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after adjusting the staff and incorporating student feedback.” As part of the ongoing improvements to Penn, Coffey noted that there is now a shake and ice cream vendor in Penn Pavilion. There are are also new kosher and halal options as well as expanded glutenfriendly, vegetarian and vegan choices on the menu. DUSDAC co-chair Greg Lahood, a senior, attributed the improvement to special events hosted by the Pavilion such as outdoor tastings, Chef’s Chatter—in which students can talk with the chefs at the Pavilion—and Tea-Laxation, in which students learn how to make tea. “We’ve seen an increase in business during the lunch hour,” LaHood noted. “Anytime I go in, it seems like there’s a lot more people, and a big part of this are these initiatives.”

For Mental Health Awareness Month, a number of Duke groups will spend February working to fight stigma around mental health and spark dialogue among students. Duke Student Government has partnered with Counseling and Psychological Services and the Student Wellness Center to put together its first Mental Health Awareness Month. Efforts will focus on getting students to open up about their experiences and learn where they can receive help on campus. “We not only want to bring attention to mental health and mental illness but, also, to provide the community with a sense that this is just life and this is student development,” said Gary Glass, associate director for outreach and developmental programming of CAPS. “We want to understand these issues in a more nuanced way.” Programming will aim to open up dialogue through several different avenues. In the “What I Be” project, students will work with nationally-recognized photographer Steve Rosenfield to put together a campaign that allows them to address their insecurities through photographs. Broadway performer Joshua Rivedel will be putting on a one-man show about suicide prevention on Feb. 12, and CAPS is hosting a workshop on stress management. Also among the highlights is a club fair at the Bryan Center Feb. 3, in which various student groups will have the opportunity to display what they offer in terms of mental health resources. The DSG equity and outreach committee has invited several different groups to host events throughout the month, including Peer for You, You’re Not Alone, the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and DUWELL. “These groups wanted a larger platform to advertise what they’re doing,” said junior Keizra Mecklai, vice president of the equity and outreach committee. “We’re giving them an opportunity

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Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Freshman point guard Tyus Jones scored a game-high 17 points, which included a game-ending 3-pointer, to end Virginia’s undefeated campaign at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday night. With the victory, Duke’s week ended amid a roller coaster of emotions. (See story on page 6.)

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69 63 Penn Pavilion still underserving goals Despite not reaching its goal of serving 2,000 meals daily, Penn has seen a slight increase since Jan. 2014 Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Although it is still only serving 75 percent of its target total meals, Penn Pavilion has seen 4 percent growth since January 2014. Since its Fall 2013 opening, Penn has struggled to reach Duke Dining’s goal of serving 2,000 meals each day. It currently averages only 1,500 customers daily, a slight increase from last year that Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey attributes to implementing suggestions from the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee and hosting special events.

“Penn is doing lots of exciting new menu programming that has been well received,” Coffey said. “We have seen increased participation surrounding these new programs and have received positive feedback.” Chinmay Patwardhan, who graduated in December but still works on campus, agreed that the Pavilion has seen improvement. “It’s gotten a lot better, and I think a lot of people would agree,” he said. “Before, it seemed like a giant space and no one was there, but that’s definitely changed.” DUSDAC co-chair Brian Taylor, a junior, acknowledged that the Pavilion struggled when it first opened. “A lot of students got a bad first impression, so now we’re trying to convince them that it’s changed and to give it a second try,” he said. “It’s an on-going process but we feel like we’ve really turned a corner

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SpeedFeed launches campus grocery delivery service erally spent the last two weeks thinking, ‘When am I going to go to Harris Teeter and pick up prescriptions and grocerThe Chronicle ies?’” SpeedFeed is developing a solution Gilja noted that the company is curto a common problem of busy college rently in talks with Harris Teeter about students—how to find healthy food with possibly subsidizing the deliveries. She the least amount of effort. added that they are currently looking SpeedFeed, a grocery delivery service to hire runners, who are responsible for launched this semester, looks to provide making deliveries and managing orders students with fresh produce from Harris in particular areas of campus. Teeter delivered directly to their dorms. “So far, our biggest challenge has After a successful test run, founders Ade been keeping up with all of the orders Okunyade and Chetan that we are receiving,” Reddy, both freshmen, Okunyade said. “We e are aiming to cut are aiming to cut our and Shivee Gilja, a sophomore, are revisour response time response time to the ing the company’s busipoint where someone to the point where someone could order groceries ness model. “I’d been playing could order groceries online online and have them around with this idea in and have them delivered delivered within the my mind, but I didn’t hour.” think I’d be the one to within the hour. Although SpeedFeed start it up,” Gilja said. has completed one — Ade Okunyade test only Students interested run with 18 deliverin the delivery service can fill out an ies, student demand has been high and online form and select “bundles” that reception has been positive, Gilja said. range from the “Hangover Bundle” to Sophomore Sophia Jamal, Speedthe “Breakfast Bundle.” SpeedFeed’s Feed’s first customer, said that she apwebsite has also posted healthy eating preciated the company’s personal touch tips. with SpeedFeed delivering her groceries According to Okunyade, SpeedFeed directly to her door. aims to make grocery shopping easier “The dining culture at Duke is cenfor students due to the “inconvenience tered around prepared meals but, in any and inaccessibility of large supermar- case, Duke’s dining culture is ultimately kets.” Even its founders acknowledge about customer satisfaction,” senior their personal need for such a service. Greg Lahood, co-chair of Duke Universi“We recognize that it can be pretty ty Student Dining Advisory Committee, hard to stay healthy on a college cam- said. “So, if SpeedFeed is able to provide pus or even just get the snacks you quality products to their customers for want,” Gilja said. “Right before [Reddy reasonable prices, I would say that they and Okunyade] came to me, I had lit- fit well into the Duke dining culture.”

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continued from page 1 to showcase the resources they offer that are outside of what we explicitly know they do.” CAPS played an important role in connecting DSG with other student organizations on campus to put together Mental Health Awareness Month, said freshman Jacqueline Monetta, a DSG senator for equity and outreach. “[Stress and anxiety] is an issue that’s linked to high achievement and accomplishment, but it’s also associated with prolonged stress and psychological issues,” Glass said. “And DSG is such a foundational part of student leadership, so for that organization to be lending its voice to this issue just speaks volumes.” One of the main goals of Mental Health Awareness Month is to examine the distinction between mental health and mental illness, as some subset of the population may struggle with illness but every student struggles with health, said Mecklai. “There is a point when anybody can be debilitated by stress or depression or anxiety,” Mecklai said. “It has to be okay for people to think that it’s normal and for them to access resources even if they don’t think they’re suffering from mental illness.” Issues that are less tangible—such as inequity due to gender and race on campus—also affect mental health, but are not as frequently discussed, Mecklai noted. “We really want to take these feelings that students think they can’t talk about and try to tangibly make it an open conversation for them to have,” she said.

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To close out Mental Health Awareness Month, a student-faculty panel on Feb. 26 will help to stimulate lasting conversation around mental health issues. The panel will consist of several students who suffer from mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, anorexia and depression. Moderated by Duke faculty, they will speak about their experiences on campus. “We’re really excited to have these students talking about their mental illnesses and open up to discussion,” Monetta said. “We want to show students that there shouldn’t be a stigma around talking about mental health, and it’s not something to hide.”

Chronicle File Photo Although it is only serving 75 percent of its target total meals, Penn Pavilion, pictured above, has seen 4 percent growth since January 2014.

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Chronicle File Photo CAPS played a significant role in connecting DSG with other student organizations to organize Mental Health Awareness Month.

Junior Lisa Guo said her main problem with the Pavilion is its weekend hours. “The fact that it’s closed on Saturdays and only open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays is just really inconvenient for me,” she said. Lahood said that the Pavilion’s weekend hours are a common complaint. “In the beginning, there was not enough weekend business to justify staying open on weekends, but it’s definitely something we could look into if business

improves,” he said. The Pavilion’s main goal now is boosting traffic during the breakfast and dinner hours, Taylor said. Although the Pavilion is far from meeting its goal of 2,000 meals per day, Lahood sees no reason for concern. “The focus needs to be on the people. I would rather the Pavilion serve 1,500 good meals than 2,000 and have quality suffer,” he said. Coffey stressed that Duke Dining is working to keep improving the Pavilion. “Duke Dining is committed to continually listening and reacting quickly to customer feedback to improve the dining experience,” he said.

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Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Bevan Clark, lead primate technician at the Duke Lemur Center, discussed the history of the Center’s mouse lemur colony, emphasizing its 2009 revitalization, Thursday evening.

Julia Dunn | The Chronicle The International House hosted its monthy “Meet Your World” event, featuring a series of presentations on the culture, arts and history of Iran, Friday afternoon.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Duke Housing, Dining and Residential Life hosted an open house featuring representatives from independent houses on West and Central Campuses in the Keohane Atrium Friday afternoon.

Carolyn Chang (left) and Darbi Griffith (right) | The Chronicle Students hosted several watch parties for the Super Bowl game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks Sunday.

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Blue Devils shoot their way past Virginia, hand Cavaliers first loss of the season Daniel Carp Beat Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Duke entered enemy territory outnumbered and shot its way out. Playing with just eight scholarship players following the dismissal of junior Rasheed Sulaimon, the No. 4 Blue Devils fought back late in the second half to take down No. 2 Virginia 69-63 at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday night. After missing their first nine 3-point attempts of the game and trailing by as many as 13 points, the Blue Devils hit six of their last eight from long range in a furious comeback effort. “Never give up. Basketball is a long game, and it’s a game of runs— anything can happen,” freshman point guard Tyus Jones said. “We always have to persevere.” Trailing 61-55 with 3:41 to play, senior guard Quinn Cook stroked a triple from the right wing. Sophomore Matt Jones added a triple of his own on the next possession. After a layup by freshman forward Justise Winslow tied the game with 2:10 to go, another deep triple by Cook with 1:19 remaining gave Duke (18-3, 5-3 in the ACC) its first lead in nearly 18 minutes. With 10.4 seconds left, Tyus Jones added to the Blue Devils’ 3-point barrage to seal the victory. Duke closed the game on a 14-2 run in the last 3:22 to hand Virginia (19-1, 7-1) its first loss of the season.

Jones found the bottom of the net with 9:39 to go in the game, giving the Blue Devils their first 3-pointer of the contest. The freshman from Apple Valley, Minn., added a gutsy threepoint play with 5:08 remaining to trim Duke’s deficit to six—head coach Mike Krzyzewski said that play kept his team in the game. Jones finished with a game-high 17 points to lead the Blue Devils in scoring. Winslow and Cook each added 15 points. The Cavaliers utilized an extremely physical double-team when guarding Duke center Jahlil Okafor. Although most teams try to push him out of the paint, Virginia often pushed Okafor as far back as the 3-point line and kept the freshman from attempting his first shot until 16:57 into the game. Okafor finished with 10 points and nine rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting and made a number of crucial passes out of the double team to open shooters down the stretch. “That second half—if he doesn’t have that physicality, we’re nowhere,” Krzyzewski said. Trailing 58-50 with 4:48 to play, Cook stroked a 3-pointer—just Duke’s second of the game—and Okafor added a putback to keep the Blue Devils within reach in the closing minutes. Despite playing with a rotation that featured just eight scholarship players, Krzyzewski pressed his team into a high-paced assault from the game’s opening tip. Countering Virginia’s slow

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and methodical pace with a bevy of fast breaks, the Blue Devils were able to build a 22-13 lead in the first half. The Cavaliers responded with a 9-2 run sparked by six points from senior forward Darion Atkins to remain in the game. Duke scored 10 fast break points in the first half, but managed just four throughout the rest of the game. “Our guys really attacked the basket,” Krzyzewski said. “Justise set the example of taking it hard. That was one of his best games.... We were able to push the ball up the court and get some open looks.” With the victory, Duke’s week ends amid a roller coaster of emotions. The Blue Devils were in New York Jan. 25, giving Krzyzewski the 1,000th victory of his coaching career with a double-digit comeback in the second half. Duke made the trip to South Bend, Ind., Wednesday, surrendering a 10-point second-half lead to the No. 8 Fighting Irish and losing. Thursday marked Sulaimon’s dismissal—the first by Krzyzewski in his 35-year tenure. Saturday was a third road trip, needing a late shooting barrage to topple previously undefeated Virginia. Needless to say, the Blue Devils are exhausted and finally have the chance to regroup before Wednesday’s conference tilt against Georgia Tech. “It’s just been a hell of a week for us,” Krzyzewski said. “For our guys to have the wherewithal and the toughness to win tonight says a lot about our team.”

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Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Duke, led by a combined nine points from senior Quinn Cook and freshman Tyus Jones, stormed back in the final four minutes to upset Virginia.

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Trailing 61-58 with 3:22 remaining, the Blue Devils went on a 14-2 run to hand the Cavaliers their first loss of the season.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—With 5:19 left in arguably their most important game of the season, the Blue Devils looked dead in the water. As head coach Mike Krzyzewski put it, “The mental thought was ‘What lifeboat are you in?’” Duke trailed the No. 2 team in the country 56-47 on the road and the roof seemed ready to pop off John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers had already scored 31 points in the second half and dissected the Blue Devils’ man-to-man and 2-3 zone defenses led by All-ACC guard Malcolm Brogdon. Brogdon—who scored 23 points to lead his team past Duke in last year’s ACC championship—had already scored 13 points and Virginia had scored four points on one possession after Justise Winslow picked up the Blue Devils’ first flagrant foul of the season. After coughing up a late lead at No. 8 Notre Dame Wednesday and scoring just two field goals the last 10:58, Duke’s ACC goals were surely about to be on life support. The Blue Devils had to make up a nine-point deficit in 5:19 against a team that had held three opponents to less than 30 points in 40-minute games. “They’re so big and strong, and they’re deep—I thought at the start of the second half they kind of wore us out,” Krzyzewski said. “They just took over…. Brogdon is not a good player—Brogdon is a great player. They’re all good, but he’s exceptional.” Brogdon and his teammates had certainly been exceptional again Saturday in their bid to start the season 20-0, but Saturday Duke did a complete 180 with its late-game execution and did something that was more than exceptional. The Blue Devils scored 22 points on their final eight possessions—going 5-of-6 from 3-point range after starting the game 1-of11—and finally found a way to slow down Brogdon. The 6-foot-5 guard had been a pest in Duke’s 2-3 zone by utilizing the open space in its heart at the free throw line and cutting toward the short corner, so the Blue Devils did what they did so well at then-No. 6 Louisville two weeks ago: they adapted. Duke’s zone turned into a 3-2 rather than a 2-3, with the guards pinching in to essentially pop the bubble in the middle of the zone that Brogdon had been exploiting, and Virginia was unable to score in the last 2:59. Its lead and momentum suddenly vanished, not only in the game, but in the ACC. The Cavaliers had a chance to go two games ahead in the loss column before the Blue Devils switched up their scheme. Virginia was soon on the wrong end of a game-clinching 14-2 run and fell 69-63 to leave No. 1 Kentucky as the only unbeaten team in college basketball. Thanks to its late hot streak, Duke became the first team in the Cavaliers’ last 45 ACC games to shoot better than 50 percent from the field. “[At first], Brogdon was cutting and we weren’t active. Coach K was [saying] ‘You’ve got to be active, aggressive and guard,’ to myself and Tyus [so we could] help the back line,” senior guard Quinn Cook said.

The Blue Devils scored on 14 of their final 15 possessions to stay alive in the ACC regular seaosn race.

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle A switch to a 3-2 zone in the second half slowed down the Cavaliers and allowed the Blue Devils to chip away at the lead on the other end of the court.

“[Later] the back line was talking to us and we did a good job.” With Duke finally getting the stops it did in the first half when Virginia started the game just 1-of-7 from the field, the Blue Devils were finally able to do what they wanted to offensively—run. Cook came alive, knocking down all three of his triples in the last five minutes—including the go-ahead shot with 1:19 left—and Matt and Tyus Jones each added a clutch triple of their own. Although it is easy to attribute the trio’s late-game shooting to the law of averages or competitive spirit, a closer look shows that it was the product of other distinct lategame changes for Duke. Krzyzewski and his staff decided to go to a four-guard lineup exclusively down the stretch despite playing with just eight scholarship players, four of whom are traditional guards. Even 6-foot-5 Matt Jones saw time at power forward as the Blue Devils searched for answers against the Cavaliers. With dominant center Jahlil Okafor being used as a physical presence to draw attention and attack the offensive glass rather than as a primary scorer, Duke was finally able to solve the riddle that is Virginia’s stingy pack-line defense. Okafor was facing likely the most physical double teams of his young career, did not attempt a field goal for 17 minutes of first-half action and for a decent portion of the second half had the same number of traveling violations as he did points. But by game’s end, the Chicago native’s six offensive rebounds and efficiency with a quartet of guards around him got the Blue Devils back to looking like a national title contender and were the topics of interest. “When you have four guards in, when [the opponent goes] and double [teams], a three might be [more] open—that’s why we went to that lineup,” Krzyzewski said. “When we got

the threes in the second half, they weren’t as much in front of us because it was transition or we moved around so we had a better window.” Duke still faces a myriad of questions after the dismissal of Rasheed Sulaimon and a tough ACC slate ahead, but for the third time this season on the road against a top-six opponent, it found a way to get the job done. “A lot of credit to Virginia—we haven’t played a [defense] of that caliber,” Cook said. “We had to work for everything we got tonight—that’s what makes it a little bit more special.”

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Freshman forward Justise Winslow powered the Blue Devils with 15 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday’s victory against Virginia.

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Duke set to host No. 8 Cardinals in first ACC clash Sameer Pandhare Beat Writer In a season full of tough matchups against ranked teams, arguably none will be as important for the Blue Devils as Monday’s game against one of the top teams in the ACC. No. 17 Duke will look to secure a crucial conference victory as it takes on No. 8 Lousiville Monday at 7 p.m. No. 8 Louisville at Cameron Indoor vs. Stadium. The Blue Devils come into No. 17 the game with a Duke 6-2 record in the MONDAY, 7 p.m. ACC—just one Cameron Indoor Stadium game behind the Cardinals, who are in a three-team tie atop the conference at 7-1. The matchup will be the first time the teams have met as conference opponents. “We’re just trying to get better and we’re doing that with our defense and our rebounding,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “Offensively, we’re slowing down a bit and trying to get more patient and that’s helping us out a little bit.” Duke (15-6, 6-2 in the ACC) comes into Monday’s conference tilt riding a two-game winning streak and having won four of its last five games. But for

the young Blue Devils, consistency will be key as they look to continue playing some of their best basketball as the ACC tournament approaches. One particular issue Duke will have to shore up for its matchup with Louisville (19-2, 7-1) is the Blue Devil’s season-long turnover issue. Duke has turned the ball over more than 22 times in nine of its last 13 games—including a 25-turnover outing against Pittsburgh Thursday. In order to solve their turnover woes, the Blue Devils will need a strong performance from senior point guard Ka’lia Johnson. The Chester, Va., native has led the young squad by example this season with her grit in Duke’s toughest games. After struggling to adjust to her new role early in the season, Johnson’s play has steadily improved and the senior’s average of 4.0 assists per game ranks fourth in the ACC “She’s shown a lot of poise and I love when she plays disciplined on offense and defense,” McCallie said. “It’s good when she slows down a bit so she can really use her skills and be effective.” But expect the Cardinals and their stifling defense to be up to the challenge in Cameron Louisville’s defense has held teams to just 56.7 points per game and has forced opposing teams to commit 20.1 turnovers per game. The Cardinals are spearheaded by the versatility of

Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Freshman Azura Stevens—who is averaging 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game—will look to lead the Blue Devils in the post against Louisville Monday.

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freshmen Mariya Moore and Myisha Hines-Allen, who lead the team in scoring with 13.7 and 13.0 points per game, respectively. The length and athleticism of both players certainly has the ability to challenge the Blue Devils

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Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Redshirt freshman guard Rebecca Greenwell is second on the team with 13.9 points per game and will try to help the Blue Devils lower their average of 18.7 turnovers per game.

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pretty versatile players,” McCallie said. In addition to the two freshman phenoms, the Cardinals will look for contributions from their accomplished senior starters as they try to stay atop the ACC. Guards Bria Smith and Jude Schimmel, along with forward Sara Hammond, have played key roles in Louisville’s runs to the Elite Eight last season and to the national championship game two years ago. The trio possesses the potential to make key plays down the stretch and will certainly not be fazed if the game comes down to the wire Monday. The Blue Devils will look to a senior sudoku_460B of their own to carry them to victory.

Coming off of a rough nine-point outing against Pittsburgh, All-American Elizabeth Williams will need to be aggressive and take advantage of her size in the post on offense. With a strong performance from Williams, freshman Azura Stevens and redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell could find life a lot easier against the Louisville defense. “We’re looking to play inside-out. They play some pretty solid defense in the first 12 seconds, but they start to have some slippage after that,” McCallie said. “You have to take advantage of all their switching and show some patience there.” In a season that has had its share of highs and lows, Duke has a chance to finally secure a season-defining victory at home—where it has only dropped one game all season.

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Applauding the minimum wage increase

eginning in July, the minimum wage for regular employees of the University will increase from $10.91 to $12.00, boosting the hourly wage of roughly 400 regular employees. The benefits of setting and increasing a minimum wage for employees at Duke are numerous. On one hand, regulating a minimum pay ensures that workers are not exploited by their employers with low wages in tight employment markets. Furthermore, it works towards a livable salary that allows for a higher standard of living for those integral to campus’ flourishing. To this end, we applaud the increase in the minimum wage at Duke as a step toward a fair pay approach to employment. However, there remain several gulfs to bridge. Duke’s current minimum wage already exceeds the North Carolina and federal minimum wage of $7.25, and Duke prides itself on having always stayed above these minimums. But workers’ rights activists would argue for a higher wage, like the $15 wage Seattle passed last year for city employees. This reach for a “living wage” that is sufficient for a fulltime worker to meet their basic needs is highly contentious based on family structures

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hen we become too skeptical, we teeter dangerously into the realm of the unknown. I remember back in the tenth grade when I announced to my classmates that I’d signed up to volunteer in Kenya, and several of them immediately started accusing me of being overly idealistic. I was feeding into a project that was wasting millions of dollars and worsening the conditions of the people that I was trying to “help”. So I was informed, by a group of people who had had hardly bothered to research the organization I was working with or ask about what I would be doing.Now, moderate skepticism is healthy. It’s absolutely crucial to consider the ethical implications and consequences of our actions, especially when lives are at stake. Some of those ‘voluntourism’ programs disgust me to the core.

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and loftier economic arguments but, closer to home, the city and county of Durham both have a living wage policy paying employees $12.53. The new wage hike, notably, does not apply to contract workers at campus food venues or housekeeping staff whose employers hold negotiated University contracts with wage stipulations. Contract employers are encouraged by the University to provide wages at or above Duke’s set minimum pay; however, not all comply, some paying workers only $8 per hour. Yet, many University employees—regular and contracted—are working to support families and should all benefit from a policy to increase the minimum wage. While changes may be infeasible in the immediate term given extant employment contracts, we strongly urge the University to fully support the expansion of the wage increase to all campus employees through negotiations and renegotiations of future contracts. The upcoming reopening of the West Union provides one such opportunity for extending higher wage standards in addition to the competitive benefits package the University offers with many positions that already includes robust retirement, health and

dental care plans. In assessing the minimum wage standards of Duke employees, it is important to consider another demographic: student workers. For some students, employment provides pocket money that supplements and finances collegiate activities—a Friday night dinner on Ninth Street, club sports dues and textbooks, for example. Yet, for many, campus employment is necessary for paying tuition. Currently, students who are employed on campus earn an hourly wage of around $10 in most positions. While students would benefit from increased pay, the current model for students that features a variety of positions is reasonable. Duke’s history of encouraging higher wages for the regular employees who work to earn their living on campus is worthy of praise. In the interests of fully supporting these employees in a way that keeps pace with their economic needs while also recognizing the contractual status of the many other contract employees on campus, we applaud the wage increase and hope the University makes it a part of future contract negotiations, especially with the incoming West Union food venue employers.

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But over the past few years it’s become fashionable to put quotations around “making a difference”, as if the concept was inherently superficial or problematic. Oftentimes I would scroll through the news and find these ‘air quote’-abundant pieces of cynicism— many of them written by young people. It has almost become a mark of intelligence, to rise above those naïve teenagers futilely trying to “make a difference”. It’s not uncommon to hear Duke students disparage the value of programs like DukeEngage and applaud those who speak out oh-so-refreshingly against such well-intentioned but woefully pathetic programs. Because you know what? It feels deliciously satisfying to be above it all. With almost every popular social project, we see people overeager to break the curve, to point out “Why I’m not taking part in the ALS campaign”. Even with the recent You Don’t Say? campaign, we see students barrage social media with derisive renditions of its marketing slogans. Sure, some of them are a bit silly, and you’re probably only joking, but all you’re doing is helping to distort the overall message. Criticism is good, but so often it’s been exaggerated and misplaced. It’s hardly surprising that we have as a result become desensitized to mass movements and even afraid to align ourselves with causes. Activists are often labeled as ignorant idealists, and become caricatures for mockery. When we become too skeptical, we teeter dangerously into the realm of cynicism. And in the long run we may actually be hurting projects that help promote civic engagement and youth activism. The thing is, it’s so easy to be cynical—to point out everything wrong with something and then go right

back to watching Netflix. We are now seeing the emergence of a revisionist rhetoric that tells us that because we’re inexperienced, relatively naïve and full-time students, we can’t create sustainable and tangible change. This is something we desperately need to reverse. Our over-eager embrace of cynicism has clouded over many valuable aspects of youth engagement. And it makes us forget that there is work to be done. In honor of our love-hate relationship with DukeEngage, let’s take a look at service abroad. To say the very least, international service programs targeted at youth can create powerful, intangible change that has the potential to develop into more sustainable and effective forces of good. You take a kid who’s been stuck in North America all his life, plop him in an Indian village for two months and inevitably his worldview will change. You take a kid who’s travelled the world, plop him in the same Indian village, and more likely than not his worldview will change as well. He may not become the next Malala but maybe when he’s 54 and running a successful venture capital firm, he’ll end up donating to that one Indian village he stayed in. That’s hardly a stretch. We need to stop being so overly fixated on quantifying the difference we make or the costs that it’ll take us to make them. You really can’t put a price on the intangibles. And frankly, it should never just come down to a cost-benefit analysis. We’re young, yes, and we need to be informed, but if we need to make sure we’re perfectly informed and trained before we act, we’ll be either too old or too preoccupied in our careers to care. Cynicism breeds apathy. What we need to realize is that not everyone will dedicate their lives to the “long-term” improvement of that one Indian village. Not everyone will want to train to be a professional educator or brick mason. Few of us will ever seriously make a dent in American foreign policy at the highest levels. Does that mean we should just back off and leave everything to the professional activists? This is why I actually like programs like Teach for America and DukeEngage—they provide an immersive opportunity for students to give back to the community and engage with future generations before we colloquially “sell our souls” to investment banking and corporate law. We want engaged and passionate citizens at every level who feel invested in the future of their fellow human beings. Plus, there’s a certain beauty and flexibility in youth activism that you can’t replicate in the professional world. At the end of the day, we need to evaluate social projects for their potential harms with a critical eye, but we need to do it with a healthy, constructive attitude. Bochen Han is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other semester.

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ver the past couple weeks, Duke Student Government has been debating reforms to the structure of the Senate in the hope of creating a body that can better represent student interests and be more engaged in the role of being a Senator. As a past member of DSG, I was enthused to finally see discussions that have long been happening behind closed doors among members of the organization finally make it into the public sphere. Questions about the role of the Senator, how one can adequately represent student interests and the necessity or lack thereof for such a large body of students, which can limit accountability and engagement, were finally being addressed in a public space. Student opinion about DSG has continued to fall since I stepped on this campus, and reforms are a great way to start improving that reality. But when I read The Chronicle’s coverage

Jay Sullivan THE TIME WE ARE GIVEN of the Senate meeting, I became troubled. The reforms would be discussed further in a DSG Internal Affairs committee meeting after their time on the Senate floor. While I applaud my peer’s efforts to make DSG a better organization, DSG reform should not and frankly cannot happen among DSG members alone during internal affairs meetings or behind the glass walls of the DSG Office. That’s not creating a more democratic body. And neither is telling students who have opinions to show up to a DSG meeting to present at public forum. That’s just the same old politics that have limited DSG’s effectiveness and popular opinion for many years on this campus. DSG, you missed the point. If we want to make a better student government, we must go back to square one and actually ask the students DSG is supposed to represent what they think. I have a lot of love and respect for my peers and friends within DSG. They truly do care about Duke and the well being of the student body, but I’m going to dish out some tough love today. My hope is that these words might inspire the kind of action that can make our student government work for all students for years to come. It does not matter so much what the reforms are—rather, what matters is how we conduct our student government. If we cannot adequately engage students on such issues as reform, how will changing the structure of committees, size of the Senate or electoral process do anything other than place our current dysfunctional system in a new context that remains just as unapproachable, unaccountable and at times elitist? Having been privy to these kinds of systemic discussions during last year’s 40 Percent Plan era and looking today on DSG from the outside, I can tell you that my understanding of student opinion was so heavily influenced by the cacophony of voices within DSG that I did not have a clear bearing on where most students stood on the issue. All I really knew was how other DSG members thought about the issue. Little did I know that most students felt little to no

stake in a fight that felt like the most important thing to ever happen in the history of Duke. I fear that these reforms fall very much under the same perspective, with students heavily involved in DSG and its workings who have a genuine desire to create better systems only working with people who have the same experiences and perspective. There are brave voices in the Senate who questioned these reforms, but they alone are not enough. Most students know little to nothing about the structure of DSG and how the reforms might improve our situation. Rightfully so, given how little a role DSG seems to play in our collective lives. But the reality is that DSG really does matter, and these discussions happening internally will affect the future of the student experience at Duke. Students regardless of their DSG affiliation have the collective power to influence administrative and DSG decisions, but it requires concerted decisions to facilitate such opportunities. So today, let me propose a new option for the way we do student government. If we want to reform DSG, let’s take a page out of grassroots organizing and democratic—with a small d—thinking. Let’s actually engage the student body in a genuine debate of the merits of Senate reform and work collaboratively across organizations and communities to make the best system that we can collectively make. Every student’s voice should be valued and sought out. To borrow the thinking of scholar Jeffrey Stout on the grassroots organizing, we must be committed to creating “effective publics of accountability… at many levels of social complexity” and working within our community to get organized if we are serious about creating more democratic systems. That means gathering student organizations to voice collective opinions about the student issues to the administration. That looks like student government representatives holding town hall meetings and soliciting the opinion of a variety of organizations and students to inform their decisions. That also means students taking the initiative to inform their representatives of their or their organization’s opinions on important issues. But at the heart of this kind of student politics is a government system that allows for such action. Residential representation might be a solution, but it does not address the true heart of the matter. If we want to improve DSG, we should get everyone involved in the reform, not just those students in or connected to DSG. It is time we change the way student government works. Reform is a good step, but it is only a surface solution to the issues DSG has continued to face. Today, I challenge DSG to make reform a topic for campus discourse, to open up discussions to student organizations and residential communities that this decision will effect and to take the time to create a more effective system through a democratic process. It may become messy, but redefining the way we do student government will be integral to its future and the future of the Duke student experience. Let’s engage each other and create a system that works for all students because it involves all students.

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Letter to the Editor The Jewish Student Union endorses Anna Knight for the position of Young Trustee All three candidates possess strong qualities and would represent different facets of Duke’s undergraduate population. However, Knight was able to set herself apart as the strongest candidate for this position with her well-articulated vision for the undergraduate experience. In particular, we were impressed with her commitment to the university’s emphasis on undergraduate research and her focus on making such opportunities available to all students. While effectively presenting her vision, she demonstrates an ability and willingness to represent the student body as a whole. In addition, she shows a realistic grasp on the scope of the position and what she

can feasibly accomplish as Young Trustee. Knight, as both a female and an engineer, also adds a voice for an underrepresented segment of Duke’s population to the Board of Trustees. Her experience as president of the Engineering Student Government shows her capability of effectively working with administration to enact policy to drive Duke forward. Lastly, Knight’s acceptance to Duke’s BME PhD program ensures her presence in Durham for the next six years, providing a level of accessibility that the other candidates simply cannot provide. The Jewish Student Union proudly puts our trust in Anna Knight to be a thoughtful and considerate decision-maker as the Young Trustee. The Jewish Student Union

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On income inequality It is dark and gusty night at Duke University campus, and I find myself in gymnasium with my new frat relatives learning how to “get on my swole” and to silently ridicule malnourished independent GDIs with my eyes. After six sets on calf-raising machine, I finish workout to promenade the corridors of the Wilson, where I find fenestrated room of smoking women performing erotic dance known here as “Yoga”. The Yoga bears strong similarity to the famous Ballebuste dance performed in the cabarets of my country of the People’s Republic of Zembla. While it is revered Zemblian custom to encourage Ballebuste women with salacious chants and offerings of coinage, such does not seem to be the case in this Matriarchal Autocracy of Duke University (MADU). I discover this cultural difference because I am caught by Duke police soldier after I breach the Yoga cabaret room tossing coins on supine women and yelling, “I AM DEEP ADMIRER OF YOUR SENSUOUS FLEXIBILITY!” The DUPD soldier squirts pepper weapon in my eye, calls me poor scumbag and throws me out on moist soil, where

Monday Monday PEACE! LAND! BRODHEAD! I see sign in Polish that I cannot understand. It is alone in the bitter cold of Polish Quarters of Duke that I reach wet, gut-tangling epiphany. For so many months, I avidly read profound and insightful opinion-editorials from Chronicle columnists using phrase like “income inequality” to describe body of Duke students. I did not know what meant such a phrase, so I asked my on-call translator, Dobroslav. “Do you know what means income inequality?” I inquire. “It means that some here are significantly wealthier than others,” Dobroslav tells in Zemblian. “Do not pull my leg Dobroslav! My father will not give you raise!” I scold Dobroslav and shut door on his face. But, here in the frigid cold, I realize in hindsight my shortsightedness. For as far as the eye can see, there are ragtag tents infested with squatters shivering in frigid air of midwinter night. I am filled with simultaneous sensation of wanting to purge from my mouth but also of curiosity too. I cannot resist—I decide I must navigate this rathole land. In order to feel empathy for impoverished Duke vagabond, I must live among him! From distance, I hear distant conversation. A group of slumboys and slumgirls are cavorting in the cold. They laugh, but I do not see where is joke. How is it, I ponder, that one can find joy in state of homeless deprivation? Could it be possible that happiness is not constructed by humankind in any standardized, absolute or consumerist fashion—that the individual derives his/her/neuter-possessive-pronoun’s emotive state from a relative spectrum of happiness or sadness that is more so a byproduct of his/her/neuter-possessive-pronoun’s microcosmic or micro-microcosmic surroundings than it is a byproduct of this increasingly globalized world? My thought train is halted by voice in the filthy cluster. I have been discovered! “Ishmael! Hey Ishmael!” It is velvet voice of slumgirl wrapped in poncho and sitting in canvas chair, sipping at McDonald’s coffee. I see on her thighs that she possesses a Mac-Book Pro. “Ishmael!” she repeats again and again. Though I am filled to my brim with fear, I tell myself that I must be strong. “You do not know me, strabismic witchgirl! I am not from here! Release your stolen Mac-Book Pro with retina display at once. It is bastion of wealth and influence and honor, and you are none of these!” My eloquence has frozen her and I lunge to grab the Mac-Book Pro by the maw of its retina display. It is with victory in hand that I escape The Slums of Little Poland and rightfully render the MacBook Pro with the retina display still intact to the Duke University Police Department. It is tempting to share my heroic story with star-stricken officer-man, but for that I am too, too humble. Mr. President Richard Brodhead, it is simple hope of mine that when you read this story, it overwhelms you with passion for the body of Duke Students, and optimism for the future of Duke’s body. While my story is action-packed and sexy, this is not purpose. Instead it is anecdote from which you must extract meaningful policy. If you wish to suppress imminent coup of Duke state, I humbly submit that income inequality at Duke is issue that must be eradicated. To achieve eradication, I propose two policies. First, the lawns of Little Poland must be equipped with water-sprinkler-faucets set to rain in middle of night and also middle of day. This will drive homeless out of Little Poland and into perhaps career fair, where they will be taught by multitude of Fortune 500 companies how to equalize their income inequality. Second proposal. Neutralize the income-inequals by carting them to more academically welcoming public welfare institution like University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Thank you so much for listening, Blue Devil-Worshippers! Let us all stand together, hand-in-hand singing hymns of solidarity for all those afflicted by income inequality! I am Ishmael and I am back writing this column for a second time.

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