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After 37 years with the Pratt School of Engineering, Connie Simmons will retire in Jan. 2015

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Grace Wang Health & Science Editor After more than three decades at the Pratt School of Engineering—and a legacy of mentorship and commitment to her students—Connie Simmons, associate dean for undergraduate affairs, will retire in January 2015. Simmons has worked at Duke since 1978. Beginning as a secretary under former dean of Pratt Aleksandar Vesic, she soon rose in the ranks—and made an impact on thousands of Connie Simmons students in the process, colleagues say. “She’s a singularity, and there is no way to replace someone like her,” said Thomas Katsouleas, dean of Pratt, who has worked with Simmons since his appointment seven years ago. “Considering that [Pratt] is 75 years old, she’s been here half of that time. In many ways, really, this is her school.” Katsouleas noted that one of the most outstanding aspects of Simmons’ career as an an academic dean is her close relationships with students. Years after graduating, many students recall Simmons and return to see her during reunions, he said. “And these former students are joined by current students who are also waiting in line to see her now,” Katsouleas said. “It’s just really unique, because where else have you seen something like that?” Simmons’ primary role as the associate dean for undergraduate affairs is to offer one-on-one academic advising and guidance to Pratt students. Many students have See Simmons on Page 3

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle The Duke Chorale presented its annual Christmas Concert, featuring seasonal music played on the carillon and the organ and traditional Christmas carols and stories, at the Chapel Tuesday evening.

As sexual assault on college campuses continues to capture the national spotlight, Duke has tightened its policies in an attempt to increase awareness. This summer, Duke revised its policies and practices, summarizing the changes in a new website that went live before the start of this semester. The website— which outlines Duke’s commitment to addressing sexual misconduct—features strict definitions of both sexual misconduct and consent as well as details about investigation and hearing procedures. There has been a persistent rise in the number of reports brought to the attention of the Gender Violence Prevention and Intervention office since the changes were implemented, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said. “From the get go we have said the initial evidence of any success is not going See Policies on Page 4

Full-time Title IX coordinator begins work at Duke Rachel Chason University Editor Duke has appointed its first fulltime director of Title IX compliance. Howard Kallem, who began work Monday, spent nearly two decades in the Office for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Education, where he focused on civil rights enforcement and Title IX compliance. He comes to Duke from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has served as the Title IX compliance coordinator since January 2014. “[Kallem] brings a wealth and depth

of experience from his tenure at the stories of assault on college campuses Office of Civil Rights and his many have drawn attention to other aspects unique experiences of the law—which in working in tandem also addresses sexual ith Howie’s guid- harassment, genderwith colleges and universities to ensure ance, I expect us based discrimination that our institutions to come out of this with im- and sexual violence. are responsive and Before Kallem’s compliant in creating proved processes. arrival, Benjamin Resafe and equitable envice president for — Benjamin Reese ese, vironments for all,” institutional equity, Stephanie Helms Pickett, director of served as Title IX coordinator as part the Women’s Center, wrote in an email of his responsibilities as vice president. Tuesday. With the growing focus on sexual Title IX has long been associated assaults on college campuses, it made with promoting gender equity in sports, but a number of recent high-profile See Title IX on Page 3

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K-ville tenting to be monitored through new website said that people who are willing to tent longer than the next color group should Local & National Editor be rewarded. Several aspects of tenting remain the Krzyzewskiville tenting for the current same from last year to this year, including basketball season will soon be monitored the cap of black and blue tents at 70, and through a new, web-based platform. white tents at 30, for a total of 100 tents. Michael Marion and Oren Bukspan, Marion also clarified rules for the walkseniors and head line up line for standard e don’t want to make games and the game monitors for K-ville, presented the final the process hard for against the University rules for the upcoming of North Carolina at tenting season at Duke anyone. People should be Chapel Hill, and comStudent Government’s rewarded for being in K-ville, mented that over 200 last meeting of the se- not punished or discouraged. people were admitted mester Tuesday. They off the walk-up line for said that changes were — Michael Marion the 2014 UNC game. made in response to Black tenting for the feedback received the Feb. 18, 2015 game from last year’s basketball season. against UNC will begin Jan. 8. Blue tent“We don’t want to make the process ing will begin Jan. 18, and white tenting hard for anyone,” Marion said. “People will start Feb. 1. Final personal checks should be rewarded for being in K-ville, for each tent will take place from Feb. not punished or discouraged.” 12 and 13. A tent monitoring system will be introduced on kvillenation.com to create In other business: tent rosters, view tent position and see Michael Faber, manager of the Innoany missed checks that have occurred. vation Co-Lab, spoke to DSG about the In response to concern from past tenters Co-Lab grant program, which provides who missed line checks because the siren resources, money and free consultation was not heard, line monitors will also im- to students interested in working on inplement more effective line check sirens. novative projects. “People shouldn’t be missing checks Evan Levine, director of the Office so easily,” Bukspan said. “We want people of Infomation Technologies Academic to be rewarded for being in K-Ville.” and Media Technologies, spoke about Marion also spoke of the revised changes in ePrint allocations that will be “dirty tenting” rules, which now allow implemented in the Spring. In addition people to start tenting at any time dur- to the financial aid exemptions that are ing the black tenting or blue tenting pe- already in place, academic exemptions riods. In previous years, late tenting was would be added, allowing students with Emma Loewe | The Chronicle restricted to the first few days of each Michael Marion, a head line monitor, presented the final rules for the upcoming tenting seaSee DSG on Page 9 son at Duke Student Government’s last meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. period, but both Marion and Bukspan

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continued from page 1 expressed their gratitude to Simmons for arranging their class schedule and providing constructive advice. “Connie has helped me put together my schedule every single semester I’ve been at Duke,” junior Max Staebler said. “She’s the most dedicated member of the Pratt team and always makes time to help any student that asks. She is also just the most supportive person, always checking in when she sees you to ask how you’re doing.” Sophomore Joshua Xu added he was especially impressed with Simmons’ candor during student advising. “She is fearless, she says what’s on her mind,” he said. “[She is] absolutely unafraid to tell you how it is.” Simmons has served under six deans of Pratt and four University presidents. During her tenure, Pratt has undergone a series of strategic and structural

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reforms—the construction of both the education, from minoring to Bass ConTeer Building and Fitzpatrick Center nections to FOCUS, are graduating in for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medi- four years and on time,” he said. “She cine and Applied Sciences, as well as the knows all the requirements off the back creation of many reof her hand and works search fellowships for to ensure students end he’s a singularity, and up with the plan that students, all happened under Simmons’ watch. they want.” there is no way to “The school has Over her 37 years of replace someone like her. evolved, and our eduservice at the Univercational curriculum is — Thomas Katsouleas sity, Simmons has been much richer,” Katsouhonored with many leas said. “We now have all kinds of over- awards, including the school of engiseas opportunities, research fellowships, neering’s distinguished service award in and [Simmons] has helped in a rich array 1996. of these opportunities. However, some “It has been an amazing journey to be things haven’t changed in that Pratt has able to have had an impact on the lives always prioritized student-led initiatives. of students, faculty and staff in Pratt over [Simmons] supported and nurtured stu- the years,” Simmons wrote in an email dents and encouraged them greatly.” Tuesday. “I have witnessed the great Sophomore Henry Yuen, a member growth of the school though increasing of the executive board for Engineering enrollment of students, faculty and staff, Student Government, noted Simmons’ new programs...and now look forward to crucial role in facilitating academic flex- beginning a new chapter in my life.” ibility among Pratt students. A reception will be held on Jan. 27, “She is the reason why students who 2015 to commemorate Simmons’ Duke aspire to take part in every facet of Duke career.

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continued from page 1 sense to have one individual “devote their full time to every aspect of this issue, including training, overseeing the process of how we handle complaints and reviewing our policies and practices,” Reese said in a Duke News release. In his new position, Kallem will work with students, staff and faculty from across the University. “The national scrutiny on Title IX has created conversations Howard Kallem across campus that are healthy,” Reese said in the release. “It encourages everyone to look at the way we think about how universities handle sexual violence complaints. With Howie’s guidance, I expect us to come out of this with improved processes.”

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looking at it between a male perpetrator and a female victim, even though we are in open and progressive environments,” continued from page 1 Lambert said. “I think that there needs to be more visibility and more language that to be a decrease in numbers, it’s going to supports other types of relationships.” be an increase,” Moneta said—emphasizMoneta added that the administraing the importance of bringing awareness tion is hoping to create conditions in to the issue and ways for students to re- which students are confident and have port it and seek help. the trust of the system to be able to bring Details of Duke’s hearing procedures cases forward, resulting in an increased and the various processes were further number of reports. He added, however, clarified and tightened in their language, that not nearly enough of the cases reMoneta said, adding that the sexual mis- ported to the women’s center end up beconduct policy now applies to all gradu- ing brought to campus or criminal judiate and professional students, as well as cial processes. undergraduates. The explicit definition “Staffers have to be highly creating of sexual misconduct confidence in the processes so students will was adjusted to be prey hope is that cisely in line with Title not just report cases for we will influsupport, but will also IX and its obligations, he said. feel confident to bring ence enough of a culture the cases forward to ad“Duke has been aggressively focusing on change that through a byjudication,” he said. gender violence for stander intervention...we There will be conmany years, way longer can begin to see a decline tinued educational efthan the national press forts, Moneta noted, is paying attention to of the numbers. adding that the school it,” Moneta said. “The probably be re— Larry Moneta will policy we currently have quired to institute a reflects a lot of work over the summer.” survey assessing students’ experiences Duke has remained committed to on campus, their confidence in various work towards properly handling inci- systems and access to information. dents of sexual assault, specifically amidst “We’re going to have to really redouincreased coverage of such incidents. A ble our education efforts for everyone— University of Virginia rape case portrayed students, faculty and staff,” Moneta said. Moneta noted the potential for inin a recent Rolling Stone article, along with the case of Emma Sulkowicz—a se- creased availability of mandatory trainnior at Columbia University who has been ing options as well as the probability of protesting the school’s handling of her increasing staff both in the women’s censexual assault case by lugging her matter and office of student conduct. tress around campus since September— “If we’re successful first in getting cashave brought these cases of misconduct es brought forward, we have to be able to national attention. In addition, 85 to deal with them expeditiously,” he said. institutions, including the University of Lambert said she has noticeded a wish North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are cur- among students for greater transparrently under federal investigation for ency between the Women’s Center, the Title IX violations. administrative body and the Center for Moneta said continued directives Sexual and Gender Diversity. Some also from various federal entities enabled request for the process of reporting and Duke to constantly update and adjust its adjudication to be made clearer to both policies and practices in order to be con- individuals involved in the case. “Some of the students said they were sistent with the latest information. Duke’s updated policy outlines in de- really unclear of how the process works, tail the protocol for reporting cases, the so having more clarity [would be beneficomplaint resolution process and hearing cial],” she said. procedures. Examples of sexual misconThough Duke is currently working to duct are also provided, including both increase awareness and the number of heterosexual and same-sex encounters. reports filed, the ultimate goal is a deMadeleine Lambert, co-professor of crease in sexual misconduct. But in order a course titled Telling Stories for Social for significant change to happen, campus Change: Confronting Sexual and Domes- culture needs to shift, Moneta said. tic Violence at Duke and in Durham, not“My hope is that we will influence ed that there needs to be a greater push enough of a culture change that through towards the policy being more inclusive a bystander intervention like [Prevent. in terms or non-heterosexual or cisgen- Act.Challenge.Teach training]…we can der identities and sexual orientations. begin to see a decline of the numbers,” “A lot of times we think about sexual Moneta said. “But I don’t think thats goviolence, there is still very much a lens of ing to happen in the near future.”

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KEY THREE: DUKE VS. WISCONSIN

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KOHL CENTER CLASH Ryan Hoerger Beat Writer Duke has outscored its opponents by 31.3 points per game this season. Wednesday will provide a better indicator of how the Blue Devils stack up against the nation’s elite. No. 4 Duke will tip off against No. 2 Wisconsin at 9:30 p.m. at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., in the No. 4 marquee matchup Duke of the ACC/Big vs. Ten Challenge. The No. 2 Badgers enter the Wisconsin contest undefeated, looking to prove that WEDNESDAY, 9:30 p.m. they are a serious Kohl Center contender to make a repeat trip to the Final Four. The Blue Devils’ top-ranked recruiting class has been nothing short of sensational so far this season, but Wednesday presents a challenge the quartet of Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow and Grayson Allen has not encountered in college—the hostility of a true road game. Visitors are just 21-199 at the Kohl Center since the dawn of the Bo Ryan era

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Senior guard Quinn Cook has been an offensive threat for the Blue Devils, as he enters Wednesday’s matchup against Wisconsin averaging 15.6 points per game.

in 2001, making it one of the country’s most unfriendly venues for opponents. With such a young roster unaccustomed to executing in an opponent’s gym, Duke’s captains have made sure the squad has some idea of what to expect.

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Wednesday night, the Blue Devils will brave the cold and head to Madison, Wis., to face Bo Ryan and the secondranked Badgers. Wisconsin is coming off a Final Four appearance in last season’s NCAA tournament, the first such trip in Ryan’s 14-year stay in Madison. The Badgers returned four starters from last year’s squad, including center Frank Kaminsky. The senior was named to the AP preseason All-America team and is widely considered to either be the best frontcourt player in the country or the secondbest, right behind Duke’s Jahlil Okafor. Kaminsky averages 16.6 points per game on 56.3 percent shooting and hauls in 8.7 rebounds per game with 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per contest for good measure. Oh, and he also knocks down triples—the 7-footer is 40.7 percent from long distance on the year. You could say he has lived up to the hype so far. But so has the young man that Kaminsky will go up against Wednesday night. Okafor is averaging 17.7 points per game on 63.6 percent shooting to go along with 7.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 blocks per game. Okafor was also a preseason All-American and, like his Badger counterpart, is well on his way to earning first-team All-America honors at season’s end. And although the battle between Okafor and Kaminsky will be interesting to say the least, there is a lot more at stake in this game for Duke than I believe most people realize. The pundits at ESPN have cast this game as a great matchup between two elite programs with very little hanging in the balance for either team. If Wisconsin wins, it will retain its No. 2 ranking and Duke will most likely slip to either No. 5 or 6—not far from its current position at No. 4. If the Blue Devils walk away victorious, then the most likely scenario is that the two teams will trade spots in the poll. But this game is about more than a national ranking. It’s about proving that this Duke team is a legitimate contender to reach the Final Four for the first time since Kyle Singler and Co. won it all in 2010. It’s about proving that this team does not have the fatal shortcomings of last season’s squad. It’s about validation. The Blue Devils have faced a couple

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The Blue Devils will look to get back on their feet against Nebraska after having the wind knocked out of them late against Texas A&M last Sunday. No. 9 Duke will travel to Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., to face off against the No. 12 Cornhuskers No. 9 Wednesday at 7:30 Duke p.m. This is the last vs. road game the Blue No. 12 Nebraska Devils will have for the next 25 days. WEDNESDAY, 7:30 p.m. Coming off a Pinnacle Bank Area tough loss at No. 5 Texas A&M— where Duke had a commanding 15-point lead only to let it slip away late—Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie made it clear changes have to be made. “Most disappointing was the lack of our defensive stops,” McCallie said. “We

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continued from page 6 of quality opponents so far during this young season. They went to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and beat an experienced and talented Stanford team fresh off a run to the Sweet Sixteen last year. But despite its talent, the Cardinal is not an A-List celebrity in the world of college basketball. Duke also beat Michigan State convincingly at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, but although teams led by Tom Izzo should always be feared, this Spartan squad is nothing compared to teams of years past in terms of ability. Wednesday’s contest against Wisconsin is the Blue Devils’ first legitimate dogfight of the year—a game worthy of its 9:30 p.m. time slot so that every man, woman and child in America can sit in front of their television screens and ogle at what should be one of the best regular-season games of the year. It’s Duke’s first chance to show that, no, it is not a good team. It is a great team, and one that can go out and beat the Kentuckys and Wisconsins of the world this season. A loss is not necessarily a bad thing. A competitive game that goes down to the wire but falls just short of going

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played very soft defense. [Texas A&M] had three players that led their team, and we only had two and that’s going to cost you.” The Blue Devils (5-1) also missed the inside presence of senior Elizabeth Williams. The captain is dealing with an ankle injury that has left her as a gametime decision going forward and forced other players to fill her role on the court. “After not doing what we set out to do against A&M, I think it’s everybody’s job to step up,” McCallie said. “It’s not even step up, it’s play your role. We need to play within ourselves, play smart and play consistent throughout the entire 40 minutes.” One player to watch has to be redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell. The Duke guard had an explosive start to the game against the Aggies, scoring 12 points in the first 11 minutes. The Kentucky native also shot 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, on her way to a careerhigh 23 points as well as five rebounds. “I want [Rebecca] attacking,” McCallie said. “She’s always doing great things because she’s staying active.… We have to shore up her defense though, it really needs to pick up. She’s that quality of a player where she’s going to be excellent on both sides of the ball.” True freshman forward Azura Stevens has also been impressive throughout the season, dominating the paint and stretching the defense with her range. In the loss against Texas A&M, the Cary, N.C., native was able to post 15 points and seven boards. “It’s just getting started with Azura,”

Leslie Chen-Young | Chronicle File Photo Duke freshman center Jahlil Okafor leads the Blue Devils with 17.7 points per game and will battle Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky in Wednesday’s top-5 matchup.

the Blue Devils’ way is still a good sign for this team. A game in which Duke is never really in it and Kaminsky is able to shine would show us shades of 2011-12 and 2013-14, when the Blue Devils could not find a way to beat elite programs early in the season and ended up bowing

out in their opening games of the NCAA tournament to Lehigh and Mercer, respectively. Whether you are going to sit down with a cold one and watch the game closely in its entirely, or you are going to open up a little screen on your computer

and watch while you try and grind out that last bit of work before finals week, you should know how important this game is to your team. And although the game may not define the season, it will serve as a very good indicator of things to come.

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McCallie said. “She’s got to go for consistency and she’s got to go for versatility. She’s had some good games but there have been ups and downs… consistency is really the key for her.” Another factor that is bound to play a role is being away from home. Texas A&M had a fairly large turnout against Duke, and the Cornhusker faithful should turn up in large numbers for their game as well. McCallie emphasized that when playing on the road, the team needs to really concentrate on executing, and if it can do that, the crowd can become a non-factor. Aside from the crowd, the Blue Devils will have to find a way to deal with Nebraska’s players, who are coming off a 63-56 win against Northern Colorado last Sunday. One Cornhusker standout to watch for is Emily Cady. The Nebraska (6-0) forward is averaging 14.8 points per game along with eight rebounds. In her last game, she posted a double-double, co-leading the team in points with 16 and also pulling down 11 boards. “[Nebraska is] very outstanding, very impressive,” McCallie said. “We need to slow them down and make them work very hard for their points. I’m very impressed with…the versatility of [Cady], the way she slips screens, the way she moves on the floor, the way she screens, the way she gets the ball where she wants it in the high post.” Rachel Theriot will be another dangerous threat for the Cornhuskers. The All-American guard leads the team in points with 19.5 and is an effective floor general, leading the team in assists with 4.8 while also averaging 4.8 rebounds a game. The Blue Devils will also need to

Carolyn Chang | Chronicle File Photo Duke redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell will try and build on Sunday’s career-high 23 point-performance at Nebraska.

find a way to mature quickly. Without Williams, the Duke starting lineup only combines for 31 career starts— with two freshmen, two sophomores and one senior who did not start until the final five games of last season. “We are excited to get better,” McCallie said. “We are not very happy.

You know you’re not very happy when you don’t put forth your best effort. I would call us motivated.” The Blue Devils must stay motivated if they want to come away with a win. After Nebraska, Duke will return home to face No. 1 South Carolina.

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said. “If guys aren’t ready, they’re going to get lost in the noise.... Those can be back-breaking plays if you’re not paying attention.” Jefferson and fellow captain Quinn Cook have played their fair share of big games, and stressed communication in practice to make sure the Blue Devils stay on the same page when they take the floor in the middle of what Jefferson called “a sea of red.” A full 50 percent of Duke’s scoring comes from its freshmen, so the Blue Devils will need the rookies to adapt well to the road setting. Cook said he expects the quartet to be just fine. “This is why they came to Duke, bigtime games like this,” Cook said. “It’s been advertised on ESPN all week. They’ve seen it, and this is what they all signed up for.” To have a chance against the fundamentally-sound Badgers (7-0) in a hostile road environment, Duke must continue to be efficient on the offensive end. The Blue Devils (7-0) score 90.4 points per game—fourth-best in the country—but Wisconsin only allows 50.6 points per contest, meaning something will have to give Wednesday. As it has all season, that offensive productivity starts with Okafor. Averaging 17.7 points per game, the freshman will get a chance to prove himself against 7-footer Frank Kaminsky in a matchup of the top two centers in college basketball. The OkaforKaminsky hype has dominated the buildup to Wednesday’s game in the same way that last year’s Duke-Kansas clash in Chicago revolved around the Jabari Parker-Andrew Wiggins dynamic. For his part, Okafor has sought to diffuse the attention centered on his matchup in the post with Kaminsky. But the battle between the big men will likely be a deciding factor in which team wins the war. “It’s really just about us playing the No. 2-ranked team in the nation,” Okafor said. “We’re excited to go down to Wisconsin.... I’ve never really played in any game like the one I’m going to Wednesday night.” If Kaminsky is able to slow down Okafor inside—something no opponent so far has been able to do for a full 40 minutes—it will fall to the freshman’s teammates to knock down open shots from the outside to relieve some of the congestion in the paint. After not

making a field goal in Duke’s previous two games, Jones broke out in a big way Sunday against Army, notching his first double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. As the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, Kaminsky receives the bulk of the attention for Wisconsin, but the Badgers have a deep lineup of veteran talent more than capable of picking up the slack if the senior has an off night against Okafor. Deep threat Ben Brust was the only key contributor to depart from last year’s Final Four team after Kaminsky spurned the NBA for one more season in Madison. Head coach Bo Ryan runs a methodical half-court offense, utilizing lots of screen action and backdoor cuts. But with all the athletes on this year’s team and the ability of Wisconsin’s posts to stretch the floor, Ryan has allowed the Badgers to push the pace more than in years past, defying the traditional Big Ten mold. “They can all shoot the ball from outside, so we’ll have to be ready for that adjustment,” Jones said. “They’re a really fundamental team and play really well together.” Junior Sam Dekker and sophomore Nigel Hayes combine for 26.3 points per contest, both of them versatile forwards with some range. At 6-foot-9, 220 pounds, Dekker attacks the rim well off the dribble and has a flare for the big-time play. The 6-foot-7 Hayes provides another physical presence inside, pulling down 8.3 rebounds per game playing opposite Kaminsky. “They move a lot. They pull a lot of guys—especially their bigs—out of the post,” Jefferson said. “[It’s important] for all our bigs to move with their guy and always be in a stance and always being aware. They catch a lot of guys sleeping for threes and backdoors.” Redshirt senior Josh Gasser has never averaged more than nine points per game, but the guard is the quintessential glue guy for the Badgers, bringing the grit and intangibles that made Tyler Thornton a valuable asset for the Blue Devils during his time in Durham. Operating behind the curtain of the show in which Kaminsky and Dekker are the stars, Gasser’s consistency and toughness make him the leader of Ryan’s club—he was also the first true freshman in the Big Ten to record a triple-double since Magic Johnson did it in 1977. “They’re not just run through Kaminsky,” Cook said. “They were in the Final Four last year for a reason. They’re a great, great allaround team, a well-coached team.... They know how to win.”

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Brianna Siracuse | Chronicle File Photo Junior forward Amile Jefferson has led the Blue Devils as a captain and as a rebounder, grabbing a team-best 8.9 rebounds per game.

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(Projected lineups, statistics from 2014-15 season) Led by Frank Kaminsky, WisDUKE WIS consin’s frontcourt combines 74.6 PPG: 90.4 for 42.9 points per game and 50.6 PPG DEF: 59.1 FG%: is able to do so thanks to its 52.7 50.5 3PT%: versatility. All three players 38.7 34.0 FT%: shoot 53 percent or better 69.8 68.5 RPG: 36.6 39.6 from the field, with Kaminsky APG: 20.1 boasting a 40.7 3-point field 14.9 4.3 BPG: 4.1 goal percentage. SPG: 6.1 8.9 The addition of pass-first point 9.3 9.3 TO/G: guard Tyus Jones has allowed The breakdown senior Quinn Cook to flourish The marquee matchup will be in the paint beas a scorer this season—he tween two of the best big men in the league, has hit double-digits in all sevas Okafor and Kaminsky will lead their teams en games this season. Jones in this top-5 matchup. If the Badgers’ crafty proved he is also a offensive veteran can spread Okafor with his jump shot threat with a 16-point, 10-asand manage to get him into foul trouble, sist performance against Army. Amile Jefferson and the Blue Devil bench will After averaging just 1.8 points need to be ready to step up when Okafor per game last year, Matt Jones comes off the court. The Wisconsin frontcourt has found his stroke as a greatly outsizes Duke’s, so Rasheed Sulaimon sopohmore, as he is averaging and Matt Jones may be relied on to slow 7.6 points off the bench for down the larger Badger guards. Duke. Rasheed Sulaimon has yet to get into his offensive groove, but will still provide a OUR CALL: Duke wins, 79-75 defensive boost.

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will be changes in coming semesters that allow student-run organizations to print. The Student Organization Funding Committee recognized the Duke Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that promotes dialogue about American-Israeli relations. President Lavanya Sunder, a junior, also commented on the recent football game against UNC, where students were turned away from the gates as the stadium reached capacity. “Although it’s disappointing that student entrances were closed, it happens at basketball games too,” Sunder said. “It’s an unfortunate reality, but after the recent events, safety at the stadium will be bettered.”

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Happy Holidays? Merry Christmas! No? Happy Hanukkah! Kwanza?…Happy Holidays! Year in and year out, wintertime sparks debate on political correctness in well-wishing during the holiday season as well as the shift from a religious to a commercial and secular cultural phenomenon. A spiritually sacred

Editorial conception of the holiday season competes and shares space with narratives of the season as a capitalist shopping spree and as a secular or alternatively pan-religious cultural event. Perhaps the most salient manifestation of political correctness for the holidays is how we greet one another and how businesses advertise and brand themselves in the winter. A vocal minority persists in asserting that religion should be kept within the community and not foisted on others. Whether this comes from a secular humanist or politically correct ideology, there is the question of whether it is appropriate to espouse your particular holiday celebration in public or stick to non-specific sayings. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, department stores and

businesses pushed to secularize marketing in response to what they perceived as a preference for political correctness by consumers. In more recent years, however, Forbes magazine reports the pendulum swung in the other direction with consumer preferences revealed to be more in favor of phrases like “Merry Christmas” than phrases like “Happy Holidays.” We agree with the polled majority and believe that there is more significance to be found in the holidays. While we applaud the social conscientiousness and acceptance of cultural and religious diversity, political correctness often represses rather than fosters dialogue and engagement. The capitalist commercialization and exciting “cultural phenomenon” view of the holiday season run the risk of eclipsing an important opportunity for people, religious or non-religious, to reflect on the importance of community, consider questions of religion and cosmological origins and minimally embrace the idea that something deeper drives the holiday sales and family gatherings. For those who are not particularly religious and those who are not religious at all, there is still great value in exploring the holiday season, materially in the sales and family gatherings but also intangibly in

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the prominence of religion and spirituality. The positive externality that comes from the blissful commercialization and secular moral and religious good feelings of the season makes this time of year special. We can see these narratives are not mutually exclusive because we should enjoy holiday shopping and gift-giving and a broader societal spirit of generosity and kindness alongside religious ceremonies or stories to bring about the occasion. While the capitalist and cultural “holidays” tend to overshadow the underlying religious reasons for the season, we recommend everybody take time for reflection, religious or personal, because sometimes deeper meaning brings value just in the act of considering its foundational relation to the season. Whether non-religious, practicing, or not practicing but associated with a religion, there is much to gain from reflection and conscientiousness of the religious and spiritual significance of the holidays. You can enjoy the holiday sales, rampant gift-giving and caroling and time with the family while also being sure to appreciate the deeper human spirit and spirituality we all share in the togetherness of the holidays.

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he movement of the beginning of the holiday shopping season from Black Friday to Thanksgiving Day has driven a vicious wedge between enthusiastic consumers, retailers, staunch holiday traditionalists and workers. The wishes of each of these groups have been at odds with each other, resulting in protests, strikes, stampedes, fighting and other atrocities that come with shopping on Thanksgiving. Rather than attempting to stop the madness by prohibiting Thanksgiving shopping altogether or taking the problematic, purely capitalist solution, workers, bargain-hunters and those who wish to hold Thanksgiving sacred should attempt a solution that rests on middle ground. Retailers who wish to open on Thanksgiving should be allowed to do so, make Thanksgiving shifts volunteer-based rather

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Mary Ziemba EASTERN EXPOSURE than compulsory and incentivize workers to work special holiday hours with increased wages. With stores offering increasingly attractive Black Friday specials, consumers have shopped on Black Friday in larger and larger numbers over the years. In 2013, 38 percent of American consumers aged 18 and older said they planned on holiday shopping on Thanksgiving. This figure climbed to 45 percent in 2014. Although these numbers represent a minority of American consumers, they represent a fervent minority—in order to score low prices on big-ticket items, shoppers will wait outside for hours before an opening or camp outside stores in order to be first in line. Two women even plan to camp out for 22 days in front of a California Best Buy in order to purchase a deeply-discounted television on this Thanksgiving night. And, unfortunately, some shoppers even resort to violence—in 2011, one woman injured other shoppers with pepper spray in a brawl for discounted video games, and in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by a stampede of eager shoppers. Considering that there exists a contingent of consumers who will go to such extreme measures to shop on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, any legal or corporate effort to close stores on Thanksgiving would be futile. In short, shoppers don’t camp out all night because stores open on Thanksgiving, stores open on Thanksgiving because shoppers are willing to camp out. As Sandy Kennedy, president of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, puts it, “Consumers, not retailers, determine when the holiday shopping season begins.” As the two women in California demonstrate, shoppers will do what they must to score holiday shopping deals. Evidence instead shows that stores opening on

Thanksgiving would prevent violence on Black Friday itself. Moving store opening times to Thanksgiving night essentially “out-prices” some shoppers from going shopping—in other words, shoppers find family time more valuable than discounted goods and therefore celebrate at home instead of shopping. This leaves only the most devoted of shoppers to go out on Thanksgiving night, thus thinning crowds on Black Friday and lessening the likelihood of violence occurring from competitive shoppers. Illustratively, in the 2008 incident that resulted in the Wal-Mart worker’s death, Wal-Mart scheduled to open at 5 AM on Black Friday—essentially priming itself for a disaster. Opening on Thanksgiving would make work over the holiday weekend safer not only for shoppers but also for the store’s workers. Understandably so, many workers are upset about being compelled to work on Thanksgiving, a day so long reserved for time to rest and celebrate with family and friends. Many workers have gone on strike in recent years to protest working on Thanksgiving—in 2012, workers at Walmart went on strike, and in 2013, New Jersey Walmart worker Anthony Rivera was one of many retail workers to make a petition against Thanksgiving shifts. HoweverloudthevoicesofthoseagainstThanksgiving shifts are, enough workers have reported to work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday to keep businesses open and serving their customers. The motivation of those who work on Thanksgiving mirrors the sentiments of Thanksgiving shoppers who are brave enough to take all means necessary to get the best deals—although they represent a small fraction of the greater population of workers or shoppers, their desire to work or consume is felt and met. Retailers should adopt a system of incentivized shift volunteering in order to ensure that workers who are willing to work on Thanksgiving get to do so, and those who wish to stay home will be able to spend time with their loved ones. Macy’s has adopted one such system—the company pays workers overtime for any shift beginning on Thanksgiving. The system has been effective—over 90 percent of Thanksgiving shifts have been filled by regular workers who volunteered to do so. All retailers should adopt this strategy so that willing workers can earn money, workers who wish to stay home can celebrate Thanksgiving with their family and shoppers who wish to deal hunt can do so. By operating on a system of incentivized volunteering for shifts on Thanksgiving Day, retailers can avoid the potentially dangerous frenzy of shoppers and ensure that workers who wish to stay home with their families can do so. USA Today reports that 87 percent of shoppers say that they will not participate in Thanksgiving shopping. By operating of this proposed system, retailers can satisfy the 13 percent that will, as well as give workers an opportunity for increased pay. Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. This is her final column of the semester.

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hat’s on my wish list for 2015? I want us to have a happier world. A healthier world. A less hungry world. A less violent world. A less apathetic world. A less quiet world to speak against the loudly unjust. I want us to have a better world. I want us to build a better forever. As trite as that may sound. December 2014 has finally arrived, bringing our roller coaster of emotions to a transition point. From the tragic losses of Robin Williams and Maya Angelou to the deployment of 1500 additional troops to Iraq. From ISIS beheadings to the record high number of homeless American children. From Michael Brown and John Crawford to Tamir Rice and Eric Greene. From the tears shed in Ferguson, Cleveland and New York to the tears we continue to shed in every city, large and small, in the US. America has suffered many losses in 2014, mobilizing people all over the country to stand behind movements and protests. Chanting in unison, the movements jolt people awake to the nuanced yet harmful

plantations at only six cents an acre. Firestone gave Liberia a “loan” to pay off their debt and to build a harbor, which put them in more debt because of accumulated interest. As the American company evolved and thrived, Liberians continued to sink deeper and deeper into the poverty’s black hole. Military issues aren’t much better. America spends about 20 percent of the federal budget, about $700 billion, on defense and international security assistance compared to 12 percent on welfare programs. In his Riverside speech, Dr. King said, “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” With more spending on defense, death becomes simple. Fast. Faceless. We see this with Michael Brown, Eric Greene and Tamir Rice. But there are Fergusons all over the world. Who will speak up for the several 11-year old boys killed by American drones in Pakistan? Who will protest for the Palestinian lives lost because of American-funded Israeli tanks and bombs? Who will mourn

Leena El-Sadek (DIS)EASED (RE)PRESENTATION practices institutionalized and delivered by American actors. But are our chants really in unity? These movements, alone, cannot rid us of the injustice we witness. We need another parallel revolution in 2015 to actualize our goals of justice, freedom and equality. We need a revolution of values. Consider Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 Riverside speech about Vietnam: “Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. With this powerful commitment we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust mores and thereby speed the day when every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain …” Arguably one of his most important speeches, King addresses the unjust atrocities in Vietnam. He calls for an “eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism” and the unity for a “revolution of values” among Americans. He argues America cannot stand for justice in America without standing for justice in Vietnam. Almost five decades later, King’s speech still rings loudly. The atrocities occurring in America remain as relevant and pressing as the atrocities all over the world, especially when America is involved, and this is evidenced through global poverty, militarism and racism. America has been on the wrong side of history, but through what Dr. King describes as “revolution of values,” Americans don’t have to be. Let’s look at poverty. More than 46 million Americans live in poverty, making it one of the most pervasive issues politicians, philanthropists and religious organizations are tackling. However, according to The Economist and State of Working America, America’s bottom 10 percent still live better than most of humanity. This, of course, doesn’t diminish the inadequate living conditions of the 46 million poor in the US, but it says a lot about the poor all over the world—they are doing really, really badly. And some of this is at the direct benefit to America’s wealthy. Consider the American rubber corporation Firestone, which operates in Liberia. In the midst of an international loan problem, Liberia signed a contract with Firestone in 1926 to develop rubber

Taxi talks in Catalonia

lash back to 4 am central European time this past Monday. I’m at El Prat airport in Barcelona waiting to get checked-into my Ryanair flight when I realize that I forgot my passport at the hostel. Oops. Sprinting to the first taxi my friends call over, I verify the hostel’s address and the driver can tell from the urgency in my voice that he needs to be quick. The tires spin against the pavement and we fly off down the road to recover my only way out of the country and back to my study abroad program in England. On our way, I told him I forgot my passport, but he looked at me with a blank expression. That’s when I realized he didn’t speak any English. Distant from my friends for roughly the next hour and stuck in the car with this 27-or-28year-old Catalan local, I mustered what Spanish I could remember from school and proceeded to speak hesitantly: “Olvidé mi pasaporte en el hostel.” After a chuckle, we got to talking. I told him about my trip in Barcelona, speaking slowly, staring at the dashboard and writing sentences in my head to make sure words were in the correct place—indirect objects and if-then statements are hard! As we kept talking, I started looking at him more and became so engrossed in the back-and-forth that conversation became fluid. Following a mutual agreement that the rain that weekend was rough, and recognition that it is absolutely impossible to experience a city in one weekend, conversation turned to the Catalonians’ favorite subject. Like my tour guide said earlier: “On the way to work we don’t talk about weather anymore, we talk about independence.” Concurrent to the rise of Nazism and World War II, Francisco Franco rose to power with Hitler’s support by horrendously dominating the loose resistance of syndicalists, anarchists and republicans during the Spanish Civil War. To centralize the state, he outlawed the Catalan language, forbid their traditional customs and annulled its autonomous statute. With his

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the massacre of 16 civilians—9 children— by a United States Army Staff Sergeant in Kandahar, Afghanistan? If we can’t even engage in conversation about deaths by American hands, how can we criticize the unstable process of finding human rights violations in other countries across the world? Like poverty and militarism, discrimination of perceived race is forefront of our worldly injustices. When one group in power marginalizes the minority out of power, individuals are degraded and dehumanized. European countries, such as France and Greece, have seen a rise in attacks against ethnic minorities, such as Arabs and Albanians, respectively. Countries in the Middle East experience heightened tensions among ethnic and religious groups. The Rohingya in Burma have seen displacement and violence and many have even been killed. A tribal clash between the Murle and the Nuer resulted in hundreds of deaths. So here’s the thing—there is no life more valuable than the next. This seemingly simple fact has proven to be hard to understand by individuals all over the world. Humanity doesn’t have borders. Collectively, we need to need to stand firmly against racism and persecution, whether it’s in our own communities or in other communities. Just as loudly as I’ve heard criticisms, on both sides, regarding Ferguson, I wish people would speak up about the littlepublicized Fergusons happening everyday across towns and across the world. My biggest wish for 2015? I want us to lay bricks and decrease the apathy to build a population ready for a better forever. In 2015, I hope we value all lives and issues overseas, and not just the ones that relate to the U.S. or the ones that the U.S. media decide to propagate. If we ever want to truly address the ills present in our own society, injustices all over the world, especially those benefitting the U.S., need to enter our discussions. The biggest challenge in addressing poverty, racism and militarism is acknowledging the parallel global struggles our brothers and sisters are having. To echo Martin Luther King, Jr’s powerful message: Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter— but beautiful—struggle for a new world. Leena El-Sadek is a Trinity senior. This is her final column of the semester.

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death and the restoration of democracy and Catalonian culture, calls for independence have grown louder. Within the last five years during the economic crisis, Catalonian cries for sovereignty have reached a fever pitch with a massive protest in 2010 and the Catalan Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for Catalonia to be an independent state in the European Union in 2013. This past September 11—the National Day of Catalonia commemorating its ultimate defeat at the hands of Spain in 1714—there was a million people strong demonstration in the main streets of Barca calling for independence. On November 9, an unofficial Catalan selfdetermination referendum was administered by the government. Results showed a resounding 80 percent of self-selected Catalonians who went to the polls were in favor of the Yes-Yes option, representing desired interest for Catalonia to become a state and be independent. The Basque government did something similar, except they made the referendum official. The politicians in the Basque country were promptly arrested by the Spanish government and incarcerated. Because of this, the most recent referendum was completely unofficial and held off governmental grounds. Regardless, it sends a powerful message. With this in mind my question to Francisco, my taxi driver, was open: “¿Que piensas de la independencia de Catalunya?” He told me that Catalonia has a culture unique from the rest of Spain. He told me how the Catalonian identity is tied with the independent language that unites the people, but more comes from the region’s distinctive architectural style, distinctive dances, public festivals and other cultural traditions. But at the same time, he told me that he is Catalonian and he is Spanish. Much of the drive in the struggle for independence comes from emotion tied up with the region’s history and dissatisfaction with having to pay to provide welfare for the rest of Spain. After all, Catalonia is one of Spain’s most affluent regions and the country’s taxing policies effectively redistribute wealth from the region to others in more desperate need of it. But with Spain’s unemployment pushing 25 percent, frustration with the government’s inability to mitigate the fluctuating world economy’s impact on Spain has left proud Catalonians asking why. He told me about the complex relationship between Catalonia and Spain’s government in Madrid. Spain needs Catalonia and Catalonia needs Spain. Spain needs Catalonia’s culture, influence and people to support its fragile economic system and add flavor to Spain’s already eclectic mix of cultures. Similarly, Catalonia needs Spain because of its access to the European Union, the dynamic interplay of the region’s customs and the structural relief funds the eurozone provides. Moreover, he told me that Europe needs Catalonia to need Spain. Without the Iberian culture nodes’ interactions, both would plunge into economic crisis. The EU would be forced to choose a bailout of Spain’s 47 million people, inarguably more severe than the recent bailout for Greece’s 11 million, possibly disintegrating the monetary union. Furthermore, if Catalonia joined the EU independently it would set a dangerous precedent for regions in Spain like the Basque country, Galicia and Andalucía. It would threaten the fabric of Europe with precedents set for places like Scotland, Bavaria, Flanders, Padania and every mix and match of European nationals that are demographic minorities. What this means is that Kosovo’s experience could become widespread, and the rise of nationalism could lead to the balkanization of Europe just as it was on the precipice of becoming more united and cooperative than it had been in millennia. It’s one small step backwards for Spain and one giant leap backwards for the European Union. Following my dramatic realization about the existential fragility of the EU that Francisco told me about and after a discussion of aggressive workers in Las Ramblas, his fascination with the Spanish language’s success in my home-state of Florida and a description of Cadbury chocolate bars in Inglaterra, he finally dropped me off outside the airport. The taxi price was steep, but the conversation was priceless. I shook his hand and said “Mucho gusto y gracias para la conversación” to which he responded “Vuelve a Barcelona”. I hope to. Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. This is his final column of the semester.

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