January 28, 2015

Congratulating Coach K

Controversy Over UNC Pres.

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Duke women Young Trustee process raises questions in STEM battle the gap “I feel like when I’m teaching these women, they already feel like they shouldn’t be studying something” Jenna Zhang Local & National Editor With a recent study showing that popular stereotypes—rather than lack of ability— may be responsible for the gender gap in certain fields, Duke women note that females in STEM fields face a variety of obstacles.

A study by Princeton University researchers earlier this month indicated that a cultural obsession with genius may be responsible for the gender gap in certain fields, most notably science, technology, engineering and math—or “STEM”—subjects, though certain non-STEM subjects were represented as well. The study found that in academic fields dominated by men, hard work is valued less than inborn intellect, or genius—which is stereotypically associated with white males, researchers said.

The idea that superior intellect is a prerequisite for success is pervasive in certain fields, noted Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke professor of mathematics.

“I tend to find this attitude that you can only be good at math if you’re already good at it—that attitude I see a lot, and I tend to speak up against it because it’s just not true,” Daubechies said. “Mathematics stems from being able to see that something is just the same as something else. That is something that is intensely human—that we all share.”

Researchers of the Princeton study noted that genius is most frequently associated with men in popular culture. Stereotypes of women’s inferior intellects might help explain why women are underrepresented in fields that place greater value on inborn talent, the study concluded.

The gender gap can oftentimes be See STEM on Page 12

Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle All members of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee cited conflicts of interest with several of the Young Trustee finalists and semifinalists.

Alex Griffith The Chronicle After revisions to the training process for members of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee to prevent bias, some students are still calling for a greater level of transparency.

Last week, the YTNC named three finalists who had been selected from a pool of eight semifinalists. In an attempt to ensure fairness in the selection process, YTNC members received additional bias prevention training. Committee members were required to declare conflicts of interest with applicants, with conflicts categorized as minor, moderate or major. Still, some have called the fairness of the system into question—highlighting

in particular, the role that Duke Student Government plays in the process.

The YTNC is made up of nine voting members and a non-voting chairman. Six of the voting members are members of the DSG Senate. The chairman of the committee was a senator for residential life during the 2013-14 academic year.

The YTNC is picked by a DSG committee of six senators.

All of three of the finalists hold highranking positions in some form of student government. Senior Nikolai Doytchinov served as DSG executive vice president last year and is currently on a temporary leave from his position as chief justice of the DSG Judiciary while he is a Young Trustee candidate. Senior David Robertson is currently the DSG vice president for Durham and regional affairs. Senior

Anna Knight the only one of the three finalists not to be involved in DSG, though she is the president of the Engineering Student Government.

“It was a surprise to me how DSG-centric [the process] ends up becoming,” said Reem Alfahad, a senior who was a semifinalist for the Young Trustee position.

The YNTC was created to be a committee independent of DSG, with checks in place to ensure objectivity, But some, like Alfahad, said the influence of DSG is still apparent from the makeup of the committee.

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Selective living groups become more competititve “As a freshman, I don’t think I would’ve made the cuts,” says Ubuntu president Kali Shulklapper University Editor Selective living groups saw significant increases in the number of applicants this recruitment season, but the number of bids extended remained limited.

Although not all SLGs have finalized their bid numbers, as of Tuesday Cooper House had given out the greatest number of bids at 28, followed closely by Ubuntu at 24. Arts Theme House gave out the smallest number of bids at 15.

Nexus, Mirecourt and Maxwell House declined to release any recruitment statistics.

Cooper House received an unprecedented 450 applicants, but extended the same amount of bids as last year, when there were 415 applicants—making their 2015 acceptance rate just 6.2 percent compared to 6.7 percent in 2014.

“Our focus on building an organic, holistic community resonated with a large percentage of the first-year class, to the point that we had to reject over 420 people this year,” said sophomore Bailey Wall, one of the Cooper House rush chairs.

She added that they are thrilled with the class they picked and excited to see how they grow throughout their time in Cooper.

Ubuntu received 96 applicants, and plans to extend a total of 24 bids, according to a list that will be finalized by Feb. 6.

“There were a lot more this year and it’s becoming more and more competitive,” said Ubuntu President Dutch Waanders, a senior. “If I looked at how involved in the rush process I was as a freshman, I don’t think I would’ve made the cuts.”

Jam! extended bids to 16 of their 19 applicants, which included a mix of both freshmen and sophomores. Responses will be returned by midnight on Wednesday, said President of Jam! April Ratliff, a senior, who said she expects 11 of them to join.

She noted that Jam! has an interesting reputation on campus that can sometimes be challenging to sell to freshmen.

“People that don’t know us think we’re just small and weird,” Ratliff said.

“People that actually come to our events know we go hard.”

Ratliff noted that Jam! seems to be associated with the “student athlete SLG” label that helped them kickstart when Jam! began 5 years ago.

“But now I wonder if it’s a little limiting in terms of how relatable we are,” she said.

Arts Theme House received 32 applicants and ultimately gave out 15 bids, the lowest amount among the SLGs that reported numbers.

“We had a big recruitment season this year relative to recent years, which was great, because we got to meet many amazing students and our events were very successful,” said sophomore Sophie Alman, one of the Arts Theme House rush chairs.

Brownstone extended 23 bids. Round Table extended 16 bids, the same

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Sophomore John Gilhuly said that Wayne Manor does not keep statistics about their rush process.

“We seek every year to build a class of men with diverse interests and backgrounds,” he said. “We believe we ac-

complished that goal this year and are very excited about our new class.”

Representatives from Alpha Phi Omega, Mundi, LangDorm, Fusion, InCube and the Black Cultural Interest Group could not be reached for comment in time for publication.

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Uni. administrator named Raleigh-Durham deputy FDA commissioner selected for Google Fiber Gautam Hathi Health & Science Editor Dr. Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical and translational research, has been appointed the next deputy commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco at the Food and Drug Administration.

In his new role, Califf will oversee the approval and regulation of drugs, medical devices and tobacco products in the United States. He will be in charge of both the FDA’s regulatory and policy efforts in those areas. Califf, who is a noted cardiologist, has conducted and overseen a large number of Robert Califf clinical trials for new drugs and medical procedures during his time at Duke.

He has taken a leave of absence from Duke to assume the position and anticipates returning to Duke after the next election, although there is some speculation that he could be named as the next FDA Commissioner. Plans to fill Califf’s position in his absence have not been announced.

“Dr. Califf’s deep knowledge and experience in the areas of medicine and clinical research will enable the agency to capitalize on, and improve upon, the significant advances we’ve made in medical product development and regulation over the past few years,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Marga-

ret Hamburg said in a statement Monday.

During his time at the FDA, Califf will oversee major negotiations between the agency and drug providers over fees that the providers pay to the FDA. He will also be responsible for working with Congress to develop new rules for medicine and medical device approval.

“Congress is probably going to pass a set of laws called 21st Century Cures,” Califf said. “That’s mostly an effort by Congress to speed up and enhance new technologies for diseases that don’t have a cure.”

Califf will also help to shape the agency’s response to new medical innovations.

Some of these new technologies cut across the standard regulatory frameworks which the agency has in place.

“What do you do when a drug is put in a device or when a biological graft is put in a device?” he asked. “There are different laws governing each component but no laws to tell you what to do when they are put together.”

Califf said that he hopes to specifically address the proliferation of new electronic health records and make improvements to the clinical trial process at the FDA. “My particular career specialty has been clinical trial design and efficiency,” he said.

“There’s huge support everywhere now to streamline clinical trials. Making studies better—what could be more interesting?”

Although details on how Califf’s position will be filled during his absence have not been announced, Califf wrote in a letter to Duke Translational Medicine and Duke See Califf on Page 5

Abigail Xie The Chronicle Internet connections in Durham are about to get faster.

Google officials announced Tuesday afternoon that the Raleigh-Durham area would be among the next to acquire the company’s ultra-fast Internet service Google Fiber, which promises connections 100 times faster than the existing broadband.

Design on the network will begin soon, with construction set to start in several months.

The announcement came at a news conference at the North Carolina Museum of History, where Governor Pat McCrory was joined by local mayors and Google officials.

The service is planned for Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Morrisville, Carrboro, Garner and Cary.

“We’re happy to know that we’re going to be one of the areas that’s able to offer this to our residents and businesses,” said Beverly Thompson, director of public affairs Durham. “It’s great in terms of what it means for jobs coming to this area, it just means good news for the entire region. We’ll be right up there with some of the other cities across the United States in terms of technology.”

The announcement comes almost five years after Google first began exploring the idea of high-speed fiber optic networks in U.S. cities.

Kansas City, Mo., Provo, Utah, and Austin, Texas, were the first cities to receive Google Fiber. Now, the service will expand to the Southeast—with Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn. announced as Fiber locations Tuesday along with Raleigh-Durham.

Google has been working with city planners and managers from Durham for a year now in order to launch the Internet service and design the network around Durham’s infrastructure.

Thompson, along with deputy city managers Wanda Page and Bowman Ferguson, have been providing city-planning information to Google to assist them.

“People here are very excited about the prospects of [Google] even looking at Durham and the surrounding area, and just the many possibilities of Google Fiber,” Thompson said.

Google describes the Fiber installation as a five-step process. Tuesday’s announcement puts the Triangle in the “design” step, with Google officials working to decide the location for thousands of miles of fiber.

Construction is expected to follow in “a few months,” though the company did not specify an exact timeline for when the service might come online.

“We’re going to be working closely with them over the next few months to make sure that things run smoothly,” said Thompson.

The announcement was met with fanfare from the community, particularly on social media, with many Triangle residents expressing excitement.

“This means that Time Warner is in trouble. I already pay $72.51 a month for crappy customer service, really slow Internet and terrible TV channels. Now Google Fiber comes in and Time Warner Cable is going to have some competition,” said Amber Harold, a graduate student and Durham resident who said she is excited about the Google fiber offer.

Grace Wang contributed reporting.

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Students petition resignation of UNC system president “It’s only reasonable to assume that [the resignation] was political,” says N.C. State professor Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle After the president of the University of North Carolina system, Tom Ross, was asked to resign, a group of students in Chapel Hill have established a petition to have the decision overturned.

The petition—which came to light Tuesday after the resignation decision was made Jan. 16—was introduced by United for UNC, an Chapel Hillbased student group. It argues that Ross is being forced to resign because his political views were not aligned with the UNC system’s Board of Governors. Although Ross will still serve until January 2016, or until Tom Ross the board finds a successor, under the current decision, the petition demands that he be reinstated as president until he chooses to step down.

Since Ross became president in 2011, the UNC system has faced its share of issues—ranging from economic hardship to a recent academic scandal involving Chapel Hill athletics. The board, however, expressed that Ross’ job performance was not the reason for his departure. They did not provide a concrete explanation for why the decision was made.

“The board believes President Ross has served with distinction, that his perfor-

mance has been exemplary,” explained a statement released jointly by Ross and the board. “This decision has nothing to do with President Ross’ performance or ability to continue in the office.”

Steven Greene, professor of political science at North Carolina State University, felt concerned the board has failed to provide an explanation for why Ross was being asked to resign.

“I’ve yet to hear something better than ‘we wanted a change in direction of leadership,’ which I would say is pretty meaningless,” Greene said.

Despite the assurances from the board that this was done without concern for Ross’ performance, this uncertainty has led Greene and others to wonder if the board’s decision was done for political purposes.

Greene noted, however, that he could not know for sure that this was the case.

The Board of Governors—appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly—is considered to be of a primarily conservative make-up, and Ross is considered to be more liberal-leaning.

“It’s only reasonable to assume that it was political,” Greene said. “As much as we would like the university system to be nonpolitical, it is political. Anything that takes up a substantial portion of the state budget is inherently political.”

Tamar Birckhead, associate professor of law and member of United for UNC, cited political concerns as the group’s motivation for creating their petition.

“The Board of Governors has already been very clear about its motivations—it’s about politics, and politics alone,” she said.

“It’s about the fact that they are operating at the behest of and in concert with the Governor and the General Assembly.”

The petition introduced by United for UNC was launched Jan. 24. As of 10 p.m.

Tuesday, the online appeal had garnered more than 1,090 signatures.

“This is a politically motivated attack by a radical Board that values partisanship over responsible university governance. It is an attack on academic freedom. It is, ultimately, an attack on the UNC System, one of the finest public institutions of higher education in the world. The Board of Governors must reverse its irresponsible decision and reinstate Tom Ross,” the petition reads.

In a joint press conference with Chairman of the Board of Governors John Fennebresque, Ross made it clear that he had no intention of leaving his position at this time.

“I wasn’t planning on leaving in the near future,” Ross said. “But the board did have a different timeline, and I respect their right and prerogative to select the president.”

UNC system presidents have commonly retired at age 65. Although Ross will turn 65 this year, he Ross said he had not planned on following this trend before the decision by the board was handed down.

James Moeser, chancellor emeritus and professor of music at UNC-Chapel Hill, said that Ross was highly respected during his tenure.

“I think he was held in extremely high regard. I think he is seen as strong, fair, judicious and he has been strong and protecting of the university from interference from special interest groups and political groups that have axes to grind,” Moeser said. “I think he has been very strong in keeping the university on course.”

Andrew Perrin, professor of sociology at

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons A petition presented by United for UNC argues that Ross was forced to resign as a result of his political views not aligning with those of the UNC system’s Board of Governors.

UNC-Chapel Hill, noted that this Board of Governors had micromanaged the university system more than prior boards, but he did not know if that played a role in their decision.

“Many of us—at Carolina in particular—are definitely concerned that the board seems to be paying a lot of attention to micromanaging the intellectual life of the university,” Perrin said.

He added that he had “no reason to believe or not believe that this was part of their request to have President Ross retire.”

Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Public Life at the UNC School of Journalism, See Ross on Page 12

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continued from page 1 every year,” Alfahad said.

Not all semifinalists that were not selected as finalists share this mentality, however. Senior Ray Li, who was a semifinalist, said he found the process to be absolutely fair.

“I think we have an excellent slate of candidates that will be able to represent diverse swaths of the undergraduate community,” Li said.

Li is the DSG vice president for academic affairs.

YTNC Chairman Jay Sullivan, a junior who served as a senator for residential life last year, said that DSG does not have as much influence in the process as some critics believe.

“There are people who make it every year that are not DSG people, and there are people who didn’t make it this year who are DSG people,” Sullivan said. “I think having that specific experience doesn’t play much of a role in the process. It’s often that those who are extremely well-spoken and knowledgeable about University issues also tend to be in DSG.” People who are attracted to leadership, roles such as those in student government, may be naturally more inclined to seek a leadership position such as Young Trustee, some argue, Knight argued.

“Part of it is a self-selecting process in that the people who are interested in these vaguely political campaign-oriented roles are generally interested in these things to begin with,” Knight said.

She, however, clarified that ESG operates under a very different structure than DSG.

“To be honest, I know ESG might seem on paper that we’re a lot like [DSG], but we’re by comparison pretty simple. We meet one or two hours a week and anything else we deal with by email,” Knight said.

Although she feels it would be nice to have more transparency in the process, Knight said she understood why the process could not be completely open.

Fellow finalist, Doytchinov, expressed a similar sentiment, claiming that some separation between the process and the student body was beneficial for the system.

“I think there’s a lot of value in the ability of the committee to be confidential in their discussion. When you’re asked to be public about the conversations you had in deliberations, then that can really change the thinking and the conversations that go on,” Doytchinov said. “Ultimately, I’m afraid that if we started asking for too much transparency, then that could change the way the decisions are made and not necessarily in a good direction.”

For students unfamiliar with the Young Trustee election process, the affiliation with DSG could have began with their first introduction to the process through a DSG undergraduate-wide email.

Young Trustee finalist Robertson said that initiating the nomination process from a non-DSG affiliated source would maybe get more people involved and diminish the influence the student government has on the proceedings.

“There were discussions, I believe, about having someone non-DSG related to send out the email for applications,” Robertson said. “I think it would show that the position should be for everyone.”

Both Robertson and senior Cameron Tripp, a semifinalist, both talked about a need for transparency from the nominating committee towards finalists and semi-

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“I suppose the only negative to the whole process is [that it is] secretive by nature, with all applicants putting in hours of time and work on their application and interview but never receiving any real feedback as far as the rejection of their candidacy is concerned,” Tripp said.

Sullivan, however, said that the process could become problematic if the reasonings behind the committee’s decisions were handed down to semifinalists.

“It allows us to have a more frank process, because if people are afraid that what they say will be put out in public, they aren’t going to be as clear about whether...they feel like a candidate is qualified,” Sullivan said. “It allows more candid interaction, and it makes the deliberations more authentic...and it’s a lot like how the University runs a selection committee.”

Tripp also acknowledged that the complicated nature of the deliberations makes it difficult to release the information, despite semifinalists’ requests.

“As with any competitive process, it’s hard to be told you’re not good enough, but after serving on the YTNC for the previous two election cycles, I understand that the process is convoluted and the culling of the semi-finalists is not an easy task, as they are often exceptionally qualified,” he said.

Li concluded that the best way for the system to be improved would be for a wider array of students to show interest in the selection process.

“I just believe that more people should be invested in the YT nominating process,” he said. “More people should apply for the YTNC every year to guarantee that student voices are heard.”

Voting for the undergraduate Young Trustee will be held Feb. 5.

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continued from page 3 Clinical Research Institute employees that transition plans are being implemented.

Following his recent appointment, there has been some media speculation that Califf might be appointed as the next commissioner of the FDA. He has been through the vetting process for the position twice, once during the Bush administration and again during the Obama administration. Califf said that he is focused on his current appointment, but added that he would be interested in becoming commissioner if appointed.

“That’s an appointment that’s not up to me,” he said. “If people think I’m the right person for that job at some time when I’m not too old and worn out, of course I’d always be interested.”

Chronicle File Photo Dr. Robert Califf has taken a leave of absence from the Duke University Medical Center, pictured above, to assume a position at the FDA.

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Brey has Notre Dame in elite form One devil of a road trip Nick Martin Sports Editor

With Wednesday’s top-10 clash between Duke and Notre Dame quickly approaching, the game’s most important matchup may come on the sideline rather than on the court.

Fighting Irish head coach Mike Brey was hired by Mike Krzyzewski in 1987, leaving behind his role as assistant coach at the legendary DeMatha Catholic High School to take a spot on the Blue Devil bench. Eight years, six Final Fours and two national championships later, Brey decided to branch out to pursue a head coaching gig of his own and has now been at Notre Dame since 2000. “[Notre Dame is] very unselfish, and that all just stems from who he is as a coach and obviously what he’s learned from coaching under Coach K,” Duke associate head Nate James said. “He’s been a guy that I’ve admired for some time.”

The Fighting Irish did not seem to be off to the strongest of starts this season when they dropped a thriller to Providence in the Hall of Fame Tip Off tournament.

But Notre Dame slowly began to silence any doubters throughout the course of the next 16 games, as it now boasts a 19-2 ranking and a No. 8 ranking in the AP Poll.

The progression of junior Zach Auguste and sophomore V.J. Beachem—

makes Coach K’s historic achievement all the more impressive. I taught at Duke and then represented the campus for a number of years. I know firsthand of

It’s probably a good thing that the Blue Devils overcame that 10-point deficit Sunday at Madison Square Garden. They were able to get the 1,000th win monkey off their backs on their first try.

And despite professing all week long that it was treating the St. John’s matchup as if it were any other game, a loss in New York would’ve added to the scrutiny surrounding the team as it prepares for its toughest two-game stretch of the season.

Two games against top-10 opponents. Two games in hostile environments where fans rushed the court the last time Duke came to town. Two teams currently looking down on the Blue Devils in the ACC standings, hoping to give themselves even more breathing room in the race for the conference crown.

Even with that milestone out of the way, Wednesday’s game at No. 8 Notre Dame and Saturday’s primetime contest at No. 2 Virginia will present back-to-back tests unlike anything the No. 4 Blue Devils have seen this season. The Fighting Irish and Cavaliers rank second and third in scoring margin but take very different routes to get there.

Notre Dame leads the nation in offensive efficiency, averaging 1.24 points per possession according to basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy.

Four Fighting Irish starters are scoring more than 13 points per game entering Wednesday’s tilt at Purcell Pavilion, with guard Steve Vasturia and forward V.J. Beachem each chipping in more than eight.

Not only does Notre Dame score efficiently, but Mike Brey’s club can do it from all over the floor. Jerian Grant and Pat Connaughton spearhead a roster of shooters that make 40 percent of their 3-point attempts and 52.1 percent of their total shots. The success from long-range is what could potentially cause problems for Duke, which has found success in its last three games with a 2-3 zone after N.C. State and Miami each drilled 10 triples in upset wins.

To beat a zone, you’ve got to be able to shoot over the top of it. That’s why zone was such a great—if unexpected—strategy for the Blue Devils against Louisville, Pittsburgh and St. John’s, all of which sit outside the top 230 in the nation in 3-point percentage.

Notre Dame ranks 16th in that department.

Duke’s defense was markedly improved in its three games after the losing streak, but the Cardinals, Panthers and Red Storm still found openings—they just came up empty. Don’t expect the Blue Devils to be quite as fortunate if they afford the Fighting Irish those same looks.

If Notre Dame’s shooting and quickness present problems on the defensive end

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Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Former Duke assistant coach and current Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey has the Fighting Irish sitting at second in the ACC and No. 8 in the nation.

both have at least doubled their offensive production this season—paired with the continued success of Jerian Grant and Pat Connaughton have the Fighting Irish sitting as the No. 2 team in the conference.

“Coach Brey is an outstanding coach. He does a terrific job of recruiting and going after the player that fits his program and his style,” James said. “He does a phenomenal job of coaching them and bringing players in that when their sophomore, junior,

senior years roll around, they’re big-time players.”

Grant is a redshirt senior and has been a double-digit scorer since his sophomore campaign, but it was not until this season that he has come on as a bona fide star. The Bowie, Md., native—who is also a DeMatha alum—missed the second half of the 2014 season due to an academic-related See Brey on Page 9

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Krzyzewski congratulated on House floor Georgia Parke Managing Editor Online Two U.S. Representatives spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday to congratulate Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski on his 1,000th win against St. John’s Sunday.

Both pointed out Krzyzewski’s accomplishments at Duke and as coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, as well as his charitable endeavors including founding the Emily Krzyzewski Center.

Representative David Price, a Democrat from North Carolina’s 4th district and a former Duke professor, spoke from his perspective as a member of the Blue Devil community. See his remarks below: “Madam Speaker, I rise today along with my colleague, Mr. Butterfield, to congratulate Coach Mike K of Duke University on becoming the first coach in the history of Division I NCAA basketball to win 1,000 games. Blue Devils everywhere are proud of this remarkable

Elysia Su | The Chronicle Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski—coming off his 1,00th career victory—was congratulated by two U.S. House representatives Tuesday.

feat, the crowning achievement of a career that has seen Coach K win four national titles and two Olympic gold medals. Many of these 1,000 wins came against other storied ACC programs such as Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest. That

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Boone officially set to attend NFL Combine The winningest quarterback in Duke history is now preparing for his shot at the NFL Staff Reports Former Blue Devil quarterback Anthony Boone has officially received an invitation to take part in the 2015 NFL Combine.

Confirmed Tuesday night by Art Chase, Duke Assistant Director of Athletics/External Affairs, Boone will now join fellow former Blue Devils right guard Laken Tomlinson, left tackle Takoby Cofield and receiver Jamison Crowder in Indianapolis Feb. 17-23, as the four players look to make an impression before April’s NFL Draft.

The news was initially announced on QBCountry.com. The site is the online home of QB Country, a quarterback training service, which will be training Boone in Nashville at D1 Sport’s main facility.

David Morris, the founder of the organization, and Jordan Rogers will be working with Boone leading up to the Combine.

Morris, like Boone, played for head coach David Cutcliffe when in college.

Morris was a three-year reserve behind Eli Manning. He started the quarterback service full-time in 2011 and has worked with NFL starters like Manning and Tim Tebow in the past.

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Fromer Duke quarterback Anthony Boone will look to boost his draft stock Feb. 17-23 when the Weddington, N.C., native joins three fellow Blue Devils to take part in the 2015 NFL Combine.

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Boone, who owns the record for most wins by a Duke quarterback with 19, will look to boost his draft status after not drawing the same hype as his former teammates thus far in the off-season.

The Weddington, N.C., native played in the East-West Shrine game and tossed eight passes, completing four for 49

yards. He led the East squad to a field goal on its second drive of the game, as the East would go on to win 19-3.

Crowder and Tomlinson have both improved their draft status significantly in the past weeks, with solid performances in the Reese’s Senior Bowl practices and contest drawing the attention of draft

analysts and scouts alike. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. speculated on a conference call earlier in the month that Crowder could potentially be a second-round draft pick.

Boone is currently not listed on any major draft projection boards, but a solid performance in February could change that.

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Mike Krzyzewski’s character and integrity.

He’s not just a world class coach, he’s also a committed educator that trained his players to succeed in whatever they take in life. The Emily Krzyzewski Center in Durham, behind which Mike was the driving force, stands as a memorial to his mother and the sign of his dedication to at-risk youth as they aspire to a college education. So on behalf of the Duke community, whose core values Coach K exemplifies, and on behalf of House of Representatives, congratulations. We look forward to watching you build on your winning tradition for many years to come.”

Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Democrat from North Carolina’s 1st district, also called on the House to congratulate the coach: “Madam Speaker, I rise with Congressman Price to recognize the head coach of Duke University men’s basketball team on becoming the winningest Division I basketball coach in our nation’s history—Coach Mike Krzyzewski. His 1,000th career victory came Sunday afternoon in New York City at Madison Square Garden against the Red Storm of St. John’s University, a thrilling second half. Over his 35 years as their head coach, he has led the Blue Devils to four NCAA Division I Championships, 13 ACC tournament championships and 12 ACC regular season championships.

People like Grant Hill and Johnny Dawkins and Shane Battier and even my son-in-law, Dahntay Jones, all honed their skills under the watchful eye of Coach K, went on to successful careers in the NBA. Coach K is a four-time Olympic gold medal winner—in 1984, in 1992, as the USA team’s assistant coach and in 2008 and 2012 as head coach. In his most recent book entitled “The Gold Standard: Leading a World-Class Team,” he said leading the team to gold was one

Elysia Su | The Chronicle The Blue Devils have one of the toughest stretches of the season following their comeback victory against St. John’s Sunday, as Duke must now travel to No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 3 Virginia to close the week.

of the most gratifying things in his life.

His career is impressive by any measure.

Perhaps most impressive, though, is through his work off the basketball court.

In addition to supporting countless charities over the years, he and his wife Mickie founded the Emily Krzyzewski Center, named in honor of his mother.

The center mentors school-aged children to prepare them with skills of college and beyond. When asked what he wanted to be remembered for, he said just for the fact I’m an honest man, a truthful person and someone that cares about people, not just himself. Coach K serves as an inspiration to so many around the nation and the world. I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Coach Mike Krzyzewski on his most historic 1,000th victory.”

To see a video of the remarks, check out our online version and watch the program from the beginning. Rep. Price’s speech starts at about 10:22 and Rep Butterfield’s at about 13:15.

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continued from page 6 Wednesday, Virginia could give Duke fits on the offensive side of the floor Saturday in Charlottesville. That’s not a knock on the Cavalier offense—Pomeroy has Virginia pinned as the sixth-most efficient offense in the country at 117.8 points per 100 possessions, one spot behind the Blue Devils—but Tony Bennett’s defense is playing some of the stingiest defense the ACC has seen in quite some time.

The Cavaliers allow 49.1 points per game— yes, you read that correctly—and rank second in the nation in Pomeroy’s defensive efficiency rankings. They’ve held three opponents this year—Harvard, Rutgers and Georgia Tech—to fewer than 30 points in 40 minutes. And they only force 10.1 turnovers per game, which means Virginia usually doesn’t end possessions by forcing mistakes, but with suffocating, disciplined defense that leads to tough shots. In the Cavaliers’ 62-56 win against the Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish shot just 33.9 percent.

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Even after losing talented shot-blocker Akil Mitchell from last year’s ACC title-winning squad, Virginia has the tallest team in the country, taller even than No. 1 Kentucky. The average Cavalier player stands at 6-foot-6, able to contest at the rim and close up passing angles on the perimeter.

Because teams have to go so deep into the shot clock to find a quality shot against Virginia, the Cavaliers play at a snail’s pace of just 58.3 possessions per 40 minutes, the second-slowest in Division I per Pomeroy. The Fighting Irish are slightly more comfortable getting up and down, averaging 63.8 possessions per game, 6.2 possessions below Duke’s nightly mark.

If the Blue Devils were still looking for Krzyzewski’s 1,000th career win when they left for South Bend, Ind., the importance of the games Wednesday and Saturday would amplify ten-fold. Another loss thrown into the mix would have only cranked up the dial on the media chatter, manufacturing a distraction for them to discuss.

Instead, they’ll be able to break down what should be two wildly entertaining—but completely different—basketball games.

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and [Grant and Connaughton] are two of the best.”

In the two teams’ sole meeting last year—the first since a Blue Devil win in the second round of the 2002 NCAA tournament—Notre Dame upset thenNo. 7 Duke in South Bend, Ind., in what was the conference opener for both squads.

But just as it was with head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 1,000th win Sunday, the Blue Devils are doing their best to focus solely on collecting their 18th win of the season.

“It’s a different team. We’re older and have some young players that have shown they can play and play at a high level, whether that be home or away,” James said. “We don’t talk about what happened last year.”

One thing James does not mind speaking about is the job Brey has done in South Bend.

James came to Duke the year after Brey departed to take over the program at Delaware in 1996. But the current Duke associate head coach has kept close tabs on the job Brey has done with the Fightin’ Blue Hens and Fighting Irish.

Although he used to be an avid fan of the Krzyzewski-mentored Notre Dame head coach, he makes it clear that all the cheering went out the window when the Fighting Irish became a conference opponent last season “Before they joined the conference, I would root for them in the Big East,” James said. “But now they’re in the conference, so we do our best job that our guys are ready to compete with him. But there’s so much respect for Coach Brey and his program and what he’s done over the years.”

Amrith Ramkumar contributed reporting.

continued from page 6 suspension. He was forced to watch from the stands as Notre Dame went from a 10-4 squad coming off an upset victory against then-No. 7 Duke to a 15-17 disappointment by season’s end.

But as with Grant, Brey would not let the 2014 portion of their season detract from his vision of the 2014-15 Fighting Irish.

“He’s been doing it for so long that he rarely gets rattled out there, and I think his personality and his style, it just goes well with his players,” James said. “They play with a level of confidence and comfort, he allows them to play their game.”

This season, Grant has come on strong, which has been great for Brey and Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are off to their best start of Brey’s tenure, and Grant’s 17.1 points per game and 62.1 two-point field goal percentage have been the catalysts for an offense that ranks 10th in points per game at 81.9 and second with a 52.1 field goal percentage.

Grant is not the only senior on Brey’s roster that has made an impact.

Connaughton is the team’s second leading scorer with 13.9 points per game, but it is on the boards where he dominates. Coming off a 2013-14 campaign in which he was the ACC’s leading defensive rebounder, Connaughton has continued to make the most of his 6-foot-5 frame, as he averages 8.3 rebounds per game.

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his past Sunday, Coach Krzyzewski made history for becoming the first Division 1 men’s basketball coach to win his 1,000th game. The Editorial Board wants to take this moment to congratulate Coach K for his achievement. Coach K has not only been a stellar basketball coach, but he has also served as an effective ambassador for Duke in ways that extend beyond athletics.

As Duke students, we are lucky to have the opportunity to work with such a prolific leader on campus. Coach K’s presence here has created numerous ways in which students and members of the Duke and Durham have benefited. The Emily Krzyzewski Center, for which Coach K is a founder, continues to provide programming to low-income students in Durham. Student basketball managers gain invaluable experience in sports working directly with the team. Moreover, we all benefit

from the strong community spirit for which Duke basketball is in large part responsible.

As an icon for Duke University, Coach K has managed to remain an integral part of the university’s identity globally without ever superseding the best interests of its students and administration. Not all Duke students will have the chance to spend their four years with Coach K, as we have. In not so many words, to celebrate Coach K’s 1,000th win is to also celebrate the unquantifiable impact he has already had here at Duke.

All that being said, what does the number 1,000 win really mean? After all, Coach K is not, as has been erroneously reported, the first Division 1 NCAA coach to reach his 1,000 win. Women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt famously accumulated her 1,000th win at the University of Tennessee in 2009. Yet, that fact was left out during Representative David

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Price’s remarks of congratulations on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and a tweeted announcement from the NBA. This unfortunate oversight shortchanges women’s basketball, which historically receives less airtime and, thus, less funding than its male counterpart but nonetheless deserves the same adulation.

However, the larger point here is that numbers matter little when considering the merits of Coach K’s career. Ultimately, the number 1,000 is but an arbitrary number, picked for its satisfying orderliness and use to denote “a lot.” Instead, Coach K’s 1,000th win is merely a fleeting moment in what has proven to be a long and distinguished career at Duke.

It serves as a readily convenient opportunity to address something we all already know: that Coach K has and will continue to do great things for Duke University.

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omen are constantly comparing themselves to other women. Are we tall enough?

Skinny enough? Curvy enough? Ladies I am sorry to disappoint, but before you buy another gym membership or contemplate your future in plastic surgery, think about the real goal that you are trying to achieve. Are you beautiful enough to be flaunted in Super Bowl Sunday? Does your size two, double D, perfectly olive toned body glisten in the light? Is your sexy “smize” just right? Are you Super Bowl Sexy?

Since 1967, the Super Bowl has been an annual icon of American culture. Families and friends gather together to watch two football teams battle for the championship title. But let’s be honest, there are a significant amount of people who tune in on Sunday for some other type of entertainment than watching grown men

and pizza and watch as the male hormones are fully fed. On average, about $4 million dollars are spent to claim the 30 seconds of prime advertising time, and the half-time show is an even more grandiose concoction.

Congratulations, Katy Perry, you are this year’s target. I hope you are ready for the performance of your life because everyone knows that you are forgotten unless you make a scene. Feel free to let loose. Let’s be real, we are all only waiting to see another Janet Jackson episode.

It is just one more way that society continues to remind us women what really matters. That beauty only comes in one photo-shopped package. We are only worth swaying the viewers’ attention from the game if we are nude in a pile of Doritos, or flaunting all our assets in a car commercial or some other brand whose

Kalifa Wright SPEAK UP. SPEAK OUT. run into each other. The Super Bowl ads and half-time show are nearly just as iconic—maybe even more so—as the game itself.

You would think that a time when millions of people are cemented to the television like it’s an extension of their soul would be the perfect opportunity to broadcast some type of world changing public service announcement.

Instead, an unfathomable amount of time and money is spent ensuring that the heart and very essence of our one-sided society is evident that night. Really, it should be called “National Testosterone Day”.

The advertisements shown during the Super Bowl are notorious for their sexist display of women. It is practically the embodiment of John Berger’s concept of the “male gaze” which theorizes that women’s prime purpose is to be an object for male pleasure when in any form of visual setting. From fantasized Dorito ads to sexy car washes and everything in between, women are continuously used during the Super Bowl as displays of “ideal” beauty and male fantasy. Let’s all just sit back with our polyester jerseys, wings

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product is completely irrelevant to their sexist display. This message was sealed and delivered when television stations thought the best way to remedy backlash to their blatant sexism was to throw in a Calvin Klein ad here and there to lessen the damage. The solution they have chosen to provide is in response to the wrong question.

My question is simply, who calls the shots?

Who gets to decide what women are beautiful enough to be advertised? How does this patriarchal power structure devalue the core of female existence—belittles the the intelligence, power, and resilience that is womanhood into the shell of a hyper-sexualized object? It is all a reminder that women must constantly fight for ownership over their bodies, which has been left in the hands of male-driven media for too long.

Although women’s rights have come a long way, the American society is not as progressive as we would like to believe.

Kalifa Wright is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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ousing Dining & Residence Life announced today that the Duke Sorting Hat is to take a leave of absence, citing high levels of stress as the principle cause for the move.

The Hat has been the subject of a growing amount of criticism at the Duke University of Witchcraft and Wizardry in recent months, and has become notorious for its stressinduced outbursts at students around the school. In one such particularly notable event the Hat, having just been criticized by Head Girl for its performance assigning first-year roommates, responded by calling her a “knownothing twot,” vomiting sparkly magical vomit

you nurse yourself back to health on your double-size bed. That’s the kind of education these kids really need.”

After a cigarette break, the Hat returned to the interview. “Look. I used to be important.

Respected. I had the world at my feet. How many other hats do you know with highfunctioning organizational abilities? But now look at me. The administration keeps giving me more and more jobs, and then I get all the blame when something goes wrong. No one respects me any more. Did you know one of the administrators used me as a urinal the other day when they couldn’t be bothered to get up and go to the bathroom?”

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Discourse, not disgust

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ets move past labels. As a school, we need to confront our radicalized political climate. It seems that with every major crisis, whether local, national or international, there is a tendency to throw around labels identifying where people stand. During the Adhan scandal at Duke, many immediately decried the administration as Islamophobic. After Ferguson, many immediately called people that voiced opinions against the violent protests racist. When it was announced that President Obama would not see Netanyahu when he visits the United States later this semester, I even heard people calling him anti-Semitic.

This tendency to point fingers, rely on ad-hominems and jump to radical conclusions does not foster dialogue. And I’m tired of it.

I’m tired of lumping someone in with a category of bigots because they disagree with you. I’m tired of looking past someone’s arguments and trying to find their hidden agenda. I’m tired of hearing the same conversations over and over.

First, when you argue using labels, you inherently talk about an ‘other’.

Regardless of whether that label is conservative or liberal, it associates someone with a wealth of stereotypes and dehumanizes them. It makes it easier to see them in some sort of out-group, rather than as the complex

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on her and passing out.

The Duke Sorting Hat’s traditional and most well known role is to sort First-Year wizards into one of Duke’s fourteen FirstYear houses upon their arrival at the school.

In recent years, however, the Hat has been tasked with additional jobs, such as re-sorting wizards into new houses upon their return from international wizarding programs. This merging of roles has created what some critics have called a slow and ill-fitting system of house assignment. The resulting anger culminated most recently in last month’s protest at the Knight Bus Stop, organized by newly-assigned residents of Edens tired of being attacked by wild animals on the long walk back to their dormitory.

The Chronicle managed to get an exclusive interview with the Hat shortly after the HDRL announcement.

“What the sh**,” it opined. “I don’t see what these arseholes expect me to do. Eight hundred of these privileged little wizards totter off every fall term and then expect me to cram them all into Few when they get back. What am I, magic?” Upon having it pointed out that it is indeed a magical entity, the Hat responded by cursing repeatedly and attempting to punch the Chronicle photographer, apparently unaware that it lacks both the limbs and bones necessary for such an attack.

“Whatever,” it continued, having been subdued with a spray of Febreze. “I don’t see what the trouble with being in Edens is anyway. It’s character building. You walk a little bit further, you fight a few wolves and

Adding to the stress of the Hat’s responsibilities is its newest job, sorting students into selective living groups. “Oh come on,” it said. “They have me sit on these kids for a few minutes and make the most minuscule of small talk, then they expect me to accurately and meaningfully choose who they should be friends with for the rest of their time at the school! What kind of a system is that? I just wish I could go back to the good old days, when I could assign two freshmen as one another’s roommates because they thought they were gonna become super edgy ‘social smokers’ once they got to college.”

The Sorting Hat grew visibly more perturbed across the course of the interview.

At the end of the meeting, as this reporter prepared to leave, the Hat exclaimed “Screw it. You know what? Screw it! I’m still the Sorting Hat. Are you getting this? I have a statement to make and I want you to print this. Students of Duke—I’m done with this.

You’re all gonna learn to f*live together, get on, and go with the flow wherever life ‘sorts’ you. Go work it out yourself. I also declare that everyone has to live in the Duke Gardens.

Maybe you’ll appreciate the roaches in the Craven bathrooms once you’ve lived without walls for a few mont-“ At this point President Brodhead burst into the room, screamed “NO, HATTIE!”, tackled the Hat to the ground and swiftly fled the room, crying, with it in his arms.

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Bron Maher is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

Letter to the Editor Response to “Combating Islamophobia” I enjoyed the letters from Mr. McCartney and from Rev. Trisha Koenig very much— especially the spirit of kindness and good will with which they were written. However, please consider that perhaps the question should also be if a demonstrative public display of the tenants of ANY religion is appropriate on a college campus. If complete freedom to gather and to worship is respected ,what is to gained or to be desired by overt public cries of one’s faith?

Students at Duke of the Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Jain faiths—also probably most likely from the Jewish and Christian faiths— gather quietly and unobtrusively to pray, worship and meditate. My husband is Jain and I know first hand their devotion to Ahimsa and to calling as little attention to themselves as possible in any public sphere.

Quiet, peaceful devotion to one’s faith

individual who reached those decisions that they are. Talking about a ‘them’ means that there’s an ‘us’ and the only result of this is that people retreat further and further into the identities that they’ve crafted for themselves.

Second, substantive debate derives from individuals treating each discussion as a fresh start. This means that the conversation should be made without pre-conceived assumptions about values and ideas, precisely because there are so few people who agree with every single talking point that a certain party delineates.

I think that more often than not, we agree more than we disagree. We have the same goals, want to see equality and representation and rights protected everywhere, but may disagree on what is the best way to get there.

It’s oftentimes surprising what exactly the ‘sticking point’ for many people are. Throwing around labels means lumping people together who may have reached the same conclusion using very different strains of reasoning.

Third, we’ve all come to Duke to be challenged. Someone I highly respect once told me that if you leave college with the same opinions you came in with, then you missed the point. The odds that somebody, at the age of 17 or 18, has come to all the correct conclusions about every issue are astronomically small. Hiding behind labels and categorizing dissatisfactory opinions as an out-group aren’t constructive, don’t challenge and only serve to create animosity as well as contribute to the increasingly radical discourse here.

The other day, I got into a heated debate with a friend. We started off on the coming showdown between Congress and the President, but eventually moved to our world views in general and covered most of today’s topics.

The more we spoke, the more I realized that our views weren’t really that different: we wanted the same things. We just had different ideas about how to get there.

If dialogue is the gateway to learning, then we have to ensure that we are able to promote as much dialogue on campus. We need to rise above group-think and radicalization and facilitate conversation. We need to stop calling people whose opinions differ from us bigots and try to understand why they feel the way they do.

Calling someone a bigot, an “X-ist”, a “Y-phobe” or an “anti-Z” is almost like calling someone a “heretic” in antiquity. These derogatory labels change the conversation from the substance of the issue, to whether or not the person is a blasphemer. This turns the conversation to the character of the speakers, and not the contents of the speaker’s argument.

Now I will admit that this article seems to imply that I don’t think anyone should ever be called a bigot. That’s clearly not the case, and there are many hateful people out there who harbor prejudices that overtly cloud their judgment with a veil of anger and ignorance. However, by far I see strong terms thrown around on campus that strawmans opposing viewpoints. This sort of argumentative tactic helps groups win the argument, but lose out on fostering the sort of positive campus environment that challenges us.

This radicalized political climate is sweeping across university political issues across the country. We need to come together to make sure that we use words that carry strong connotations judiciously, and promote a campus culture where dissenting viewpoints can feel comfortable airing their opinions provided that they can reasonably argue their side. Let’s move past unconstructive labels.

and the practice of Ahimsic/non-violent good will to all beings speak volumes about the character and intentions of one’s heart.

No outer cry seems necessary on a college campus. Please know that this letter was written with compassion and caring for all of those of the Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic faiths. The potential for true brotherhood for the followers of the Abrahamic/ monotheistic faiths is a wonderful goal, but please be mindful that there also many devotees of other faiths—quiet, peaceful and sometimes unnoticed—who are not of Abrahamic roots, and contribute so much to campus diversity. In letters and discussions about campus life, please remember them as well.

Thank you. Peace to all!

Rebecca Purcell Sanghavi Duke M.A. ‘75

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interpreted as a confidence gap, said Sarah Schott, associate director of undergraduate studies in mathematics. Schott expressed concern that many women she has taught have ingrained notions of their own abilities—or lack thereof—prior to even entering the course.

“Sometimes, I feel like when I’m teaching these women, they already feel like they shouldn’t be studying something,” she said.

Schott, who currently runs a math mentoring program for first-year women, has also found that women are more inclined to blame themselves for lack of success in a certain course.

“The women in my classes feel like it’s something with themselves, while the men feel like it’s the material,” Schott said.

“When they struggle with something, women tend to think, ‘It’s because I’m not good at this.’”

Junior Michaela Walker, a biomedical engineering major who initially struggled with organic chemistry, cited the feeling that chemistry wasn’t her “thing” as something that deterred her from succeeding in the first place.

“Once I got out of that mentality, I realized I was just not working hard enough at it because I had thought it wasn’t ‘worth it,’” she said.

The lack of female role models in certain subjects, particularly STEM fields, may be a major deterring factor for young women, Daubechies noted. She added that there tends to be a higher proportion of women in her sections than parallel sections taught by men—suggesting that women may even be flocking to classes taught by a female professor.

Students’ preoccupation with effortless perfection may also factor into stereotypes about intellect, noted Walker.

“At Duke, there’s this stigma associated with trying hard—it’s supposed to look effortless,” she said. “It can be discouraging to see this expectation in the media of the math genius who can do so much, so effortlessly. People think, ‘If I can’t do that, why should I be studying advanced mathematics?’”

Sophomore Lauren Shum, an electrical engineering major, added that the perception of being exceptionally intelligent may often serve as an underlying motivation for many students to succeed and to portray themselves as having done so effortlessly.

“The extrinsic motivation is the public perception that you are a genius,” Shum said. “They think, ‘Wow, I cannot do that.

That person is cool.’ It’s the same thing being part of a field that

noted that neither he nor anyone he had spoken to was aware of any tension or animosity between Ross and the board.

“I don’t doubt that there have been some behind-thescenes discussion and debate, but I don’t recall some huge controversy that got on television one night,” Guillory said. “The system doesn’t work that way, but obviously the board, under its current leadership, made a decision [Ross] wasn’t pleased with.”

Greene was one of many faculty who did not expect such a decision from the board.

“I think a lot of people were just surprised by this decision. This did seemingly come out of nowhere,” Greene said. “There were no major conflicts or anything that people knew about that would suggest this was going to happen.”

Burley Mitchell, a former member of the board and former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, commented that, while he personally would not have voted to remove Ross, it is not something that people ought to be particularly troubled or concerned with.

“I have no reason to believe that this is some partisan conspiracy to take the university right-wing or anything like that,” Mitchell said. “It’s normal human relations, and you get the people who you know and who you trust the most. It’s a purely business decision.”

Unlike Mitchell, Greene expressed some concern, particularly over how the board might select the UNC system’s new president.

“I’m concerned that they’re going to appoint someone who has a different vision for higher education that doesn’t appreciate the value of liberal arts, that sees college as a job-training ground,” Greene said. “I think it would be a mistake if we did in fact head in that direction.”

While there is an amount of uncertainty and confusion surrounding Ross’ departure, Mitchell did make it clear that he sees no reason to suspect this Board of Governors has anything but the university’s best interests at heart.

“I think this board is just as committed to the university as my board was,” Mitchell said. “I think it’s just a new team that wants to do things their own way, and folks ought to just calm down and get on about their business.”

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Darbi Griffith | Chronicle File Photo A study by Princeton researchers found that a cultural obsession with genius may be responsible for the gender gap in STEM fields.

everyone finds it difficult.”

In addition to finding a correlation between the value placed on genius and the representation of women in certain fields, the Princeton study disproved a number of other traditional hypotheses for the gender gap—including that women are less likely to choose fields that require analytical thinking or that they are innately less disposed toward certain subjects.

Sophomore Tina Chen, a computer science major, noted that some students may be discouraged from entering STEM fields by those close to them—even parents.

“Our parents are from an older generation and they believe certain things about the female mind,” Chen said. “I guess that science has always been associated with men and being a female in a male-dominated field is difficult.”

Support from others can be the most important factor in helping a woman stay in fields in which they do not feel confident, Schott said.

“When I talk to women who have succeeded in staying in these fields, the one comment is that someone has believed in them – whether that be a parent or a role model,” she said.

“Sometimes, when you don’t feel very confident, it’s perhaps the biggest thing.”

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