generalized is to reaffirm certain stereotypes that anxiety to be exact, which means that women lack control over their emotions. sometimes my heart rate races, my stomMy mom, who is a mental health proach churns, and my mind is rendered fessional and has bipolar disorder herincoherent out of some terror that is self, discouraged me from sharing my impossible to name. Other times, my mental illness because it would stigmaanxiety manifests itself in muscle ten- tize me. She told me that the first persion throughout my body, sporadic in- son she told at church about her mental somnia that throws off my sleep sched- illness laughed and asked, “So, are you ule or in overwhelming difficulty with going to kill me?” Even though my mom starting or doing something that makes is open about her bipolar disorder, she me nervous, like writing this Editor’s is still cautious in how she tells people, Note. More often than not, I consider fearing that they may assume she is myself functional, healthy and happy, someone she is not. but I am mindful of the ways in which Misconstrued conceptions, like asmy mental illness influences how I oper- suming that individuals with bipolar are ate in the world—what dangerous to others, hesitations consume are largely a product of he overwhelming me, what joys I disallow a popular culture that myself. narrative is that men dramatizes and misrepI struggled whether have mental illness, while resents mental illness. to be open about my For men in popular culanxiety because to be women become their men- ture, mental illness is open about having tal illness. a superpower: the telemental illness is to give vision show Monk and others the ammunition to invalidate any- the movie A Beautiful Mind are perfect thing I say by reducing the complexity examples of the way in which the madof my experience and my emotions to a ness of men is transformed into genius. diagnosis—“that’s just your anxiety speak- It is less of a struggle and more of a sixth ing.” sense. But, for women in popular culture, Historically, women have been dis- mental illness is a spectacle: the religious missed as crazy, hysterical or irrational, fanatic mother in Carrie chasing her regardless of whether they had mental daughter, the fictionalized Joan Crawford illness or not—just think of the Salem shouting “NO WIRE HANGERS” while Witch trials or the modern trope of throwing clothes around or even “Crazy the “angry black woman.” Now that we Eyes” Suzanne peeing in Piper’s jail cell as women have more opportunities to in Orange is the New Black. These misconpublicly share our experiences, it can strued conceptions extend past fictional be daunting to be open about anything representations and seep into real life that could potentially threaten the valid- perceptions. When Amanda Bynes began ity of our voice. As such, we are caught exhibiting symptoms of mental illness in a catch-22 when we talk about mental through her erratic behavior, she became health: women are twice as likely to be the butt of multiple jokes. Her mental illdiagnosed with mental illness than men, ness became a performance, rather than but to talk openly about mental illness a cause for concern.

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Gendered notions of mental health not only afflict women but men as well.

Expectations of masculinity that discourage emotional expression and encourage stoicism keep many men from evaluating their own mental well-being and seeking medical advice. But, the overwhelming narrative is that men have mental illness, while women become their mental illness.

The stigma surrounding mental illness is destructive to all genders, but I think it is especially difficult for women who already have to fight to own their emotions and experiences. I already have to prove that my menstrual cycle or the phases of the moon don’t usurp my agency, but now I also have to verify that my mental illness doesn’t either. I feel as if I am caught between two competing ideas of my mental illness: I want to acknowledge that anxiety can be difficult sometimes, but I also don’t want to reduce my identity to a disorder. Increasingly, this is less for the benefit of others and more for the benefit of myself. I’ve realized that part of fighting the stigma of mental illness and advocating for a better understanding means allowing myself to be complex, imperfect and human. Hopefully, by creating that space for myself, I can create it for others as well.

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Award-winning photographer featured at CDS Dillon Fernando The Chronicle There’s no place like home. There truly isn’t. When I think back to my sleepy hometown in Indiana, I realize how the Hoosiers built my sense of community, and how the landscape built my sense of home.

Center of Documentary Studies exhibit “City Under One Roof” by 2013 LangeTaylor Prize Winner Jen Kinney captures this sentiment that human lives and their stories are equally intertwined within their surrounding space.

In this exhibit, Kinney combines photographs and writing to tell the story of the 200 - person fishing community of Whittier, Alaska. Specifically, Kinney focuses on how the people of Whittier identify themselves and their livelihoods within the context of a small, isolated town in southern Alaska.

According to Kinney, after serving as a military base, Whittier evolved by “constructing, altering, and destroying” infrastructure that surrounded an austere military post. While walking through her exhibit, Kinney pointed out to me a photograph of a tunnel in the town that polarized many of its residents. The tunnel was renovated to increase access to the town and bolster economic growth. However, many citizens viewed the addition of the tunnel as something done to them, not for them. “It wasn’t a matter of convenience, but a matter of identity,” explained Kinney.

Many people from many walks of life have continued to change the meaning of identity in Whittier. Kinney wanted to capture this evolving sense of communal identity.

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have their own separate church services.

“People identify really closely with space... the thing about a town that small is that half of the town is employed just by keeping the town running...keep the tunnel going, the teachers, the police, the people that clear the snow...you get this feeling that every individual is important to surviving,” said Kinney.

The stories Kinney brings to life are those

that illustrate how the constant changes and renovations of the physical world pose an equal renovation in people and their stories.

“The writing was a way to tell their [the people of Whittier’s] stories in their own words,” Kinney said. “The images rely heavily on my aesthetic, but people told me a lot of stories about how they came to be here and why they stayed, which I told through writing.”

Nevertheless, despite the ways in which Whittier has physically evolved, there still remains a need for youthful inspiration.

Kinney motioned to a photograph of a child’s birthday party. The child is one of the 36 children in the town. While some children may grow up to call Whittier their home, many grow up and leave Whittier because the town itself cannot foster opportunities for higher education and ambition. The town is slowly losing the youth that often invigorate and innovate a community.

Kinney recalled the words of theorist Friedensreich Hundertwasser: “architecture is our third skin...we express ourselves through space; we see it as an extension of ourselves in our homes and our communities.” In light of this, Kinney photographed infrastructure and residents in a way devoid of any manipulation with filters or fancy camera tricks. Instead, her candid portraits capture Whittier in a way that is inconspicuous. Kinney reflects upon not just what it’s like to look at a building, but also on what it’s like to live within the building as a part of the community.

“City Under One Roof” offers an opportunity to find a sense of connection between our lives and our relationship to space, through the lens of Whittier. “I hope that people find it evocative...it would be a place so different yet so similar,” Kinney said.

Kinney’s works give every patron a chance to get lost among the faces and buildings of an isolated Alaskan town.

“City Under One Roof” is displayed at the Center of Documentary Studies from October 27th to January 2015. A reception for the exhibit will take place Thursday, October 30 from 6-9pm with and Artist’s Talk with Jen Kinney at 7p.m. For more information visit http://www.cdsporch.org/ archives/23035

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FEB 22 Joan Miró, Femme, oiseau, étoile (Homenatge a Pablo Picasso) (Woman, Bird and Star [Homage to Pablo Picasso]) (detail), 1966/1973. Oil on canvas, 96 7⁄16 x 66 15⁄16 inches (245 x 170 cm). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. © Successió Miró / Arists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York / ADAGP, Paris, France.

Miró: The Experience of Seeing is organized by the Seattle Art Museum and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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The seven deadly synths: From gluttony to lust Lust:

Drew Haskins Local Arts Editor Synth music has become increasingly prevalent in recent years to the point of ubiquity. Some of it is great. Some is bad. Just in time for Halloween, let’s take a look at some synth tracks that are downright sinful, whether they are delightful or dastardly. Here are the Seven Deadly Synths.

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“Motivation,” despite its incredibly sinful subject matter, is arguably the most musically tasteful song on this list.

Polow Da Don’s beat is magnificently spare, with icy electronic pings and a

Other examples: “I Feel Love”—Donna Summer, “Retrograde”—James Blake Greed: Taylor Swift—“Welcome to New York” Taylor Swift had the country-pop game on lockdown, but that was not enough for the Swift Empire. Her

Gluttony: Deadmau5—“Raise (Madeon Remix)”

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“Raise Your Weapon” is simply too much synth. Deadmau5’s original is standard electronic dance music, but 20-year-old French producer Madeon’s remix turns it up to a whole new level.

The song starts out innocuously enough, with singer Greta Svabo Bech cooing over a swirling haze of light synths while the chorus remains ethereal and non-propulsive. Then Madeon’s bridge kicks in, and all hell breaks loose. There are so many bells and whistles that it completely obscures the beat, and there is no place for the mind to focus. There are producers who make this kind of chaos artistically palatable—look at the glorious madness of Skrillex—yet “Raise Your Weapon” is the sound of a producer exhausting his bag of tricks for naught.

synths are not the generic beeps and boops favored by less talented artists but carefully crafted homages to ‘80s artists like Annie Lennox and Phil Collins. The lyrics are a fun ode to New York, and Swift is her usual effortlessly personable self. She may be taking over other artists’ territory, but when she is doing it this well, why complain?

steady bass line that occasionally give way to a dramatic flourish of strings. It is a heady blend that sounds like a dance club in a cold cave. On top of all this, “Motivation” is the slowest of slow jams.

The tempo is positively glacial, which, combined with Rowland’s emotional vocals, makes the song a prime example of synth-R&B done right.

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excellent new album 1989 finds T-Swift taking over the pop game and eschewing her signature guitars for—gasp!— synths. This is not the train wreck some people might have anticipated, as Swift has often conformed to traditional pop structures. “Welcome to New York,” 1989’s opening salvo, is a great way to display her new commitment to pop and completely overshadows similar recent attempts made by Katy Perry. The

Synths that personify “sloth” are beats that anyone could make on a cheap keyboard or GarageBand and loop over and over again. These kinds of synths have the potential to sound layered and complex, like Grimes’ banger “Oblivion,” but the majority of Australian rapper Iggy Azalea’s output sounds lazy and boring. “Black Widow” is a particularly egregious offender of sloth synths. You would think an artist who has sold millions of records would be able to afford a halfway decent producer, but not Iggy Igz. “Black Widow”’s big “innovation” is a slightly pitched up version of the main synth line during Rita Ora’s chorus, which is as dull as it sounds. Iggy usually can do beats right—her new song “Beg For It” is very good—but not this time.

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Other examples: “I Luh Ya Papi”— Jennifer Lopez and French Montana, “You and Me”—Disclosure and Eliza Doolittle

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Ryan Neu Beat Writer It’s win, tie or go home for the Blue Devils.

Duke will head to Tallahassee, Fla., for a matchup with No. 2 Florida State Friday at 7 p.m. at the Seminole Soccer Complex that will define its season. The Blue Devils Duke are coming off of an vs. overtime win at home No. 2 against Boston College Florida last Sunday, a game State they could not lose in FRIDAY, 7 p.m.

Seminole Soccer Complex order to keep their NCAA tournament hopes alive. On Halloween, the stakes will be just as high, but against a much better team and on the road.

“If we didn’t win [against Boston College] we knew we would’ve been out of the NCAA tournament,” head coach Robbie Church said. “It’s basically like we’ve got two free NCAA tournament games is how we’re looking at it. That was the first round against Boston College and [the Florida State game] is a quarterfinal and we’ve got to win.”

Going into its final three games of the regular season, Duke (8-8-1, 4-4-1 in the ACC)

sports Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle As a senior leader on a youthful squad, forward Kelly Cobb will be counted on heavily as the Blue Devils look to keep their postseason hopes alive Friday night at Florida State.

needed at least a win and a draw to have a hope of continuing its season and qualifying for the NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils were able to net an early goal in the first of those games against No. 3 Virginia but allowed three second-half goals to the offensive powerhouse in a 3-1 loss. Because of the defeat, the pressure

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built even higher for Duke as it now could not afford to lose either of its final two games.

The Blue Devils followed the Virginia match with a game against Boston College last Sunday. Duke allowed an early own goal in the first half but rallied despite the pressure in the second period to knot the score

at 1-1. Less than two minutes into the first overtime period, sophomore Toni Payne was able to net the winner for the Blue Devils and keep the squad alive.

Friday, Duke will have to face off against a Florida State squad that has yet to drop a conference game and has only lost one game all season—a 2-1 defeat to now-No. 8 Florida Sept. 5. And although a tie would not necessarily eliminate the Blue Devils from postseason contention, a win certainly holds considerably more weight.

“We have to win to have an opportunity to go to the NCAA tournament,” Church said.

“We’ve kind of been preparing for that for about a month. We’ve played a lot of games with a lot of pressure so that won’t be a big change…. So many positives are there that can lead us into Friday night.”

In terms of pure numbers, the Seminoles outmatch Duke both offensively and defensively.

Florida State (15-1-1, 8-0-1) ranks second in the ACC in total shots and shots per game, third in total goals and goals per game and first in assists. The Blue Devils rank sixth in shots and shots per game and See W. Soccer on Page 13

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Duke hosts Limestone Duke preps for busy weekend in exhibition contest Meredith Cash Beat Writer Sunday’s debut of the 2014-2015 Blue Devils in their annual Blue-White scrimmage left fans with many unknowns regarding the form the team will take this season.

Many of these will be addressed with the Blue Devils’ first game against an opposing team.

Duke will take on Limestone at Cameron Indoor Stadium in its first exhibition game of the Limestone season Thursday at 6:30 vs. p.m. The Blue Devils begin the year with an enDuke tirely different look than the team that exited the THURSDAY, 6:30 p.m.

NCAA tournament in Cameron Indoor Stadium the second round last season, having lost all but one starter—senior Elizabeth Williams.

For Williams, a three-time All American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year, this season will be the first time Duke does not have the added pressure of being picked to finish first in the ACC; this role been taken over by powerhouse Notre Dame. Williams, along with seniors Ka’lia Johnson and Amber Henson, seems equipped to lead a talented but inexpe-

rienced squad on a competitive campaign.

“We’re starting over this year,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “I’m excited. This team excites me and they motivate me. I can’t report much because, like you, I don’t know.

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Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Three-time All-American Elizabeth Williams is the lone returning starter from last year’s squad and must be dominant in the post.

Jackson Steger Staff Writer After winning 10 of their last 11 games, the Blue Devils hope to continue their success this Halloween weekend against two ACC opponents in Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

No. 19 Duke hosts its North Carolina neighbor from Winston-Salem at Cameron InWake Forest door Stadium Friday at vs.

6:30 p.m. in the teams’ second meeting of the No. 19 Duke season. The rematch comes just 19 days after FRIDAY, 6:30 p.m. the Blue Devils swept Cameron Indoor Stadium the Demon Deacons in three swift sets 80 miles No. 19 west on I-85.

Duke “We came out vs. really strong when Virginia we played them,” Tech defensive specialist Sasha Karelov said.

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Cassell Coliseum “We need to replicate that energy and come out even stronger.”

The sophomore from Raleigh, N.C., is

coming off an excellent performance against Clemson last Friday when she dove to the ground for 26 digs in just three sets. She had another 10 digs the last time Duke (16-4, 8-1 in the ACC) played Wake Forest, but cites the victory as a team effort.

“We blocked really well against them last time,” Karelov said. “[If they want to win] they’re going to have to work on getting around our big block.”

The Blue Devils’ blocking game wasn’t the only thing that contributed to the win Oct. 12.

Outside hitters Jeme Obeime and Emily Sklar combined for 29 kills in the victory against the Demon Deacons (12-11, 2-7) earlier this month. Obeime realizes, however, that an easy victory in game one does not mean Duke can take Friday’s matchup lightly.

“The preparation is different because we’ve played them already this season,” Obeime said.

“We know it’s harder to beat a team the second time around, always. We remember them.”

Head coach Jolene Nagel echoed Obeime’s thoughts.

“I’m concerned because we did beat Wake Forest before, that we don’t prepare properly,” Nagel said. “We need to prepare just as diligently as the first time, because they’re See Volleyball on Page 12

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and what we can do, but it’s going to take competition to truly evaluate that.”

Thursday’s exhibition game against a Division II Limestone team may not be the greatest indicator of the competition the Blue Devils will be facing in this year’s loaded ACC, but the Saints completed their 2013-2014 season ranked No. 17 in the Division II National Coaches Poll and advanced to the Elite Eight of the Division II NCAA tournament.

Limestone will be led by senior forward Celestra Warren, who averaged 14.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest a season ago. Warren was named to the WDIIB Super-16 All-America Team and will lead the Saints into the intimidating environment of Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke has a significant height advantage over Limestone, with nine players listed at six feet or taller compared to Limestone’s three.

This should allow the Blue Devils to dominate the boards and outcompete the Saints in the post. A strong interior presence paired with the perimeter shooting displayed by redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell, Salt Lake Community College transfer Mercedes Riggs and freshman Azura Stevens Sunday will give McCallie plenty of options Thursday.

“Our team dynamic is very strong right now, and that’s what is going to get us far,” Williams said. “How we’re able to play together and how we’re able to hustle and do the intangibles as a group is what sets us apart.”

The Blue Devils unveiled their new talent in a big way Sunday. Of the six Blue Devils who saw their first game action on Coach K Court in the Blue-White scrimmage, three

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of them—Greenwell, Riggs, and Stevens— scored in double digits. Greenwell led the team with 18 points—all of which came from long-range shots. Riggs had 13 points and ran the offense in dynamic fashion, and Stevens displayed her versatility with 16 points which originated from a combination of shots in the post and from behind the arc.

“It’s just good to get a team out there and run up and down the court with officials,” McCallie said. “They’re a bit tired of playing against each other, so we’re all looking forward to an exhibition here and for something different.”

Duke will host a second exhibition game Sunday against Armstrong State at 2 p.m. The Blue Devils will then begin their regular season at Alabama Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. Duke’s home opener against Marquette is scheduled for Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.

The Blue Devils have all of the components necessary to be a title contender—length in the post, versatility on the wings, and vision at the point. With proper guidance from the experienced players, Duke’s young talent will help determine how far the Blue Devils can go this season.

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definitely going to be ready for us.”

Nagel’s concern is justified. Wake Forest runs an effective 6-2 rotation which allows for a variety of offensive weapons, as seven Demon Deacons average more than a kill per set. Most notable among this group is senior Jazmen Russel, whose 4.2 kills per set average is the highest clip on either team.

“They have some strong outside hitting,” Nagel said. “They have a lot of play-

Lesley Cheng-Young | The Chronicle Sophomore libero Sasha Karelov recorded 10 digs in Duke’s victory against Wake Forest Oct. 12, and will look to replicate her success Friday in a rematch with the Demon Deacons.

ers with experience. They’re very deep, and their depth and experience of playing together is a strength of theirs; they don’t have just one core of players.”

Two days after Friday’s matchup, Duke takes to the road to visit the Hokies (9-13, 2-7) in the programs’ first meeting of the season. The Blue Devils have won four of the last five meetings and 13 of the last 15 against Virginia Tech, including last year’s three-set sweep in Durham.

The Hokies also employ a 6-2 rotation, allowing for a taller offensive line. Like Wake Forest, Virginia Tech has a plethora of ways to accumulate kills, with eight players averaging more than a kill per set, four of whom sport two-or-more kill per set stats.

“I expect it to be a very tough match,” Nagel said. “It always is against them. They have some great middles and great right sides.”

There is also an air of uncertainty about the matchup. Friday’s game against Wake Forest will mark the fourth matchup between the Blue Devils and Demon Deacons in the last 13 months, Sunday will be only the second time Duke has faced the Hokies in the past two seasons. Additionally, the last time the game was in Blacksburg, Va., the Blue Devils suffered a rare loss, considering the recent series trend.

“They’re a bit unfamiliar to us,” Nagel said.

“They get some very good crowds at Cassel Coliseum. Because of that, I think we really need to make sure we are ready to play. The league is so tight you can’t afford to take anything for granted.”

Currently tied for second place in the conference, Duke will need to take these words to heart with only nine games left in the regular season, all against tough ACC opponents.

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whelming. The Blue Devils will have to lean on players with experience playing in NCAA tournament games, such as senior forward Kelly Cobb and redshirt senior midfielder Gilda Doria, as well as those with experience playing in international tournaments like sophomore midfielder Christina Gibbons—who will be a gametime decision—to help guide and lead the younger players Friday.

The odds are stacked against the Blue Devils, but Church believes that his team will be able to rise to the occasion.

“It’s not an easy place to play but the schedule says we have to play down there so there’s no reason to say anything else about it,” Church said. “We’ve played such a tough schedule to prepare us for the NCAA tournament—to prepare us for this game… They know [the magnitude of this game], but we just have to focus on our performance.”

continued from page 11 eighth in goals, goals per game and assists.

In the defensive third, the Seminoles allow just 0.47 goals per game—almost a full goal per game lower than Duke’s 1.24 average—and have recorded 11 shutouts to the Blue Devils’ six. With this in mind, Duke will need to have its best game of the season if it wants to return to Durham with a win and a record above .500.

“We will have our chances,” Church said.

“We’re going to play to win the game. We’re not going to sit back… We’re going to look to pressure them…. The key will be that we have to stick those opportunities [that we get].”

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guishes Duke from other top universities and attracts many applicants. As the program expands its borders, we take an introspective look at how DukeEngage impacts the college experience, our lives as students and the communities visited during the program.

According to the DukeEngage mission, one of the primary objectives is “providing meaningful assistance to communities in the U.S. and abroad.”

Yet, given the temporality of programs—most last between eight to 10 weeks—we question the actual impact students contribute on the ground. If the goal is to make lasting change, then from the perspective of local communities it may be more beneficial to allocate the program funds to employ local labor and expertise rather than send American students to “fix” problems in temporary ways. This inefficiency does

not, however, negate the inherent benefit of DukeEngage. Participants are exposed to cultures and perspectives that foster a sense of civic responsibility and global awareness. The disjuncture is in the asymmetrical benefit: students benefit more than the communities they claim to help.

Realizing that DukeEngage is really about learning for its participants helps put emphasis on the practices it should employ. Program administrators, including those establishing the four new programs, need to find ways to burst the Duke “bubble” and ensure a full immersion experience with maximized interaction with the local culture. In addition to providing greater potential for growth, such conditions would make it more difficult for students to “shrug off” their experience once they return. Furthermore, the administration should work on providing comprehensive and mandatory follow-up activities after programs end, allowing students to internalize their experience, further apply the lessons they learned and continually interpret their experience in newer ways. Any follow-up programs as well as the DukeEngage Academy should be more specific to the destination students will engage with—a student participating in a domestic program, for example, will likely require a different regiment of preparation and

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I decided I want to major in life. Apparently, Duke doesn’t have a department for that, but they have an anesthesiology department. Come on, I just want to live my life, man. I’m tired of the grind and the competition. Not in the superficial sense of, “that was a brutal round of midterms.” But in the larger sense of I’ve spent the last 19 years of my life aimlessly competing for test scores and extracurriculars. I’m

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knowledge than one going abroad. Making activities program-specific will help to avoid overgeneralizations and platitudes.

For students considering applying to DukeEngage, the decision to participate should stem more from a conscious desire to learn and serve than from a desire to pad one’s resume. We are confident that the selection process for the programs controls for this possibility; however, the onus here is on students to be purposeful and thoughtful in their decision to apply for a program that can be of tremendous learning value if approached in the right way.

The motto of DukeEngage is “Challenge yourself, change your world.” We believe the emphasis here is on changing student’s worlds – their perceptions, awareness and hopefully their willingness to continue serving once they are actually in a position to make a meaningful difference. To that end, administrators must create the necessary conditions for students to actually challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zones, not merely create a Duke microcosm abroad. Local communities should be aided in the process, in a lasting and non-paternalistic way. But the true benefits of DukeEngage will be seen only after participants graduate and apply the lessons they learned to their broader lives as impactful global citizens.

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only a sophomore and people are already whipping out their resumes like Pokemon trading cards.

Goldman Sachs, huh? Well, have you been a lifeguard for six years? I didn’t think so.

It feels like just yesterday I was a budding high school sophomore, snagging that sweet state senate internship. I laughed down at all my friends as they wasted away their summers with their childhood notions of “having fun” and “enjoying the good weather.” Well, life has a way of coming full circle— especially when you’re in an academic system with a repeating structure. With law school, business school and medical school neatly resting on the Duke horizon, the immediate issue is how do we pick the major and summer internship that gets us in to all three. I don’t want a part in this mayhem anymore. In practice, this means I will be working just as hard, while fervently pretending not to care.

There can be no good crisis without some illusions of grandeur. My thoughts have been somewhat alarming. I’ve had the recurring desire to traverse the country on foot, sleeping roadside while using my two days of camping experience as my reference for

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survival. Instead, I spent fall break in the mountains, staying with friends who lived next to a farm. As I lay on the hammock next to the chicken coop, I gazed out into the wilderness and asked myself whether a simpler existence would be better. Unfortunately, I’m no Chris McCandless and if I somehow mustered the courage to venture out on my own, a bear would promptly eat me. As substitution, I’ve made a concerted effort to spend more time in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Last year, the only time I went to the gardens was running through it to cut off the C2 bus. Recently, I’ve spent my afternoons by the pond, watching all those artificial-looking fish swim back and forth. It’s peaceful there and I get a chance to really contemplate what I want in life.

I believe my transcendentalist musings have value beyond signifying a stress-induced mental breakdown. Henry David Thoreau once said, “I went to woods because I wished to live deliberately… and suck out all the marrow of life.” I think Duke students do a good job of sucking out all the marrow of Duke. They overload on classes, study abroad three times and take on as many clubs as they can. There is a genuine desire on campus to take advantage of all Duke has to offer. However, I have to wonder how deliberately we do it. All the time, I hear students say things like, “I just need a research and a leadership role and I’m all set.” All set for what? Is becoming the most attractive job candidate really going to get us where we want and have we even thought deeply about what we want? Maybe making the time to have lunch with your freshman roommate won’t do anything for your future, but it’s worth something now My mom would say I’m just going through a phase. Sure, maybe two years from now, life by the chicken coop won’t sound so appealing.

However, even when I come to my senses, I hope I retain my current awareness about what really matters. I hope I can still take the time to sit by a human-constructed pond and think to myself— what am I doing with my life?

Kyle Harvey is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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WTF: What the F—eminist

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Women’s Studies? Why don’t we have Men’s Studies?” We do. It’s called history.

“I know you are a Women’s Studies major, but maybe try to use the F-word less often?” Newsflash, feminism is not a four-letter word.

“You’re not one of those feminists, are you?” You mean the ones who fought for my basic rights like voting, attending college and having a right to my own body? Those feminists?

Normally, I wouldn’t begin this dialogue by dropping the f-bomb right at the start. The deerin-headlight stares from some girls and the I’mjust-going-to-pretend-I-didn’t-hear-that half-second pauses from guys are enough to remind me of the stigma the word holds. In fact, I remember the stigma I once held against that word all too well. So I’ve learned to consider my audience when asked what I’m majoring in, thinking twice before stating

Cara Peterson IT’S CALLED A “VICTORY LAP” “Women’s Studies” after “Public Policy.” If it’s a frat party or Shooters, it’s usually a big no-no.

But I’ve started doing it anyway. I think it’s important to challenge people’s notions of what a feminist looks like and who can be a feminist. Hi, I’m a blonde sorority girl who likes wearing “girly” skirts and dresses. Guess what, I don’t hate men and I’ve spent far too much on my Victoria’s Secret bras to even consider burning one of them. That being said, I also understand that true feminism extends beyond my scope of what it personally means to me to be a woman to include the intersectional experiences of all races, sexualities, socioeconomic statuses, religions and abilities.

Stereotypes aside—because we are all aware they exist—what is so important about the term “feminist” that I choose to hold on to it despite the stigma it carries?

1. The word carries a deep historical meaning. So many of the basic rights I consider givens only exist because women before me fought for them. We were not just “given” the right to vote, women rallied and marched and struggled for it every step of the way.

To discard the word “feminist” simply because it’s not always popular would be a disservice to these women. I refuse to forget the shoulders I stand on.

2. Just because some laws have changed does not mean that our society’s culture has changed along with them. Sexism continues to be a real issue, with real everyday consequences. Take the Heidi-Howard study—two Harvard professors wrote up a case study about real-life entrepreneur Heidi Roizen, describing how she used her professional network and outgoing personality to succeed as a venture capitalist. Half a class of students read the case study with her real name attached and the other half read a case study that was identical except that the name had been changed to “Howard.” When asked to rate the two, students felt both were equally successful, but thought Howard seemed “determined, someone you’d want to work for” while Heidi seemed “selfish, bossy, not someone you’d want to work with.” Gender determined the likability of these two candidates because we judge people according to stereotypes, and women are supposed to be communitarian, whereas men are allowed to be more individualistic.

Still don’t think gender is an issue? What about the fact that of the Fortune 500 companies, only 26 are headed by women? Or that in politics, women hold just 19 percent of congressional offices?

3. This isn’t just a political problem, it’s a personal one. Because I don’t believe it should be viewed as the norm that 60 percent of college-aged women struggle

with disordered eating or that 1 in 5 female students will be sexually assaulted by the time she graduates (can you imagine the outrage if 1 in 5 students were mugged?).

For the longest time, I thought my obsession with body image was simply a side effect of being a woman. It is not. It is the result of a sexist culture that has bombarded me with messages that my worth as a female is based on my appearance, and everything else is secondary. I used to think, to a certain extent, that men were entitled to my body. They are not. I’ve learned to overcome the pressures of the prude-slut dynamic (notice that whichever side you choose, it’s still seen as negative) and feel comfortable doing what I truly want. I’ve learned to recognize that in a world where Karen Owens and Tucker Maxx (both Duke graduates) do the exact same thing and generate entirely different media responses, we have a double standard on our hands.

4. Why call it feminism, if it’s about equality?

Because it’s impossible to fight a problem without first identifying it, giving it an unequivocal name. Gender impacts women and men, but I would like a movement name that reflects the specific way in which those who express femiinity—which isn’t always those with XX chromosomes, mind you—bear the brunt of sexism. I think it’s important to draw attention to the injustice of a system that tells boys if they don’t “man up and grow a pair” then they are a “pussy.” Translation—if you don’t express your masculinity according to our standards you will be rejected and relegated to womanhood.

Femininity should not be an insult.

5. I purposefully call myself a feminist because, as Junot Díaz once said, “When people fight you to shut you up about a topic like race and sexism, it means that you have stumbled upon the cultural silence that must be patrolled in order to maintain hegemony.”

Asking me not to use the f-word is like asking me to be a noncontroversial activist. Listen, I’m not going to play the role of politically correct policeman and get up in people’s faces, but I’m also not going to hold myself to a different standard just because my demand for basic respect and equality makes some people uncomfortable. Because it shouldn’t make them uncomfortable. And it’s frustrating that things I think are obvious (like LGBTQ rights—why make something as beautiful as expressions of love illegal?) seem so controversial. Twitter personality Carrie Potter notes, “Instead of saying ‘we are dying, we are being beaten, we are being raped,’ we’re saying ‘no, no we don’t hate men we swear!’ It’s a tactic of the oppressor to force harmful definitions onto subversive movements. It derails by forcing activists onto the defensive.”

6. Above all else, I call myself a feminist because it is the core reason I possess the self-confidence and selflove I so cherish today. Feminism and Women’s/Gender Studies have been the most important parts of my college education. When the majority of undergraduate women leave college with lower self esteem than when they came in—and I would be lying if Duke culture wasn’t a struggle sometimes— I have feminism to thank for defying that statistic. As well as the feminist role models (friends, teachers and administrators of all gender identities) on campus who guided me along the way. Feminism is what helped me to realize the things I was struggling with resulted from a much larger societal problem and I wasn’t going crazy. Feminism is what taught me I didn’t have to earn my love from the universe by being skinny enough, smart enough, funny enough, seductive enough. That I didn’t have to be a people pleaser who could only be happy when validated by approval of others. Women, men, trans, and gender non-conforming—I invite you to join in the feminist movement and experience these empowering benefits yourselves. Because we all have something to gain from saying WTF to patriarchy.

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ear after year Duke boasts its standing as a top ten university.

One of the key factors that goes into that ranking is academic reputation, and there is no questioning whether Duke has a good one. If academic success is an indicator of real life success, then Duke students represent our future leaders. I don’t doubt that when I see students studying for exams or even playing Frisbee on the quad.

There is one specific instance that makes me unsure though, and that’s when you read off the slides.

I see it time and time again. Someone has to give a presentation and reads line for line off the slides. Some are better than others.

They have practiced reading the slides or have the skill of Duke University Improv and can make the words they’re reading sound like their natural speech. The less creative ones read textbook definitions and then go on to further explain them. The end result is the same—the audience is bored and I am left wondering how this is really preparing us for the real world.

There’s also the lull that often appears during discussions.

Everyone knows the long silence that appears in a seminar when a professor asks a question. “How do you think this relates to this

Brianna Whitfield RAISING MY HAND character’s journey?” the professor will ask. Then we all wait and wait until the silence gets too uncomfortable and the professor or some brave (and/or obnoxious) soul speaks up. Usually I am the latter.

Again I am left questioning how a room of qualified individuals fails to have any opinions about anything. Or at least there don’t seem to be any individuals inclined to speak up about their opinions.

There have been plenty of articles written about Ivy League and high profile schools and how they create robots out of people who just end up being burnt out with no creative bone in their body. I always roll my eyes and go, well they don’t go here, but then I sit in class and I think maybe those articles aren’t so wrong. However, I look around and still see such passionate people. So why is it that when it comes to actually taking classes, that passion seems to fade?

Classes, or rather getting good grades in those classes, is something most students have always excelled at. Everyone has different motivations for doing well in their classes, but it seems to me that when classes are “have to take”’s or easy classes instead of “want to”’s, then people decide that the minimum is enough. “Well, I’ll get an A” or “This class doesn’t even matter” are often excuses heard about these types of classes. Academic success on this campus is defined as a good GPA and a hard major, but when grades are calculated by requirements and minimums, how successful is that really?

This semester I am in a biology class and, besides tenth grade, it will be the only biology class I will ever take—I think.

The class isn’t too difficult—weekly quizzes on the reading and one presentation and, although I don’t plan to go any farther in the subject, I am learning a lot about how life evolved. When I realized the quizzes were more difficult than I expected, I was frustrated at first. This was supposed to be my easy class! Our professor admitted the quizzes were challenging, but said he did so because he really wanted to make sure we understood the information. I had to stop when he said that, because really what was so bad about being expected to actually understand what I was learning? Didn’t I come to Duke so I could learn?

Learning is something every student should value and I think many of the students here do. Learning takes a backseat though when it comes to grades or even managing time. It’s difficult to be engaged in classes when you don’t have to or when you’re putting time into something else you really care about. However, I think as a community we should challenge ourselves to find learning opportunities in all that we do—including our classes.

This won’t simply happen by the efforts of students. Professors and faculty should work to prioritize learning in their classrooms too. This means asking meaningful questions during discussion and rewarding students for thoughtful answers. Classrooms should be safe places and that means encouraging everyone to feel comfortable to speak in class, even if they’re wrong. Presentations that are safe and follow bullet point requirements to a T can’t be the norm for this university if we really want to consider ourselves an academically rigorous community.

I decided to write this column not only to hold myself accountable, but to hold our community accountable to one another. Duke is a highly respected institution and as such we should hold ourselves to not only higher standards, but unconventional ones. Ones that challenge the idea that good GPAs mean qualified to handle adversity.

Standards that not only foster intelligent individuals, but thoughtful ones too. I want to know that when I look around in class that not only am I surrounded by my peers, but leaders who are equipped with the skills to lead a generation.

Brianna Whitfield is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Exciting NEW courses for Spring 2015 For more information please contact 668-2603 The Middle East Now: Politics and Culture TTH 11:45-1:00 Revolution, protest, youth movements, war, conflict, imperialism, occupation, neocolonialism, oil, terrorism, religion, Islamism, Zionism, media, social media, culture, creativity, art, music, film, literature, women, gender, and sexuality. From Morocco to Egypt to Palestine and Israel to Iraq and Iran to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. A far reaching, but in depth exploration of the politics and culture of the Middle East today. X-listed POLSCI 222 Professor Ellen McLarney

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Introduction to Israeli Culture TTH 11:45-1:00 What is Israeli culture? what is its relationship to traditional Jewish culture? What place do other religious and ethnic traditions occupy in it?

And what is the relationship between culture and state? This course surveys of Israeli culture from the late 1940s to the present. It examines Israeli fiction, cinema, popular music, AND visual culture and explores the major themes that preoccupy cultural workers, including ethnicity, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, class, the Jewish Holocaust, religion and secularism. IT HIGHLIGHTS TH LINKAGES BETWEEN CULTURAL, LEGAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES. X-listed JEWISHST 245 Professor Shai Ginsburg

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Vocaloids and Gamers: East Asian Youth Cultures TTH 11:45-1:00 From breakdance crews in Seoul, video game teams in Shanghai, and skateboarders in Tokyo, youth cultures flourish and travel throughout East Asia and outwards across the Pacific Rim. This class tackles theories of youth identity while paying close attention the ways kids in Asia have changed their societies and reflected back larger political and economic issues. We’ll be thinking about how style, media, body practices (like breakdancing), concepts of romance and sex, and global communication are incorporated into the daily lives of young people and in turn make them a powerful and heterogeneous cultural force. X-listed CULANTH 316S Professor Dwayne Dixon

**NEW—AMES 320S: Refugee

Lives: Violence, Culture and Identity WF 1:25-2:40 This course will examine the reasons for and outcomes of Arab refugee movements of the past century. What does displacement mean? How have Palestinians, Sudanese and more recently Iraqis and Syrians coped in an environment where they are cut off from everything familiar?

Art, literature and film will be integrated as key texts. The service-learning component of the course builds upon existing frameworks in Arabic language courses. The course will include invited speakers who will present their experiences working with refugees from Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Haiti. Professors cooke and Houssami

**NEW—AMES 321 Rumi:

Mysticism and Poetry W 4:55-7:55 The poetry of Rumi is widely considered the zenith of ecstatic poetry in Islamic literature, and has given birth to a rich tradition of mysticism, poetry, music, and dance. This course examines the life, writings, and teachings of the famed Rumi. All material will be read in translation. No previous coursework is necessary. X-listed RELIGION 381 Professor Omid Safi

**NEW—AMES 332S: Storyworlds:

The Art, Technology, and Pleasure of Narrative M 3:05-5:35 Is “tell me a story” an universal imperative? Seminar examines storytelling practices across a broad span of histories and cultures, and the creation of storyworlds through multiple media, genres, and platforms. Topics include comparative oral traditions, Medieval story cycles, serial tales, textual poaching and fanfic, alternate reality gameworlds (ARG), social media, transmedia storytelling and transcultural fandoms. X-listed AMI 338S; ICS 333S Professor Eileen Chow Modern Hindi Literature in Translation MW 1:25-2:40 A survey of Hindi literature from the early twentieth century to the present, with focus on the power of literary forms–poetry, plays, short stories, novels—to induce aesthetic experience and express cultural endeavors. Premchand, Nirala, Muktibodh, Rakesh, Vinod Kumar Shukla.

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AMES 413S: Vampire Chronicles

TTH 1:25-2:40; M 7:30-9:45 From Dracula to Buffy and beyond, this course will examine literary and cinematic representations of vampirism, focusing in particular on their implications for our understanding of sexuality and desire, gender identity and ethnic alterity. In addition to the Western figure of the vampire per se, we will also consider related traditions in other cultures, particularly in China. In particular, we will use the cross-cultural circulation of vampiric traditions as a starting point for thinking of vampirism as a symbol of circulation in its own right. We will also look more broadly at the circulation of blood through the body politic, and particularly modern economies of blood donation and blood selling. X-listed with AMI 217S, ICS 406S, SXL 231S and Womenst 231S. Professor Carlos Rojas

**NEW—AMES 532S: Contemporary Chinese Culture Tu 3:20-5:50 Addressing how to conduct research and write about contemporary Chinese culture from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives; introducing the critical theory and comparative and interdisciplinary approaches; engaging students in current debates about the rise of China and its implications for social and human values and cultures. Prerequisite: advanced knowledge of Chinese. Professor Kang Liu

Jews and the Ends of Theory M 6:15-9:15 What role has Jewishness played in our conception of theory? How has the figure of the Jew (in his Jewishness) shaped Euro- or Americentric theory’s discourses on colonialism? And how do we think (implicitly or explicitly) or, more prescriptively, how should we think and talk about Jews, Jewishness and theory when the promises of European modernity lie in wreckage around us as around its former colonies? In this seminar we will examine these questions through the figure and writing of Walter Benjamin, who has become one of the figureheads of critical theory in the second half of the 20th century. Reading Benjamin alongside his commentators, we will think about Jews and critical theory now. X-listed JEWISHST 541S; LIT 580S; ICS 541S Professor Shai Ginsburg

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**NEW—AMES 551S: Translation: Theory/Praxis W 3:05-5:35 Examines theories and practices of translation from various periods and traditions (Cicero, Zhi Qian, classical and scriptural translators, Dryden, Schopenhauer, Benjamin, Jakobson, Tanizaki, Qian Zhongshu, Derrida, Apter, among others) and considers topics such as incommensurability, cultural exchange, imperialism, “Global Englishes,” bilingualism, and techno-language. Prerequisite: open to undergraduates, but all participants must have strong command of one language aside from English, as final project involves original translation and commentary. X-listed LIT 551S Professor Eileen Chow Check out our Language courses too: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Tibetan