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Class of 2019 Early Decision applications dip For some, voting law posed issues on Election Day “The whole process really wasn’t very accessible,” says Duke student Vee Floyd Jenna Zhang Local & National Editor

Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle Duke has received more than 3,100 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2019, slightly fewer early applications than were received last year. (See story on page 3.)

Issues with faulty registration and confusion over precinct assignments frustrated some North Carolina voters on Election Day. A number of students and local residents were turned away from voting locations on Election Day due, in part, to the voting restriction laws passed last year eliminating out-of-precinct voting and same-day voter registration. Some students, unaware of which precinct they had been assigned to, waited in lengthy lines at multiple voting locations before finding out at which they were legally able to vote. Others—who had thought they had undergone the process of registering to vote—could not find their names in the registered voters list and were told they could not vote at all. “The whole process really wasn’t very accessible,” said Vanessa Floyd, Trinity ’14, who drove to three different voting locations before she was able to vote due to confusion over her assigned precinct. Others, like senior Nick Albertson, attempted to educate themselves about where to vote by using online resources through the See Voting on Page 12

Duke revolutionizes cancer care, gains national attention Duke Medicine develops a model for cancer care that reduces patient readmission rates Sydney Sarachek The Chronicle Duke Medicine developed a revolutionary model for cancer care that reduces readmission rates among patients. The model was presented by doctors at Duke Medicine at the 2014 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Boston. The collaborative model—which facilitates communications between medical oncologists and palliative care physicians— has been employed by Duke cancer care doctors since 2011. In the past three years, the new model has shown promising statistics in

reducing the rate of patients readmitted after the patient’s condition. being discharged and the numbers of patients “It’s not rocket science—it was finding out transferred to Intensive Care. how we can improve things, and then going “It is something that we are proud of, it’s for it,” Galanos said. something that’s unique and it’s something To improve the old cancer care modthat’s made quite a bit of el, Riedel and Galanos noise nationally,” said Dr. created a co-rounding t is something that we Richard Riedel, medical method. Upon arriving oncologist at Duke Mediare proud of, it’s some- at the hospital, a pacine who led the developtient’s symptoms are asthing that’s unique and it’s ment of the model. sessed, and—depending Back in 2007, Riedel something that’s made quite on these symptoms— and Dr. Anthony Galanos, a bit of noise nationally. he or she is assigned a palliative medicine spemedical oncologist or a cialist at Duke Medicine, — Richard Riedel palliative care specialist recognized that many paas his or her primary attients with a high symptom burden were be- tendant. The medical oncologist and paling readmitted because their symptoms were liative care providers work together on the not optimally controlled. Riedel and Galanos same team and floor, and meet three times saw an opportunity to dramatically change the daily to discuss all of the patients—which method they had been using—in which the See Cancer on Page 12 palliative care doctor was disconnected from

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‘Identity representative’ program to aid students in-house DSG passes resolution to support new student representatives meant to aid peers struggling with idenity Alex Griffith The Chronicle Students struggling with issues of their identity may soon have a peer to turn to for support within their dormitories. At a meeting of Duke Student Government Wednesday, the Senate passed a resolution to support the establishment of an “identity representative” within each residential house. The position defines the representative as a student volunteer who can provide peer support for students with questions regarding gender, sexuality and other identity issues. Unlike resident assistants and resources currently available to students, the identity representative would not be a mandatory reporter. The representative will serve as a liaison between students and campus services like Counseling and Psychological Services and the Women’s Center. If the policy is implemented, each selective living group, greek house and independent house will have an identity representative. The resolution was introduced by sophomore Zach Gorwitz, vice president for residential life; junior Keizra Mecklai, vice president for equity and outreach; sophomores Eric Musselman and Dustin Hadfield, senators for Equity and Outreach; and sophomore George Mellgard, senator for residential life. The identity representatives will not necessarily be proactive and will instead provide an outlet for students to discuss personal issues concerning their identity, the presenters explained. They will be people to talk to rather than people who have to take action. If a student talking to the identity representative doesn’t want to have his or her information shared beyond that representative, the identity representative would be under no obligation to report to a higher authority. These representatives would be trained under Duke’s Prevent Act Challenge

Xirui Liu | The Chronicle Dustin Hadfield and Eric Musselman, senators for Equity and Outreach, George Mellgard, pictured above, introduced a resolution supporting the creation of a program to have “identity representatives” in each dorm.

Teach training program, which works to stop gender violence; Ally Training, which supports the LGBTQ community; and cross-cultural communication training led by the International House. These programs ensure that the identity representatives will be able to have a nuanced approach to the various problems presented by students coming from different backgrounds. The identity representative program is already close to being put in place, Gorwitz explained. “This is a position made by students for students,” he said. “We don’t necessarily

have to have administrative support. We’ve already set up a meeting this week to start reaching out to house council presidents and presidents of selective living groups to let them know that the resolution passed and start working with them to get these proposals in place.” In other business: DSG recognized four groups—the Duke Alliance for Citizenship, which helps non-English speakers prepare for citizenship tests and standardized tests like the SAT; the American Society for Microbiology, which offers students connections

and assistance with research; The Other, a blog which provides a campus-wide focus on identity; and the Duke Cooking Club. A change to Young Trustee by-law was suggested to require all Young Trustee Nomination Committee members to undergo bias training in order to ensure fairness. The YTNC selects the finalists for the Young Trustee program. The You Don’t Say Campaign received $770 from the Financial Oversight and Appeals Committee to finance a photographer and three banners, in addition to the funds already allotted by the Student Organization Funding Committee.

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Class of 2019 Early Decision applications down from last year students admitted early, with 47 percent of the Class of 2018 committing to Duke with their December acceptance. Early decision is a binding program. In a DukeNews release, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag Staﬀ Reports said that whether or not Duke again admits The Chronicle such a high number of students early remains to be seen. Duke has received more than 3,100 Early “Because of the number and quality of Decision applications for the Class of 2019. Early Decision applicants last year, we were The 3,146 applications represent a slight able to admit about 50 more students in dip from last year, when the University re- December than we had the previous year. ceived a record 3,180 early applications. The number we admit this year will depend Last year also saw a record proportion of entirely on the qualities of the students ap-

Administrators not concerned with decrease, say number of early admits to depend on quality of pool

plying,” Guttentag said in the release. “We don’t go into the Early Decision process with a particular goal in mind; we’ll admit those students who we believe are the best match for Duke.” Through the mid-2000s, Duke consistently admitted approximately 30 percent of each incoming class through early decision. As applications have increased, however—more than doubling from 2002 to 2013—Duke has admitted more of its class early, hitting nearly half of the class last year. “We’re pleased at the number of students who have already decided that

Duke is their absolute top choice for college,” Guttentag said in the release. “These are students who have outstanding academic and personal qualities, and who are excited at the prospect of attending Duke. They’ve applied from all 50 states and from 62 countries, and we look forward to reading their applications and hearing their stories.” According to the release, the Pratt School of Engineering saw an increased number of early applications. The most applications came from North Carolina, New York, California, Florida, New Jersey and Virginia.

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This past week, millions of people practiced their individual rights by heading to the polls to cast a vote. For me, this past week, I had the opportunity to perform with and be coached by Afro-Latin jazz pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill as part of the jazz ensemble. Reflecting on both of these offered me the opportunity to draw parallels between voting and jazz music. In my short time in the jazz band, Arturo was certainly the most vivacious, passionate instructor we have had the pleasure of teaching us. Through attention to detail and anecdotal encouragement, he truly brought the life out of the music we were playing. Because it can be easy for jazz to tend towards artistic exploration when it should also be relatable entertainment, it is crucial to keep the music visceral and unprocessed. Although jazz can only be an abstraction of life, the goal is to make it feel as much like the real thing as possible. Voting is also an abstraction. Arguably, it’s an abstraction of freedom. Realistically, an individual vote will not determine the outcome of an election one way or the other. Still, the vote represents the idea of freedom. Yet, when all the votes are taken together, the people as a whole declare a decision, ensuring that the people continue to be free. Logically this presents a paradox that a jazz aficionado might relate to when he realizes the music is only sound, a representation and not the spectrum of life. This phenomenon is true of all music, though, not just jazz. Improvisation makes jazz specifically a celebration of the individual and his or her interaction with the audience. While a musician is improvising, he or she seems completely free and at ease to the audience. Of course the artist is carefully following chord changes and concentrating to construct melodies, but the audience only hears the end result. Likewise, on election day

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each individual makes a decision, but in the context of the voting situation their influence is confined to who is actually available to support. My point in drawing these similarities is to point to one significant difference. While jazz has been heralded up to the artistic stratosphere, voting remains very much by and for the people. Almost ironically, in a reaction to the artistic invigoration yet personable alienation of free jazz, the most famous jazz artists are now playing in older styles. Artists such as Wynton Marsalis play beautiful music, but it is done in a way that seems almost like a study of the past. Recordings are done cleanly and almost always in the studio setting. Many excellent groups exist outside of this neoclassical sphere in a realm of crossover with hip hop, but these are mostly appreciated in smaller artistic circles. In an interview, Wayne Shorter once said that jazz will have died once it becomes rich kids in large auditoriums showing off their music lessons. Jazz is very much alive and well artistically, but it no longer reaches the people

as it has done historically. People are much more likely to be shocked by someone saying they did not vote than saying they do not enjoy jazz music. By definition, elections cannot really be much else than by and for the people. Still, once Americans lose their faith in the vote, it becomes nothing but an artistic gesture, even if technically done by the people. With the constant detritus that is the state of the economy, world affairs, and domestic relations, Americans may be losing faith in their power of influence with the vote. There is much talk of discontent with the current state of things, particularly taking into account the hot-button issues of Israel-Palestine, Ebola, Russia-Ukraine, Super PACs and voter ID laws. Of course people are working to help change, but maybe we need to help initiate a movement towards bringing back individual involvement in democracy, before voting joins jazz as a beautiful abstraction, a relic whose golden age is in the past. - Gary Hoffman

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Sandbox: Alumna discusses careers in art after Duke Emma Miller The Chronicle There was a brief moment, my senior year at Duke, when I wondered if I should have applied to consulting jobs. I had just returned from a semester living in Manhattan and interning in public radio, courtesy of the Duke in New York: Arts & Media program. I’d felt invigorated living in the city, surrounded by other artsminded young people eager to build careers in creative professions. I’d even stayed on at my internship through winter break, and I would have stayed longer if returning to Duke for Spring semester wasn’t mandatory for graduation. But getting back to campus, I was hit with a cold dose of reality. During the semester I’d been gone, it seemed nearly all of my classmates had applied to grad school or fellowships or accepted jobs in consulting or finance. Even a friend of mine who shared my interest in radio and documentary work told me that she had accepted a job with a major management consulting firm after graduation: “I figure I can do it for a few years and make good money, and then maybe transition into something more in line with my media interests.” I suddenly had serious doubts about my post-Duke future. Should I have gone through the unappealing yet clear-cut consulting recruitment process my friend had, and possibly guaranteed myself a job come September? I knew I wanted to work at the intersection of arts and media, but as I spent every evening after class perusing job sites and emailing my resume out to countless organizations I never heard back from, I wondered how I might have better prepared

myself for this critical professional moment. Was I going about this job search wrong? My well-intentioned cultural anthropology professors only had words of wisdom about applying to PhD programs. The Career Center had tips for formatting a resume, but had little insights into gaining entry into the world of radio and film. My handful of other arts-minded friends felt similarly adrift, and we weren’t sure whom to ask for advice. Now, I say all this not to criticize Duke or to suggest that those students who dive headfirst into consulting or finance or law school are eschewing passion for practicality. For many, these fields are passions, and for others, financial realities prevent them from gambling with nonlinear and notoriously poor-paying career paths. Rather, I tell my story to stress how important it is for students with an interest in pursuing careers in arts and media to have a network to turn to; to have positive examples of Duke alumni who have forged paths in those fields; to hear tales of successes and failures, motivations for decisions and outcomes of random connections. This was something that I felt was missing from my Duke experience. Having a sounding board or professional mentor as I went about my pre-graduation job search might have saved me a lot of angst and frustration. But I want to congratulate the University for recognizing the fact that, historically, there’s been a dearth of on-campus resources for students interested in pursuing careers in entertainment- and media-related fields. Throughout my time at Duke and in the past few years since I’ve graduated, I’ve watched the University make serious strides in placing a renewed emphasis on developing these resources. First came the launch of the Duke

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Arts Festival, then the construction of the Arts Annex and the student-led formation of duArts. This fall, the new Artstigators initiative has spread across campus with energy, force and bountiful hashtags in an effort to make students aware of arts organizations and events on campus—and to connect students with alumni working in arts and media fields. The Career Center recently hired a new career counselor specifically for the arts, and this weekend’s DEMAN (Duke Entertainment Media and Arts Network) events feature a large number of young alumni who are better positioned than well-established veterans to talk about the realities of finding entry-level arts and media work in today’s post-recession creative economy. So, to the University’s credit, it seems more resources exist than ever before. Now, it’s up to students to capitalize on them. Attend DEMAN this weekend; schedule an appointment to meet with the Career Center’s Ross Wade or the unflaggingly energetic Amy Unell, who spearheads the Artstigators initiative. Peruse DukeConnect and reach out to alumni working in fields that interest you.

Your enthusiasm will encourage University administrators and leaders to continue making the arts a priority on campus. And if you’re a graduate of Duke working in the arts, I encourage you get in touch with the Alumni Association and offer to connect with current students. Share your stories and your struggles; that’s how we’ll succeed in building a robust community of Duke arts professionals. In case you’re wondering, I ended up okay. Two and half years after graduation, I’ve done a handful of internships, lived in several cities, worked on a number of projects and, for the past year, had a job in documentary film that I look forward to every day. I’ve started to hear from undergraduates who are anxious for advice about pursuing careers in the arts. I’m still very much figuring out my professional trajectory for myself, but I’ve found that being honest about my path—doubt, rejection, nonlinearity and all—is often the most helpful thing for students to hear. Emma D. Miller, Trinity ’12, is the programming coordinator at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

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DEMAN weekend to unite alumni and students Dillon Fernando The Chronicle Calling all future filmmakers, journalists and media artists! This weekend, Nov. 7 and 8, the Duke Entertainment Media and Arts Network (DEMAN) will be hosting its annual DEMAN Weekend, which connects current undergraduates to alumni established in the entertainment and arts industry in order to inspire, network and collaborate on relevant projects and careers in the field. More so, DEMAN Weekend allows alumni and students alike to share in their passion for entertainment and media. In years past, DEMAN has brought several successful alumni to the event, including The Daily Show senior producer Adam Chodikoff just last year. This year, among fifty-four other alumni, cinematographer Robert Yeoman T’73 will be the keynote speaker. Yeoman was the cinematographer in feature films such as Yes Man, Bridesmaids, Get Him to the Greek and, most recently, The Grand Budapest Hotel. In addition to running a AMI/CDS workshop and attending featured networking events, Yeomen will be screening his movie Moonrise Kingdom at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Griffith Theater. Afterwards, he will hold a question and answer session with the audience. Organizers of the weekend, such as Arts Vice Provost Scott Lindroth, Assistant VP and Director of Campus Engagement Inga Peterson, Sr. Program Coordinator Sarah Baker and Career Center Alumna in Residence and Emmynominated producer Amy Unell, have specifically used student feedback in designing this year’s weekend event. The weekend is primarily composed of a series of workshops and networking events that take place across campus, facilitated by various departments or alumni. “Students will get to hear first-hand about what it’s like to work in a variety of fields in the arts,” Unell said. “It gives students, alumni and faculty the opportunity to meet and get to know the growing community of ‘Artstigators’ who are ‘Crazy about the Arts’!” This year, the DEMAN organizers have added departmental workshops to the schedule on Friday. These workshops will be hosted by Duke academic departments such as AMI/ CDS, Dance, Theater and Visual Arts and run by alumni. Additionally, there will be a panel of distinguished DEMAN alumni at the Nasher Museum of Arts

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that will discuss their experiences in their industries. Friday will conclude with a reception that offers yet another alumni-student networking opportunity. On Saturday, smaller and less academically-focused workshops will be lead by alumni with backgrounds from NBC, Google, Facebook, CNN and the WNBA at the Sanford School. Students will have the option of attending either the 90 minute Today Show Production Workshop with alumna and producer Matt Greenfield or selecting two separate 45 minute industry-related workshops. These less traditional workshops are meant to teach some of the tricks of the trade that are not typically obvious. Social media manager for McKinney/ espnW Laura Suchoski and NBA and WNBA Marketing VP Hilary Shaev will lead a workshop that teaches students how to use their artistic creativity in a sports career. “For creative individuals out there, true satisfaction comes from creating something new and engaging,” Shaev said of her workshop about using creativity to leverage a career in sports. “That is what’s so exciting about a career in the sports industry. Sports fans are the most passionate consumers there are, and sports is one of the remaining

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entertainment options that still needs to be experienced live.” “With the constant evolution of social media and digital, you are always finding new and creative ways to interact with fans however and whenever they connect with sports,” Suchoski added. “Hilary and I are excited to share our experiences with the NBA, WNBA, ESPN, and espnW as well as ways creative-minded students can pursue careers in sports.” DEMAN weekend aims to create conversation about what it takes to make it in the arts and entertainment industries. “An important part of a liberal arts education is to attend to the increased student interest [in the arts], and a commitment on the part of the administration to increase the prominence of arts,” Scott Lindroth said, seeing a growing need for DEMAN Weekend due to a greater prominence of art in the student community and culture. He continued to explain that DEMAN is expanding to feature more events and programs to spark artistic fervor among the student body. One example is the Duke to Hollywood Challenge in which students could create a one minute or less video that answers “What is DEMAN?” or design a new

logo for the program. Judges included Transformers executive producer Mark Vahradian, Hunger Games co-producer Bryan Unkeless, Duke in LA director Karen Price and Lindroth himself. The video winner and logo winner will be announced on Friday during DEMAN weekend. The winners will receive a trip to Hollywood and have a VIP Tour of Paramount Studios and visit a live set with Vahradian and Unkeless. Not only does this contest directly connect students with Hollywood professionals but it inspires students to begin building their professional e-portfolio while they’re still on campus. Often, many students have pining interests in the arts and entertainment, but they do not know how to begin to approach pursuing their dreams. According to Peterson, DEMAN Weekend offers an “educational piece outside of the classroom that starts a conversation between a professional and a student what he or she wants to do in their artistic path. Sometimes it leads to mentoring and an internship and sometimes a job.” The Duke alumni-network aims to be supportive in helping undergraduates with advice and finding jobs and internships. As such, these alumni use DEMAN as an opportunity to impart their experiences and to try to provide easier access for future Duke alumni to enter the arts and entertainment industry. Organizer Sarah Baker encourages students new to networking to embrace the multiple opportunities, from the Nasher reception to the workshops, to reach out and connect with alumni. “Don’t be afraid to approach people who you admire and have an impressive title,” Baker said. “Talk to them and do not see them as a title. They’re back because they want to help and guide you in the right direction.” Whether you have a passion for the arts, looking to network with some influential professionals, or are simply exploring your interests, DEMAN Weekend provides the perfect opportunity to embrace and celebrate a passion for the arts. To attend DEMAN weekend events and view a detailed events schedule, register at http://dukealumni.com/alumnicommunities/deman. Registration spots are first come, first served and are filling quickly. Follow the artstigators on Twitter/Instagram @artsigators. For more information about getting involved with the arts at Duke, direct comments and questions to artstigators@ gmail.com.

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Brian Pollack Beat Writer With their season hanging in the balance, the Blue Devils were able to rely on their seniors to carry them to victory. Duke prevailed against N.C. State with a 3-2 victory in the second overtime period NCSU 2 Wednesday night at Koskinen Stadium DUKE 3 in the first round of the ACC tournament. Senior Nat Eggleston scored the game-winning goal off a corner kick from fellow senior Sean Davis with four minutes remaining in the period. “It’s amazing. First off, just to score the goal with 1:20 left to extend our season is incredible,” Eggleston said. “Then, on the final goal, we were just pushing and everyone is just fighting for our season, fighting for our lives. Sean puts in a great ball and [freshman midfielder] Brian White flicks it at the near post and it just fell to me. It’s one of those special moments where you just get to tap it in.” The Wolfpack (7-7-4, 1-5-3 in the ACC) had scored what appeared to be the gameclinching goal with less than two minutes left in regulation. With the game tied at one apiece, midfielder Holden Fender scored his first goal of the season, heading a corner from sophomore Michael Bajza past Duke goalkeeper Wilson Fisher to give N.C. State a 2-1 lead in the 88th minute. But with their backs pressed against the

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wall and less than two minutes left to save their season, the Blue Devils (10-8-1, 5-4-0) responded immediately. Duke executed an all-out offensive attack on its next possession, culminating in a shot from senior Nick Palodichuk that bounced past Wolfpack goalkeeper Alex McCauley to even the game once again at 2-2. The Blue Devils nearly pushed another goal across in the final seconds of regulation, but N.C. State was able to clear it and send the game into suddendeath overtime. “You want to think positive, and we’re just hoping to scratch out an equalizer there late in

the second half,” head coach John Kerr said. “At least we went for it. We weren’t going to sit back, so we took a couple defenders out and knocked the ball forward and got some bodies in the box and lo and behold, we scored.” Despite such an exciting finish, the game got off to a surprisingly slow start. The two squads combined to put just one shot on goal in the first 45 minutes, a floater by Bajza in the 38th minute that Fisher snagged with ease. Duke outshot the Wolfpack 4-3 and both sides had ample chances around the 18-yard box but were unable to convert their opportunities into shots on goal.

“We didn’t want to expose ourselves too early in the game,” Kerr said. “It was kind of like a boxing match, we were feeling each other out in the first half. Then everything changed in the second half and it became a wide-open game.” The second half certainly featured much more aggressive play from both sides, with N.C. State surging back out of the locker room to fire off four shots in the first 10 minutes. The Wolfpack finally broke the ice less than a minute into the second half. Senior defender Matt Ingram made a run down the right side of the field and sent a cross floating into the box, where sophomore Yanni Hachem headed it into the back corner of the net to give his team a 1-0 advantage. N.C. State nearly extended its lead moments after the ensuing kickoff, as it quickly regained possession from the Blue Devils. Sophomore Travis Wannemuehler blasted a shot from inside the box that Fisher was able to get just enough of to redirect it off the crossbar and keep Duke from falling into a 2-0 hole. The Blue Devils answered back 15 minutes later, with White providing the critical equalizer after getting roughed up earlier. White took a pass on the right side from midfielder Bryson Asher and fired it past a charging McCauley. The Wolfpack goalkeeper actually got a hand on White’s blast, but it was not enough to keep it from rolling into the net to tie the game at 1-1. See M. Soccer on Page 9

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Blue Devils set to face Tar Heels in ACC tournament Cassie Calvert Staff Writer If Duke head coach Pam Bustin could use one word to describe her 2014 team, she would use “resilient.” The No. 7 seed in the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils and their resilience will be put to the test with a matchup against secondseeded rival North Carolina. Tournament host Duke will face off against the Tar Heels at 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium with the winner advancing to the conference tournament’s semifinals. For the Blue Devils to advance to the next round, they will need to slow down a Tar Heel squad that averages 3.78 goals per game and boasts six All-ACC performers. But Duke is equipped to match up with North Carolina and had three honorees earn all-conference honors as well—Lauren Blazing, Aileen Johnson and Abby Beltrani. The key will be for the Blue Devils to play a full 70 minutes and take advantage of their natural talent.

“This team really is resilient but also willing to make the changes necessary to put the best team out there and to play our best. I think we’re very versatile [and] super talented,” Bustin said. “I hope that the ACC tournament is a place where they… really come out and show it in their hockey.” The two teams met earlier this season, with the Tar Heels (16-2, 4-2 in the ACC) emerging victorious 1-0 Oct. 17. The familiarity of the two teams raises the ante of competition when these two historically dominant programs compete. “It’s a great game, a great level of competition,” Bustin said. “[The rivalry] is awesome. I think because we do know each other so well and the kids are friends off the field, it makes that game really fun. It’s a great rivalry, but it’s a really respectful rivalry. I think that shows in the kind of game that they play.” The Blue Devil upperclassmen will be called upon to lead the young squad and capitalize on their extensive postseason experience. Seniors Beltrani, Jessica Buttinger and Martine Chichizola played in the ACC championship game as freshmen and

were part of the Duke (12-5, 2-4) team that advanced to the final round of the NCAA tournament last season. “We hope that our experienced players step up,” Bustin said. “Because they have the experience, they know better…. It’s important to take that experience and bring it to this group and to lead that way into championships.” The Blue Devils will rely on Blazing’s continued success in goal as they progress through postseason play. In addition to her All-ACC recognition, the redshirt junior leads the ACC with her 0.791 save percentage and six shutouts this season. “[Blazing’s] never satisfied with play and always want[s] to improve,” Bustin said. “She’s a natural athlete, but the work she puts into becoming a fantastic goalkeeper is evident. I’m happy that she gets the results that she gets because she’s earned them, and again [she’s] just a great role model for the rest of the kids on the team.” Coming off a tough loss against Syracuse See Field Hockey on Page 9

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“It was an unbelievable game. N.C. State played a great game,” Kerr said. “They could’ve got a second goal that might’ve knocked us out but Wilson Fisher came up with a huge, massive save. But then we kind of got our bearings back a little bit and got back into the game and scored a goal.” Following this exhilarating victory, the Blue Devils will travel to Syracuse to take on the Orange Sunday afternoon in a 1 p.m. match at SU Soccer Stadium in the second round of the ACC tournament. Kerr knows that his squad faces a tough opponent in second-seeded Syracuse, but will look to his veteran leaders to continue to carry the team. “I’m really proud of these guys. The senior class has led the way these last four games, and I’m really, really proud of the team,” Kerr said. “We’re going to take our time to prepare ourselves [for Syracuse] and get ourselves ready and get our travel arrangements organized and then make sure that we cover every base as we move forward.”

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’ve always found sports culture remarkably peculiar. Take basketball, for instance. Before I came to Duke, I had never voluntarily watched a full basketball game. It just never made sense to me how people could be so invested in the sport. The same applied for football, baseball or really any sport for that matter. All the sporting events I had watched were all because I was in my high school’s marching band. I went there to play music for the team and the crowd, and I cheered when everyone else cheered. Frankly, I usually had no idea what was going on so I cheered when it seemed like the right thing to do. Funny enough, however, unlike me, a lot of my friends were sports fanatics. I always thought

the three-point record or even Duke hold off Florida State in the first quarter of the championships that enthralled my interest in Duke sports. Rather, it was the crowd—the overwhelming excitement, the outrageous costumes and posters, the body paint and the hilarious and perfectly aggressive chants. A few weeks ago, a friend and I were talking about why we chose to apply to and attend Duke. As cliché as it sounds, it is one of my favorite questions to ask. I’ve heard all sorts of answers and reasons ranging from the bitter “I wanted to go to Stanford but I didn’t get in” to “I’ve wanted to go to Duke my entire life.” For me, I wanted to go to a school that people were proud

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that they were a bit ridiculous. How could you be so emotionally invested in The Lakers or The Spurs? Are you friends with Kobe? Do you all get together at Starbucks sometimes and catch up for old times’ sake? Do you know his middle name? Do you even know anything about him beyond his apparently incredible stats? (For your information, his middle name is Bean, according to the Internet). How could you be so enthusiastic about the sport when you’re not even the one playing?! However, when I came to Duke, everything, and I mean everything, I thought about sports completely changed. I remember my first exposure to Duke basketball as a freshman last year. It was at Countdown to Craziness and everyone was raving about how excited they were to see Jabari Parker play. All I knew was that he was some big-name basketball recruit in my class who I had seen a few times here and there. He, along with the other players on the team, was hard to miss given his literally towering presence on campus. I’ll never forget seeing Cameron Stadium fill up and experiencing, for the first time, the Cameron Crazies. Since then, I’ve come a long way in terms of my appreciation for sports. I witnessed Duke’s amazing football season, the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, the Chik-fil-A Bowl and countless basketball games for both the men’s and women’s teams. Yet, in retrospect, it wasn’t seeing Jabari play, Tricia Liston break

to attend. Even after graduating, I wanted to be able to wear sweaters and drink from mugs with my alma mater’s name boldly and maybe even a bit pretentiously emblazoned on them. I believe Duke’s sports culture is a testament to that school pride. This year, I have found myself screaming at the top of my lungs at football games and going crazy over even a mere scrimmage match. It’s funny to see how much I’ve changed. I am finally beginning to understand the once seemingly insane logic behind my sports-crazed friends back home. For those of you who are like my freshman self and feel rather indifferent about the sports culture at Duke, I urge you to venture out to K-Ville a few hours before a game. It’s not entirely about the sports. Rather, the painted bodies, the lively atmosphere and the immense line of students waiting to get in all make it explicitly clear that Duke students are proud to be Duke students. So you can expect to see me at a lot of games this year. Chances are, I’ll be holding an instrument in one hand and my music folio in the other because some things haven’t changed since high school. I’ll be jumping up and down, shouting aggressive chants and simply embodying a Cameron Crazie in a sea of blue and white. Go Duke. Brandon Choi is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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n April of my sophomore year, I made the decision to study abroad at Duke Kunshan University and take part in the inaugural semester of our university’s newest, and certainly most extravagant, initiative. After speaking to the head recruiter, I chose to go to DKU not only to improve my Chinese and travel throughout China, but because I also thought it would be a genuinely unique experience to take part in the first semester of a brand-new school. Thus far, China has proven to be an incredible experience. Traveling almost every weekend has enabled me to see the protests in Hong Kong firsthand, stroll the Bund looking out at the Shanghai skyline, walk the Great Wall and so much more. Additionally, my classes have been excellent. The opportunity to engage with faculty due to the small student body is undoubtedly one of DKU’s most appealing aspects. The staff is primarily comprised of Duke faculty, and speaking with leading health economists such as Dr. Chee Ruey Hsieh and evolutionary anthropologists such as

in a hotel may be, I would have gladly traded my morning egg-white omelet and croissant for working Internet or usable study space. The unreliability and lack of amenities and infrastructure at DKU extends across nearly all facets. It is clear to me that, aside from academics, DKU does not meet Duke University standards. One glaring issue is the campus’ so called “healthcare,” a system that I’ve honestly found laughable. When I visited the lone nurse on campus, there was a clear communication barrier, especially important given that DKU is an Englishlanguage institution and is only on-call from an off-premises location. Much to my mother’s chagrin, a reliable healthcare professional is not available in the event that a student wakes up sick. On one occasion, a female graduate student who speaks no Chinese detailed her experience of requesting a health appointment. She was met well after her request in one of the campus bathrooms, because there is legitimately nowhere else she could be examined. After being falsely accused of pregnancy in front of multiple female

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t was about 6pm on a Sunday, and I was walking with two friends in the East Village. We were talking and laughing, enjoying our last week in the city. All of a sudden, a large man walking by reached out and grabbed my butt. By the time I had realized what happened, he was walking away, smirking. I didn’t know what to do. There were people all around me, but no one was looking. I whispered to my friends what had happened, and we walked home. Thanks to a fabulous DukeEngage program, I spent the summer working at a shelter for domestic violence and sex trafficking victims in New York City. Some of my friends in the program were actually working at Hollaback!, an organization that has been in the news a lot lately thanks to its work fighting street harassment. I was supposed to feel empowered, powerful, tough. And yet, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt as disempowered as I did in that moment. I felt like it was my duty—as an “empowered woman”—to say or do something, but I didn’t want to put my safety in jeopardy. Then again, my shock and inability to say anything was embarrassing too, especially in front of my feminist friends. The whole situation made me angry. I wish I could say that this experience was an anomaly. But the longer I

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Dr. Brian Hare in DKU’s intimate setting has been terrific. It’s worth noting that my DKU tuition is similar to that of Duke, at a meager $4000 discount. Hardly cheap, but at least I can say I am receiving a Duke-level education here. The issue, however, is that education seems to be the only aspect of DKU that is up to Duke standards When initially applying to DKU, I was informed that the student dorms would not be finished for the first seven weeks, but that we would be able to live in a finished campus in the conference center. During the summer, I was told that we would be living and taking classes in a hotel in Kunshan for two to three weeks while campus construction was completed. We are now over halfway through the semester and have lived in the hotel up until this point. On October 24, we were finally able to move into the conference center, with dorm completion looking less likely than catching a leprechaun. I’ve since heard that the extended delays were due to the fact that the campus had no hot water, something I believe the administration has been aware of since May. While seven weeks of living in a hotel was definitely nice, I can’t really say that it felt like I was in a university environment. The only “study room” in the hotel had four outlets, rendering it impossible for multiple students to do work there. More often than not, my classmates and I were forced to do most of our homework sitting on hotel beds. The supremely unreliable Internet served as a far greater impediment to schoolwork—for a recent midterm I was unable to view any of my professor’s lecture slides on Sakai (this included both the hotel WiFi and the desktop computers in the DKU library). I’m inclined to believe that an inability to download PDFs off of Sakai isn’t a pre-test stressor for most Duke students. Regardless of how comfortable living

edit pages Chinese students, her visit concluded, with her privacy all but abandoned. It currently feels like DKU operates on Wuhan University’s standards for everything outside of the classroom. Another student here this semester, who is on work-study at Duke and makes $9 an hour there, said she is paid almost a third of the amount to work in the library at DKU—the same exact job she has at Duke. Further, the graduate residents note that they still pay for their housing while also being charged over $1000 extra, because her health insurance was not up to “Duke standards.” When I reached out to the administration for help and to voice frustrations, nearly all of the Chinese administration responded, “this is not Duke University.” Save for John Rash, a graduate student in the MFA-EDA program, who has made every effort to help and articulate on behalf of the students here, a studentadministration dialogue is nonexistent. While I recognize that this is DKU and not Duke, I don’t quite understand how Duke could build a new university under its brand while holding it to such noticeably lower standards. Despite the frustrations voiced in this column, I’ve had an amazing time in China. I speak Chinese daily, and the immersion is rapidly improving my speaking, writing and listening, and combined with visiting and experiencing some of the most incredible places and sites, my abroad experience has been personally fulfilling. However, I can candidly say that I am disappointed by the job Duke has done with the university so far. In future years, I hope I will be able to look on my abroad experience with pride and fulfillment. Yet today, the only emotion I can feel towards DKU is one of disappointment. Jordan Elkins is a Trinity junior.

spent in New York, the more I began to expect predatory leers on the subway and unwanted comments about my body when I left my apartment. And while I may have learned to expect it, it never failed to make me uncomfortable. Street harassment refers to harassment in public spaces, including catcalling, prejudiced remarks, unwanted sexual touching and even public masturbation. Studies show that 70-99 percent of women around the world have experienced some form of street harassment. Ten percent of victims report their first experience of street harassment before age 12, and the majority report it happening before age 18. And public harassment doesn’t just happen in big cities or in certain neighborhoods. A recent survey of college students showed that 67 percent had experienced some form of harassment. Public harassment encompasses such behaviors as groping someone at Shooters or rating someone’s body as they walk past your fraternity bench. Public harassment isn’t even just limited to the physical world— gender-based harassment on the Internet is a growing concern among activists. Social media is too often a forum for misogynists to publicize their prejudice, as demonstrated yesterday by Artie Lange’s Twitter rampage, where he said he fantasized about TV host Cari Champion as his sex slave. So-called “men’s rights” groups flourish on the internet, where anonymity too often becomes a breeding ground for hatred. Many friends of mine have deactivated their online dating accounts quickly after making them due to the barrage of aggressive and sexually explicit messages they received. Street harassment and related forms of public harassment are not compliments. They have very real consequences. Victims report a decreased sense of safety as well as mental health effects including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. On a societal level, street harassment creates and reinforces a culture of gender violence. Gender violence exists on a spectrum, and all harassing or violent behaviors are interrelated. While behaviors like catcalling or threatening comments may not seem as serious when compared with rape, they contribute to an atmosphere where more violent or extreme forms of gender violence are far too acceptable. And, yet, somehow public harassment remains invisible to many. Founder of Hollaback! Emily Mae says she started the organization when, after sharing her experiences with a male friend, he commented that she lived in a completely different New York City than he did. Thankfully, efforts to make street harassment visible seem to be gaining traction. It is emerging as an important topic online and in the news. It has been featured on CNN, Buzzfeed and even “The Daily Show.” Hollaback! recently released an iconic video showing a women walking through New York, experiencing over 100 forms of harassment in 10 hours. And yet awareness efforts have been met with serious pushback, demonstrated by the now-infamous CNN guest who tried to explain to two women why they should appreciate catcalling, even as they repeatedly told him that it upset them. So what can we do? Well, victims can speak about their experiences. Just because public harassment is common doesn’t make it acceptable of “just part of being a woman.” Organizations like Hollaback! provide forums for people to share their experiences with street harassment, raising awareness and finding support. Allies, too, have a role to play. Instead of immediately jumping to the defense of harassers, listen to victims when they share their experiences and feelings. When people tells you that something upsets them, your first response should never be to tell them why it shouldn’t. Rather, validate their experiences, listen and do your part in building a culture where all forms of violence are indisputably unacceptable. Katie Becker is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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continued from page 1 North Carolina government, but found the process unclear. “It took over an hour of searching online— none of the online voter lookup things had anything about me,” Albertson said. “I ended up calling the North Carolina polling office and had to wait on hold for a while. Then, when I arrived at the polling place, the lines were out the door.” He also noted there were a large number of people at the voting location who had gone to the wrong precinct or whose registrations had been lost. Freshman Abby Muehlstein said she had accidentally gone to the wrong voting precinct after putting down her mailing address rather than residential address down on her voter registration form. “Only yesterday, when I tried to vote at the wrong place, [did I] realize that I was registered for the West Campus precinct instead of East,” she said. Unlike Muehlstein, some students arrived at voting precincts only to discover they were not going to be able to vote anywhere in the state. Freshman Noah White said that he and several friends had registered with student representatives on campus, but found at the voting station that they were not registered at all. Many voters who had gone to the wrong precinct were unaware of the specifics of the voting restriction laws passed last year by the N.C. state legislature to address voter fraud. The Voter Information Verification Act shortened early voting, required registered voters to vote in their assigned precinct and ended same-day voter registration. The law will require voters to present a photo ID to vote starting in 2016. Despite the passing of the voting restriction laws, the new policies have elicited criticism and

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faced legal challenges from civil rights groups and Democrats, who allege that the laws dis‘How does the media influence the response to epidemics?’ proportionately affect college-age and minority voters—who make up a substantial proportion of early voters and are often less likely to carry acceptable forms of identification. Around 100,000 North Carolinians, onethird of whom were black, voted using same-day registration in 2012, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit report. In early October, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to implement the tighter voting restrictions, blocking a lower court ruling. Allegations that the voting restriction laws had been enacted to block black voters and other groups traditionally more supportive of Democratic candidates were “likely” to be true, Matthew Rock | The Chronicle said David Rohde, Ernestine Friedl professor of Jonathan Katz, a journalist who has reported on the cholera epidemic in Haiti, and Priscilla Wald, professor of English and women’s studies, sat in on a panel discussion on the media’s influence on political science. the reaction and response to epidemics worldwide Wednesday. He also noted that there was little evidence to suggest there had been a significant amount of voter fraud to begin with. work on staffing an outpatient care model for “I have absolutely no idea why [the laws] were palliative care coverage. thought to be necessary or desirable,” Rohde “The bottom line is that we were able to said. “It’d be hard to say if they were [effective] continued from page 1 show that the implementation of the new for something that didn’t exist in the first place.” model decreased readmission rates, shortened has allowed for cross talk between the two hospital stays, and allowed attendants to better attendants, Riedel noted. manage symptoms,” Riedel said. “I was the first to go up there with Dr. RieAt the conference in Boston, Duke’s new del, and it just worked out beautifully,” Gala- model was one of four chosen by the Amerinos said. can Society of Clinical Oncology for a national As a result of the implementation of the new press release. After their presentation at the care model, doctors are easily able to assess if symposium, both Riedel and Galanos have the patient is getting the right care, and can eas- been contacted by colleagues from hospitals ily switch the patient’s assigned attendant based across the nation—such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the University of on how he or she is feeling at any given time. After the initial implementation, Riedel, California at Los Angeles Hospital. Galanos noted that the team’s next step is to Galanos and colleagues performed a before and after analysis in order to see if there were publish their findings and export the model to proven benefits of this new collaboration the broader community in the cancer care field. “Our satisfaction scores have gone way up method. The analysis included data of about Nicole Savage | The Chronicle 1,500 patients—approximately half of whom for that unit of the hospital,” Galanos said. “As Lines formed in front of the polls at George Watts were treated before the new method was ex- best I can tell it is a win-win proposition, and the patients and there families are being served betElementary School Tuesday, as members of the ecuted—and half after. Duke and Durham community cast their ballots. The result of the analysis has led Duke to ter than before.”

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