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If someone watched them practice, they might be mistaken for a Division I basketball team. Intricate passes are distributed throughout the court, a coach is explaining defensive sets and someone is throwing down a nonchalant dunk every thirty seconds. Then you remember that you are standing in Wilson Recreation Center, and the tallest of these players is only about 6-foot-6. Duke students are often lauded for being entrepreneurial and innovative. But these Duke undergraduate and graduate students, along with one student from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, have done something unique—they formed their own semi-professional basketball team. “At the beginning of the year, I realized that while I like playing [intramurals] and

Laurie Patton, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, is leaving her position at Duke to become president of Middlebury College. Middlebury made the announcement Tuesday afternoon, following a unanimous decision by their Board of Trustees. Patton will assume her new role July 1, 2015—four years after she came to Duke from Emory University. “We’re really going to miss Laurie,” said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education. “The opportunity available at Middlebury is an outstanding opportunity, and I think she is a very good choice for the presidency of that institution in particular.” Nowicki, who worked closely with Patton,

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Although unfinished, DKU offers positive first semester “Right now, it’s just not done,” says Duke junior studying abroad at DKU Danielle Muoio Towerview Editor KUNSHAN, China—Students studying at Duke Kunshan University in its inaugural semester have largely reported a positive classroom and residential experience, though the incomplete nature of the campus has limited students in some ways.

At the start of the semester, students lived in a Swiss-managed hotel five minutes from the Kunshan South Railway Station that shuttles Kunshan residents back and forth from Shanghai in 20 minutes. It was not until Oct. 24 that students moved into the conference center, where they also attend classes. The academic center and student dormitories will be complete in two to three weeks. Faculty also currently live in the conference center, as the faculty residence hall is unfinished. Their hall is also slated to be finished on the same time frame. The third floor of the conference center has been reserved for male students and the

fourth for female. The rooms in the conference center will later be for guests who come to visit DKU and need a place to stay. Liu Yi, a student from Wuhan University who is part of the undergraduate global semester, said she has a private room in the conference center with a king sized bed. She also had a television in her room before it broke and was taken away. Jordan Elkins, a Duke junior studying abroad at DKU, said it is possible to sometimes go days without leaving the conference center because students eat, take classes and sleep all in the same building. “It’s going to be an experience I look back

in five to 10 years and I’ll cherish it more then than I do now, but it’s not a fully developed thriving school yet,” he said. “A lot of the Chinese students will tell you here that it’s the greatest experience, but I’m spoiled from going to Duke.” Kennedy Opondo, a student from Kenya pursuing a master’s degree in global health, also commended DKU’s state-of-the-art facilities. “It’s a new establishment…there have been challenges so we handled that well,” he said. “The program itself is quite good…I find See Kunshan on Page 3

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Faculty, students talk merits of fossil fuel divestment Zaynah Alam The Chronicle As Duke continues in its efforts towards sustainability, some members of the community are raising questions surrounding University investments in fossil fuels. A panel of professors and graduate students—sponsored by Divest Duke and the Environmental Alliance—discussed whether or not divestment was the most effective way to combat the social and environmental challenges of climate change. Some strongly advocated for Duke to divest, but other panelists suggested a better use of the University’s resources to progress the discussion on fossil fuels. “This is, to me, fundamentally about who we are and what we represent,” said Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke professor of conservation of ecology, in favor of Duke’s efforts to divest from fossil fuels. “We’re not here to be followers, to go with the flow, to go with what is comfortable—it’s a matter of what we lead.” Support for complete divestment was not unanimous. Tim Profeta, founding director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, felt the University

could be focusing its efforts on more effective campaigns than absolute divestment, especially since fossil fuels are still widely used in society. “Fossil fuels have been the key to the quality of life that we all enjoy,” Profeta said. “The market has not seen the problem with pollution—we need to make the market see it in some way.” William Pizer, a joint professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and faculty fellow in the Nicholas School, also noted that a more subtle approach than divestment may also be worth considering in light of the politically charged climate surrounding the use of fossil fuels. The discussion referenced several divestment campaigns that succeeded in the past, ranging from international divestments during the South African Apartheid to Duke’s successful student-based coalition to stop making campus apparel in sweatshops in the 1990s. Panelists agreed that divestment would provide a rallying point for other organizations in the push towards independence from fossil fuels despite the costs. The panel also offered potential solutions to the problem of fossil fuel consumption beyond divestment. These in-

Chronicle File Photo Divest Duke held a rally in front of the Allen Building to call on the University to divest from fossil fuels last year.

cluded the development of carbon capture and storage devices and widespread policy changes to incentivize cleaner energy and mobilize more apathetic supporters. A veteran of climate change lobbies in Washington, Profeta advocated for an approach that would mobilize the majority of the population in support of reducing fossil fuel dependence instead of a “51

percent solution.” Freshman Houston Warren, Divest Duke press coordinator, commended the panel’s multifaceted and sometimes contentious discussion about divestment. “It’s hard to find people who are against divestment, but the organizers did a good job of getting a diverse opinion,” he said.

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speed train reaches Shanghai, as well as the nearby Suzhou, in just 20 minutes. The campus’ location, however, requires a 30 minute continued from page 1 drive to reach the station. Students can take a bus from a stop on campus that runs every the experience at DKU, for now, it is OK.” hour. Elkins added that after combining all It is unclear whether the student dormi- of these factors, a trip into Shanghai is a far tories will offer similarly nice amenities when more time consuming experience than it is complete, as the building is unavailable for presented to be. touring. The rooms will be suite style, with Pranav Sridhar, a global semester underfour students to one suites, said Bonnie Liu, graduate student, said he has enjoyed his exassociate director of career management ser- cursions into Kunshan. vice for the master of management studies at “It’s an awesome experience to see KunDKU. shan,” he said. “We all connect with the city Elkins noted that there is not much to do and have visited a lot of places.” on campus and that Kunshan is not very inStudents also noted that visiting Kunshan teresting, though he likes living in one of the has helped their Chinese because one must must have a basic grasp of the language to fastest growing cities in China. Cao Weixing, vice govnavigate Kunshan, unlike ernor of the Jiangsu proin Shanghai. t’s going to be an experivincial government, said “I was a bit apprehenJiangsu—the province ence I look back in five sive to what it was going that includes Kunshan—is to 10 years and I’ll cherish to be like but by the end, one of the most developed it was okay,” said Sambhavprovinces in China, with it more then than I do now, na Bisivas Shinav, a global one of the highest mea- but it’s not a fully developed, semester undergraduate sures of gross domestic student, about navigating thriving school yet. product per capita. Kunthe city. shan itself is heralded for Earlier this year, Elkins — Jordan Elkins its rapid economic develwrote a Chronicle guest opment. It is the first county-level city with a column criticizing certain aspects of DKU, ingross domestic product of more than 200 bil- cluding a lack of healthcare facilities on camlion yuan. pus. Sridhar also noted that this was a probStudents do take trips into Kunshan, which lem on campus at first. can be done through a Duke-sponsored shut“When we came, there were issues with a tle that runs frequently, though Shanghai medical facility. It was not perfect just yet,” seems to be the more popular destination. he said. Opondo said many students go every week, Since that time, DKU administrators have with some going to Shanghai twice a week. taken steps to address the concerns raised Elkins said he has not spent a weekend on by Elkins. As Mary Brown Bullock, executive campus because there is not much to do. vice chancellor of DKU, noted in her reply “I think it depends on who you are how to the column, a shuttle service is now availyou feel about Kunshan,” he said. “For me, it’s able to take students to health professionals not the most interesting city.” if needed. Several students heralded their learning The DKU website notes that the high-

Danielle Muoio | The Chronicle Students attending Duke Kunshan University, pictured above, have reported positive classroom and residential experiences but say that more could be done to improve the student experience.

experience at DKU, noting that the classes and faculty experience has been positive. Cathy Fu, a global semester undergraduate student, said that because the Duke courses are condensed to a shorter time frame than a regular semester, it created a high volume of reading that was challenging at first as a non-native English speaker. Fu added that with time, the courses have gotten easier and she feels if she were to take an exam from earlier in the year she could do much better with the English speaking skills she acquired. Studying at DKU, there is less of a focus on grades and more on absorbing the actual material, Elkins said. He also added his Chinese has improved since he came to DKU. The students have begun on-campus activities, most notably the varsity club, where students do a variety of physical activity from hiking to playing soccer. There is also a photography club and a reading club run by Don Snow, director of language and writing

programs at DKU, which consists of primarily Chinese students, said Florence Tesha, a global semester undergraduate student. Jia Zheng, administrative assistant for student life at DKU, said student life often sponsors KTV karaoke nights on campus. KTV is very popular in China, and students will often go out into town and book a room to do KTV. Students have also participated in local traditions on campus. For the Mid-Autumn Festival, which celebrates the full moon in early September, students made paper boats and put candles in them to float in the water, Zheng said, adding that the idea came from a Vietnamese Duke student who shared this aspect of his culture. On Halloween, which is not celebrated in China, students carved pumpkins and some even dressed up as pandas, Zheng added. “I think DKU is going to be the best thing to ever happen to education in China in 10 years,” Elkins said. “Right now, it’s just not done.”

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the world play basketball with the passion and dedication that my teammates have demonstrated.” continued from page 1 Muoser knew that the team would need leadership in order to become a legitimate pickup, I wanted something more,” senior and contender in a semi-professional league. Forteam founder David Muoser said. “I missed re- tunately, seniors and Duke basketball managally competitive basketball…so I literally went ers Mike Sotsky and Derek Rhodes answered on Google and started searching for local the call. leagues.” Sotsky, a New Jersey native, began coachMuoser, like many of his teammates, ing in eighth grade and has not looked back. played basketball in high school and turned After graduating high school, Sotsky took his down the chance to play in college in order talents to Duke where he, along with Rhodes, to come to Duke. After became a manager for being away from compet is rare to see a group Duke’s varsity squad—a tition for so long, Muosthat has enabled of kids from one of the position er was looking for a way them to learn from protop academic institutions back in. fessional coaches while After his Google in the world play basketball following Coach Mike search, Muoser stumbled Krzyzewski through the upon the Tobacco Road with the passion and dedi- national team circuit. Basketball League and cation that my teammates “It has been an increddecided to form his own have demonstrated. ible group to work with team, the Triangle Run N’ because each of the playGun. The TRBL has been — Milan Prodanovic ers is committed, hardalive for four years, with working, loyal and teamteams throughout North oriented,” Sotsky said. “At and South Carolina and plans to expand to our first practice, I told the team, ‘I’m going Atlanta and Auburn, Ala. This is the Run N’ to end up learning a lot more from you than Gun’s first season in the league. Most of the you’ll learn from me.’ This has absolutely players in the league have collegiate experi- been true.” ence, and some—like the Run N’ Gun’s own The Run N’ Gun will start the season Milan Prodanovic—have played profession- with back-to-back games, the first of which is ally overseas. Dec. 6 against Team Certified from WinstonProdanovic, a second-year law student, is Salem, N.C. The second game will be Dec. 7 a former Iona College standout and finished against the Wilmington Sea Dawgs, who resecond all-time for the Gaels in three-point cently signed a player from the AND1 Streetshots made. After graduating, he ventured ball Tour and another who played last season to Europe where he played professionally for for the Memphis Tigers. two different clubs in the Serbian National Prodanovic said the goal is simple and League before returning to the states and straightforward—to win the championship of coming to Duke. the top semi-pro league in the Carolinas. “The experience is quite rewarding,” Pro“We are athletic, skilled and well coached,” danovic said. “It is rare to see a group of kids Prodanovic said. “I truly think the sky is the from one of the top academic institutions in limit with this group.”

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Amrith Ramkumar Beat Writer NDIANAPOLIS—Youth and athleticism met experience and poise Tuesday night. Youth prevailed. No. 4 Duke knocked off No. 19 Michigan State 81-71 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in the first game of the fourth annual Champions Classic Tuesday night. Although the Blue Devils cooled off slightly after shooting better than 60 percent in their first two contests against a disciplined Spartan defense, the trio of Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and senior Quinn Cook made enough plays in the first half to give Duke a seven-point halftime lead. Freshman point guard Tyus Jones then closed the game out for the Blue Devils, scoring all 17 of his points in the second half to help Duke pull away. “We were efficient,” Krzyzewski said. “I thought we were strong with the ball, [with] only eight turnovers. I thought in the first half we didn’t run our sets as well as we could, although we got off to a good start with [Okafor]. I thought we handled [the big stage] well.” The trio of Okafor, Winslow and Cook combined for 51 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, but it wasn’t until some timely plays from Jones that Duke was able to pull away. The Apple Valley, Minn., native was held scoreless in the opening half, but took over when Okafor went to the bench with four fouls with more than eight minutes remaining. Jones scored six quick points

sports Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Freshman forward Justise Winslow scored 15 points and pulled down six rebounds in Duke’s 81-71 victory against Michigan State Tuesday.

after Okafor exited, including a four-point play that gave the Blue Devils a 64-51 lead with 7:58 left in the game, to ensure that Duke did not surrender the lead it had from the opening tip. After Jones’ heroics, the Blue Devils were able to use its 26-10 edge in free throw attempts to maintain the advantage down the stretch. Winslow led Duke in free throw attempts, using his powerful 6-foot-6, 225-pound frame to get to the line nine times. The Houston native knocked down six of the nine attempts, imposing his will to make an impact with 15 points and six rebounds

despite going just 4-of-11 from the field. “I missed too many [free throws] tonight and let my team down a little bit,” Winslow said. “[But I tried to] just keep getting to the line. I want to be around that nine, 10 free throw range and just keep attacking the basket and get that.” Despite getting strong play from four of its best players, Duke’s first win against a ranked opponent did not come easily. Every time the Blue Devils threatened to pull away and built a sizable double-digit lead in the first 30 minutes of the game, Michigan State would respond with timely plays on both

ends of the court. The veteran trio of Branden Dawson, Denzel Valentine and Travis Trice countered Duke’s best trio, combining for 46 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists to give the Blue Devils all they wanted. The noticeable missing aspect for Duke (3-0) in its third game was bench production, as Blue Devil reserves combined for just seven points on 2-of-7 shooting and failed to continue the momentum when the stars went to the bench. But in the early going, Okafor carried See M. Basketball on Page 9

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Tar Heels look to notch sixth win, end losing streak Nick Martin Sports Editor Not all wins are created equally. At least not if you are located on 15-501. North Carolina enters Thursday’s primetime matchup looking to claim its fourth win in five games and become bowl eligible in the process. But more importantly for the Tar Heels, they will have also have a chance to break a twoyear losing streak to the Blue Devils. “I’ve heard a lot about [the losing streak],” North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora said. “We know it’s a big game. I don’t really say much about it, but the kids know what’s at stake. They know what we have to do. I think they’re excited and I think they’ll be full of energy on Thursday.” After winning its first two games of the season, North Carolina—similar to

its 2013 season—lost its next four games and was seemingly on its way to another disappointing season despite its stellar recruiting class. But the Tar Heels have once again managed to salvage their season, as they have won three of their last four and are now one win away from bowl eligibility. But that was not before going through the aforementioned rough patch. North Carolina’s losses—outside of its 50-43 defeat at the hands of Notre Dame— have all been blowouts. The Tar Heels’ five losses have come with an average 19-point score differential. On the other hand, North Carolina has maintained a slim winning margin in its five victories, claiming those games by an average margin of 8.4—although that number is boosted from 3.8 thanks to the Tar Heels’ opening-day 27-point See North Carolina on Page 8

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win against Liberty. With this in mind, along with the fact that the past two games have been decided by a combined five points, Thursday’s night game is shaping up to be a close, high-scoring affair. And that’s what North Carolina and its defense should be scared of. The Tar Heel defense has struggled to put up a fight against the majority of its opponents this season. North Carolina ranks last in the ACC in scoring defense at 41.2 points allowed per contest, poor enough for fourth-worst in the entire NCAA. It also brings up the rear in total defense, allowing 511.6 yards per game, which also ranks fourth worst in the nation. Despite its woes on the defensive side of the field, the Tar Heels have been humming on offense all

season. North Carolina ranks second in the conference with 430.6 yards per game. But against a stout Duke defense, the Tar Heels will need to do something no team outside of Pittsburgh has been able to accomplish this season against the Blue Devils—rack up points, not just yards. Boasting an offense that has scored 22 touchdowns on the ground and 24 through the air thus far—North Carolina ranks second in the conference with 35.3 points per game—the Tar Heels will be as well prepared as any to pile on the points Thursday. “Coach Fedora is one of the brightest offensive minds in the game,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “They present a lot of problems. There’s no question they’re difficult to get ready for in just a few days.” This offensive efficiency is made possible thanks in large part to junior quarterback Marquise Williams. After sharing time early on in the season with Mitch Trubisky, Williams has solely taken over the position

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State coughing it up just three times and the Blue Devils surrendering just five Michigan State offensive rebounds to finally get some breathing room late in the game. Duke was only outrebounded 17-14 in the second half after being dominated 1811 in the first period and giving up seven second-chance points. “Coming into the game, we knew they were a really physical team and were really going to attack the offensive glass,” Okafor said. “At halftime we just reinstated that we were going to need to attack the glass [to win].” Throughout the game, Duke also did a great job contesting 3-point shots, holding Michigan State to 5-of-20 shooting beyond the arc. Junior guard Bryn Forbes was the only Spartan that could connect from long range, knocking down three huge treys to keep Michigan State within shouting distance. But despite Forbes’ success, teams are now 8-of-46 from deep against Duke this season. After their biggest win of the season, the Blue Devils will take the court again Friday for another marquee game, a contest against Temple Friday night at 9:30 p.m. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the semifinals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Rebounding and bench production will likely be the focus between now and then, but Krzyzewski and his staff have to be happy that their team now has big-game experience to draw upon. “It gives you confidence,” Krzyzewski said, “We get confidence through experience and the harder the experience that you’re successful in, the more confidence you [have].... Today I think we should come away feeling really good about ourselves.”

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the load, scoring eight quick points on 4-of-4 shooting against Michigan State (1-1) forward Matt Costello and sparking Duke’s gameopening 12-4 run. The Chicago native went on to finish with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting and is now 25-of30 from the field through three games. “I felt pretty comfortable, especially in the early going,” Okafor said. “My teammates were looking for me and they gave me a lot of confidence. [The plan was definitely to] get me some touches early and see how Michigan State was going to play.” The junior Costello and his Spartan teammates responded to Okafor’s early onslaught by racking up eight offensive rebounds and making enough plays to stay within striking distance in the opening period. The Blue Devils made their first seven shots of the game, but were unable to maintain a significant advantage because of defensive lapses and six turnovers. Despite its periodical mistakes, Duke took a 40-33 lead into the locker room thanks to 10 points apiece from Okafor, Cook and Winslow and 19 points off 10 Spartan turnovers. The takeaways fueled the Blue Devils’ 10-2 edge in fastbreak points in the early-going and made up for Duke’s inefficiency in its halfcourt sets. “A lot of [the turnovers were] on us,” Trice said. “We kind of forced some plays and were lackadaisical with the ball, but you’ve got to give them credit too because [Duke] did a great job on defense.” Both teams cleaned up some of their sudoku_444A mistakes in the second half, with Michigan

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Changing of the guard Laurie Patton, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, recently accepted the position of president at Middlebury College. Today we consider Patton’s legacy at Duke and what her departure means for the University moving forward.

Editorial Patton will be sorely missed as she leaves an indelible mark on Duke. In her three years as the dean of Trinity, Patton was instrumental in devising some of Duke’s University Courses and developing the touted Bass Connections program. She will also be remembered for her role in continuing and shaping Duke’s emphasis on interdisciplinarity. She leaves Duke to become the first female president of Middlebury College in its 214-year history. The Board wishes Patton well as she embarks on her journey north to lead with her passion and innovation at Middlebury. Patton’s departure brings the subject of administrative turnover to the center of attention. Last year, Duke bid farewell to Provost Peter Lange and Donna Lisker, associate vice

provost for undergraduate education. Connie Simmons, associate dean for undergraduate affairs, also announced Tuesday that she will be leaving Duke after this academic year along with Patton. There has also been talk that other key members of the administration will be leaving the University in the near future. With such administrative flux, Duke’s leadership will see significant change in the coming years. Amid this ongoing change of the administrative guard, Duke stands at a fork in the road where it will decide which path to take. It is a question about the formation of the University’s identity—the “Duke brand”—which has heretofore remained largely undefined. Unlike Stanford with its focus on Silicon Valley, MIT with its niche in technology and the University of Chicago with its emphasis on academia and producing students for graduate schools, Duke lacks a distinct identity. The unofficial “Ivy League of the South,” Duke is the jack-of-all-trades, casting a wide net to compete in all aspects of the modern university. Externally, it is perceived as a predominately upper class, white institution where sports and greek life reign paramount and where academics remain rigorous. While this external reputation may be misaligned

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with Duke’s internal identity, the question of what the “Duke brand” means to those both within and without the Duke community stands. In an attempt to enter the coveted pantheon of the nation’s top universities, Duke has cast its net wide with programs like Duke Engage, Duke Immerse and Bass Connections. Given that the University is still in its adolescence— and that it was only recently that it moved from a regional to a national school of repute—such institutional experimentation is understandable and necessary. But, significant changes within the administration pose an opportunity to assess the University’s myriad programs and focus resources to bolster key initiatives. One example may be focusing on developing Duke’s identity as a global innovator and incorporating this identity more intentionally in the curriculum. In this model, global initiatives like Duke Engage and study abroad could have follow-up programs that help students integrate their experiences into their education. It will be the role of the changing leadership to shape Duke’s identity and its reputation in the years to come, but in this process we urge a focus on depth, rather than breadth.

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Suppose that there were a pill that you could take which would make you more intelligent. Smarter. It would help you focus. It would help you stay awake. It would help you learn. Would you take it?” So asked philosopher Nicole Vincent in her TEDxSydney talk in 2014. Such a pill, as all of us students know, does exist, in many prescribable forms, including Adderall, Modafinil and Ritalin. Is that a resounding yes I hear from just about every overworked student every student on campus? With a fleeting pang of regret, I’m opposed to the use of Adderall and similar drugs by people without cognitive challenges. First of all, for a student without a cognitive disadvantage to obtain cognitive enhancers, he or she must

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Mary Ziemba EASTERN EXPOSURE falsify a disorder to a doctor in order to obtain a prescription. Doing so presents legal and liability issues for both the patient and the doctor who issued the prescription. Many laws are in place to protect people from the potentially dangerous side effects of prescription drugs, which, in the case of cognitive enhancers, include paranoia, addiction, rapid heartbeat and insomnia. Improper use of the drugs can even be lethal, as was the case for a student manager for the University of Michigan football team, Josh Levine, who fatally overdosed on Adderall in 2014. Obtainment of such drugs illegally should be strictly prohibited because of the medical dangers and legal dangers it presents to the student. Moreover, any use beyond “baseline” achievement of cognitive ability should be prohibited because the use of cognitive enhancers in those with a more typical central nervous system allows them to achieve disproportionately heightened levels of cognitive ability. The use of cognitive enhancers allows people with typical cognitive ability to focus on work intensely that might otherwise be considered mundane or mind-numbingly repetitive. For the unfair advantage that cognitive enhancers provide in school, their use should be limited to those with under-baseline cognitive ability. Grades in school ought to reflect natural ability rather than ability enhanced by drugs such as Adderall. The use of cognitive enhancers by those without disordered cognitive ability creates a

slippery slope of an expected level of cognitive achievement. If those without attentional differences were allowed to freely use cognitive enhancers, the availability of the drugs would increase because of the many benefits of using such drugs. Already, 35 percent of college students have reported using stimulants as study tools—if the drugs were made widely available, surely the proportion of students taking them would increase. Increased cognitive enhancer use would effectively “raise the average” of academic achievement, putting the people who “academically dope” in a new, artificial cognitive elite. Students who previously fell on the higher end of the bell curve of intelligence —those who do not dope as well as those who legitimately use the drugs to modify a cognitive difference—would then find themselves closer to the average, eclipsed by the artificially higherperforming students. Then, in classes graded on a curve, for example, non-doping students earn lower grades for the same level of effort. This places students in a predicament—either deal with their newfound academic disadvantage, or start popping pills to rise back up to their previous level. “The thing that I found the most frustrating was that [students’] use of ‘study drugs’ actually worked and some were rewarded for it,” illustratively reported a college student in Dallas, Texas in The New York Times. “One [student who doped], in particular, became salutatorian of my class while I, a hard-working and driven individual, was disadvantaged.” The student later began taking cognitive enhancement. Extreme levels of focus and an increased expected workload would create a “new normal” of cognitive ability. In a society where students are consistently overworked, staying up all night to study and endangering their lifelong health doing so, creating this “new normal” would perpetuate this trend. What’s more, those with and without cognitive disability who lack the monetary, medical, or social means to obtain cognitive enhancers would be left further and further behind in school and social life. Since much of the country lacks appropriate insurance or resources to obtain cognitive enhancers, it would be impossible to raise the cognitive ability of all students with cognitive enhancers. By widening the gap between the mentally able and challenged, the use of cognitive enhancers by those with typical cognitive abilities should be prohibited. Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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thank God my brain is a private place. I fear some of my thoughts will escape, infecting the overly edited conversations I have with people. I fear the fraternities in my section will find out what I really think about them at 2 am—and at 2 pm. I fear that I’ll drop a thought that challenges the status quo of our society. Writing has given me an outlet to control these thoughts. No, they don’t go away, but they do allow me to contextualize and understand my discomfort, my uncontrollable happiness, my outpour of love, my anger—my thoughts. I use my columns as an opportunity to let my brain have some fun, to let go of the structured thinking I’m trained into. While most of my uncensored, unedited thoughts don’t make it into my column, the process itself is my own source of comfort. I am my best listener. This process of writing-rewriting proved to be effective as I watched the “It’s On Us” campaign video starring Kerry Washington, Randy Jackson, Joel McHale, Mayim Bialik, Connie Britton, Vice-President Joe Biden and, of course, President Obama. The eerie music coupled with the “It’s On Us” shirts jolted me

Leena El-Sadek (DIS)EASED (RE)PRESENTATION into a state of confusion (and laughter), but before I let my brain off on its own course, let me provide some information about the President’s initiative. In September, President Obama announced his “It’s On Us” campaign to stop sexual assault on college campuses. In a powerful and convincing speech with Vice President Joe Biden and Lily, a sexual assault victim, President Obama warns Americans that we won’t progress until we treat men and women equally. “As far as we’ve come, the fact is that from sports leagues to pop culture to politics, our society still does not sufficiently value women,” he said. “We still don’t condemn sexual assault as loudly as we should. We make excuses. We look the other way. The message that sends can have a chilling effect on young men and women.” The national initiative began its “Week of Action” on Monday, November 17 and will end Friday, November 21. 233 college campuses, the NCAA, Pi Kappa Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternities, Niners Nation and SB Nation have all endorsed and supported the initiative. The week’s events include getting more people to sign the pledge, promoting roundtable discussions, and hosting bystander intervention training. Whitehouse.gov lists steps that have taken to end sexual assault on campus. This includes sending guidance to every campus, creating the White House Task Force to protect students from sexual assault, and reviewing existing laws to make sure they adequately protect victims of sexual assault. The website then provides 12 “tips” to help people become part of the solution. These include intervening when you see something, get help, recognize danger, keep an eye on friends, and talk to your friends about sexual assault. Now that I’ve given the context, allow me to share my (slightly edited) thoughts. To the Obama administration, you’ve gotten it wrong. You, indeed, have your heart in the right place, your foot in the right direction. But you, and whatever committee you hired to actualize your vision, has some serious rewiring before sexual

assault is ever addressed (and if you’re hiring, I’m looking). First off, offenders do not proudly wear “I’m a rapist!” shirts. Like you said, victims usually know their offenders. People can’t intervene if they don’t see anything out of place. Two, if you’re going to enlist support from the NFL, you should probably address their own problems with sexual violence. Three, your tips highlight ways we can avoid sexual violence—not prevent it. If we intervene in a friend’s interaction with a “questionable” individual, who is to say that he/she won’t turn to another victim down the street, bar, or club? Sexual violence does not exist a priori. It is embedded in a culture that celebrates the commodification and fetishization of bodies, especially female bodies, black and brown bodies, trans bodies, and homosexual bodies. It’s this culture that encourages, normalizes, and trivializes sexual violence. Don’t believe me? Music tells us “you know you want it” and consent is just a set of “blurred lines.” Jokes about “raping” that test (or game or meal) is a thing. Magazine covers celebrate sexual innuendos only with women. Magazines show us that women can only be sexual beings, while men should attain to be professional, successful and stylish. There are open sexual violence investigations on 55 campuses nationwide, but only 3 percent of rapists will ever get convicted. Similar to droplets that precipitate from a cloud, if you catch the rapist, you’re not stopping other offenders in the future. You’re just catching one person who has precipitated from a large mass hovering over us all. The steps and tips produced by the initiative address moves that we can partake in on a microscale. But these are systemic, macro problems, that need systemic, macro reform. To address these problems, we need to take a step back and hold institutions and corporations to standards. As the women’s website Feministing states, “it’s on us to go beyond ‘It’s On Us.’” Here are a few suggestions, from feminsting and from myself, we can employ to encourage change. It’s On You to recognize and dismantle institutions that tolerate and perpetuate violence. College campuses need to be held accountable for sexual assault cases. If you know an offender is still enjoying the liberaties on campuses, speak up. Stand up. It’s on you to condemn violence, and to make sure your college does, too. It’s On You to hold ethical standards for magazines. We’re all guilty of enjoying magazines, music and movies that celebrate the denigration of bodies. Boycott these corporations, start a movement, publicize their wrongdoings. Through twitter, Facebook, and other media platforms, your voice will be heard. It’s On You to encourage the national athletic leagues to set standards for their athletes. Because if you won’t, who will? They make millions off our admiration. So we cannot not send conflicting messages of what it is that we admire. Millions of kids and men and women who unconditionally support their men look up to these athletes. If one man can influence a country, imagine how many a league can impact. So to President Obama, Vice-President Biden, the entire Obama administration and the celebrities engaged in this initiative, I sincerely thank you for your efforts. I really hope your initiative provides the results you want to see on your end. But from where I’m standing, with boots on the ground, you still have some work to do.

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hich came first: the problem or the solution? While it may seem intuitive that you can’t have a solution without a problem prefacing it, new research funded by Fuqua and co-authored by Troy Campbell and Aaron Kay detailing this dilemma has just become the most popular Duke Today post of all time. Solution Aversion, as the new effect has been appropriately named, is essentially when people deny a problem exists because they do not like the solution that would be necessary to fix the problem. As an undergraduate research assistant to this project, I am immensely proud of its empirical results, widespread acceptance and implications. This inquiry into the peculiar psychological effects that influence decision-making has been making the rounds on established and social media alike. Initially populated in Duke Today, the influential study has made appearances in big newspapers like the Washington Post and the Herald Sun, news aggregators like The Huffington Post and Science Daily, and social media like Tumblr and forum-based site Reddit. The study made it to #3 on the Reddit science subforum, and proceeded to go viral with over 1,300 comments on that one post alone. When asked about why he thought the study was so popular, author Campbell replied “It relates to controversial things which causes it to go viral, and it is not necessarily the science that is causing all of its popularity. What’s wonderful though is the science always sneaks in there.” Campbell went on to specify that the science in Fuqua’s study is about the psychological implications of the generalizable theory of Solution Aversion, and not specifically on the energy debate. The study focused on widespread conservative denial of climate change. When conservatives were presented with a solution to climate change that

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relied on a government regulation, the percentage of Republicans who agreed with statistics and facts presented by various scientists was around 22%. Conversely, when conservatives were presented with market-friendly methods that emphasized the profit-potential for innovation of green technology and pro-business solutions, the percentage jumped to 55%. This variation in conservative agreement was found to be statistically significant. Campbell notes that “We tend to think politicians have disagreements about the solutions because they have disagreement over the facts. In actuality it’s often the other way around. Partisans have disagreement over the facts, because they disagree with the solution.” It is critical to note that this doesn’t just apply to conservative reactions to discussion of climate change. Similarly, liberals tend to be anti-GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) despite near unanimity in scientists’ declarations of the safety and viability of GMO’s. The effect is undoubtedly wider than a pointed argument on partisan issues. The beauty of Solution Aversion is its simplicity and how easy it is to understand. If someone doesn’t like the solution to a problem, it would be easier to pretend that the problem doesn’t exist. This small facet of human irrationality can be applied to a huge variety of fields. While climate change was the issue tested, the theoretical implications of the science go on much farther. Have you ever been told to clean your room and replied that “it’s really not that dirty”? This may be Solution Aversion. Have you ever thought about going on a run but then thought “Cardio isn’t that important”? This may be Solution Aversion. Have you ever been scheduled for a medical test and figured the check-up was too inconvenient and you would rather delay it? This may be Solution Aversion. The effect goes on to impact value belief systems and political preferences. “When there is a problem specifically tied to one solution, and that one solution is ideologically inconsistent with what a group of people would prefer, we should see solution aversion does to a degree guide the interpretation of whether the problems exists and the evidence behind it”, said Campbell. Since the study’s publication, there have been a wealth of blogs picking up the idea and running with it. There have been blogs on its applicability in tech industries, in teaching, in aiding social movements. However, Campbell notes it is important not to overstate the study’s findings. Building off the wide literature on motivated reasoning and synthesizing concepts like motivated consequentialism and the polarizing impact of science literacy, Solution Aversion is by no means a theoretical island. Additionally, while it gives us better tools to identify and understand why political divides exist and why belief systems are so difficult to overcome when any amount of ambiguity is present, it does not provide a sure-fire way to persuade people to change their opinions. Successful communication generally requires three things—reduce wiggle room, reduce threat and give people a reason to want to believe. Reducing wiggle room means providing irrefutable facts and diminishing ambiguity. Indeed, Solution Aversion is likely to be more prevalent in situations where ambiguity is high. Reducing threat means making people less averse to the problem by making the problem appear less scary or solvable in an un-aversive way. Duke University is once again on the cutting edge of psychology, behavioral economics and scientific research. It is helping us understand which is truly the bigger problem—the problem or the solution. The answer might very well be that it depends on who you ask. Tyler Fredricks is a a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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The University:

What it is, and why it matters ENG 190-1

Spring 2015

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The American public is presently engaged in what some are calling the “War on College.” In an age of cyberspace academic degrees, why would one choose to spend the time, money and energy to attend an on-campus university? What is college or the university for, and why does it matter? Asking questions about the values and aims of higher education should be an integral component of its pursuit; and any intellectually curious and critical student ought to develop a comprehensive understanding of the university and to explore how, at various points in time, the purposes and ends of the university have been diversely articulated. If you want to study at this modern research university with open eyes and critical awareness and, thus, achieve true intellectual freedom, -- i.e., not as a consumer of information but as an active and committed participant in the process of learning and reasoning -- then you might want to consider this course.