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Lesley Chen-Young | The Chronicle Students, faculty and residents of the Triangle gathered for a vigil at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to commemorate the lives of Deah Barakat and Yusor Mohammed Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammed Abu-Salha. (See story on Page 2.)

Following Tuesday’s tragic triple-homicide and subsequent media attention, community members mourned the loss of three local college students. Shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, Chapel Hill resident Craig Stephen Hicks shot and killed newlyweds Deah Barakat, 23, and Yusor Mohammed Abu-Salha , 21, in their apartment, as well as Razan Mohammed Abu-Salha, 19, Yusor Abu-Salha’s sister. Though police have not announced an official motive for the killings, many have expressed concern that the incident was a hate crime, due to the Muslim faith of the three victims. Hicks—who lives on the same block as Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha—has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He is being held See Chapel Hill on Page 4

CompSci moves forward after investigation Grace Wang Health & Science Editor The computer science department is developing new strategies to combat issues of cheating following the academic dishonesty investigation that began in November. Although the Office of Student Conduct did not officially announce that the investigation has closed, the computer science department sent out official correspondences regarding the investigation to students enrolled in Computer Science 201: Data Structures and Algorithm for the Spring and Fall 2014 semesters. The emails were officially issued in December. Different correspondences were sent out to students who turned themselves in, students who believed they did not violate academic integrity and students who cheated but did not come forward.

According to the correspondences, the University has made an exception to typical course grading and withdrawal policies for Computer Science 201 students, who were not referred to the Office of Student Conduct—excluding those who cheated but did not come forward. “If you are not satisfied with your final grade, you may elect to retroactively withdraw from the course with a W designation,” reads the correspondence signed by Jeff Forbes, associate professor of the practice of computer science. The department is working toward replacing some older assignments with new assignments, wrote Salman Azhar, visiting professor and current lecturer of Computer Science 201, in an email Wednesday. “We are studying the organization of our help sessions See CompSci on Page 4

Photo Courtesy of Our Three Winners Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were shot and killed Tuesday.

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Thousands show support for Chapel Hill homicide victims Sydney Sarachek The Chronicle Thousands of people participated in a vigil held Wednesday night at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for three Muslim students murdered on Tuesday. Community and university leaders joined students, faculty and people from around the Triangle to commemorate the lives of Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. Barakat, 23, was a second-year student at the UNC School of Dentistry, and his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, planned to attend the school beginning in the Fall. Razan Abu-Salha was a sophomore at North Carolina State University and the sister of Yusor Abu-Salha. Police are investigating whether the victims were targeted because of their Muslim faith. “If—and it is quite possible—that this was an act based off of evil and a scared ignorant man, do not let ignorance propagate in your life,” Farris Barakat, Deah Barakat’s brother, told the crowd. Speakers expressed horror at the killings, but also stressed the impact that the victims had both in their local communities and around the world. “The vigil did a great job honoring their memories, but no words or vigil could ever really do them justice. They were so amazing,” said Omar AbdelBaky, a student at the UNC School of Dentistry and close friend of Bakarat’s. Officials from both UNC and NC State expressed sorrow over the deaths while also emphasizing the positive impact that the students had left behind. “We want the legacy of these three wonderful students to be a legacy of hope and understanding,” UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said. Friends remembered how the victims gave back to the community. AbdelBaky noted that Barakat had delivered food and dental supplies to the homeless just last week. Yusor Abu-Salha traveled to Turkey last summer to deliver dental care to students there and Barakat was planning a similar trip for this coming summer. Speakers remembered the little things, too. “I want everyone to remember them,

please, when you hear their names,” Nada Salem, a friend of the victims, said to the crowd. “Not to cry when you hear their names, but to laugh. To laugh at how clumsy Deah was playing basketball. And how Yusar loved having pancakes for breakfast, dinner and lunch. And how Razan loved to read and she was so geeky but so cute.” Many of Bakarat’s classmates from the School of Dentistry wore their scrubs to honor him. “If Deah were to see me right now crying, he would probably smack me and tell me to put a smile on my face,” Brian Swift, UNC School of Dentistry Class of 2017 president, said after the vigil. “He was once of the nicest, most genuine souls you ever met in your life.” Nazmi Albadawi, a friend of the victims, remembered Bakarat and Yusor Abu-Salha as a “legit perfect couple and perfect family.” “All the time you hear about so-called perfect families,” Albadawi said. “And you’re just like, ‘Alright, there’s some stuff on the low that’s going on with them.’ That wasn’t the case with them.” Muneeb Mustafa, 23, said he attended the same mosque as Bakarat in Raleigh. Bakarat was touched the lives of everyone he met, he said. “Humanity took a huge loss yesterday, and now we’re paying the price for it,” Mustafa said. In the wake of the tragedy, UNC and NC State have received an outpouring of support from the local community—including Duke and North Carolina Central University. “This was a really great demonstration, not just of the UNC community coming out to support the Muslim community, but also Duke, Carolina, North Carolina Central, North Carolina State and many others who came out to say that this meant more to them than what the rest of the world is thinking right now,” said Joel Curran, vice chancellor for communications and public affairs at UNC. Arif Sheikh, faculty advisor for the Muslim Student Association at UNC, said that positive emotions from students created a positive environment out of a horrible situation. “I hope this leads to healthier understanding of one another, and we can try to overcome the hate that sometimes these random acts of violence can come from” Sheikh said.

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Alex Griffith The Chronicle Duke Student Government recommended that the University subsidize emergency room fees for victims of sexual assault. The resolution—which was passed during DSG’s Wednesday meeting—recommends that the University fund a $150 emergency room co-payment for victims of sexual assault, which would come from a $12,000 yearly fund sized to accommodate all victims. The emergency room visit would allow the victim to see a sexual assault nurse examiner, who can collect forensic evidence, which other organizations on campus, such as Student Health, cannot do, junior Keizra Mecklai, vice president for equity and outreach, explained. “The highest standard of care after a woman or a man has been sexually assaulted can be received by receiving a SANE examination at the Duke emergency room,” Mecklai said. “If you go to Student Health, your ability to get forensic evidence taken has been voided.” The resolution—which was passed in conjunction with the Graduate and Professional Student Council—also ensures that Student Health, the Women’s Center or Counseling and Psychological Services will explicitly inform sexual assault victims of their right to receive emergency room care and to have the co-payment for that care covered by the University, regardless of whether or not a student wants to report a crime. The resolution was introduced by Meck-

Sarah Kerman The Chronicle North Carolina may expand its Medicaid program in 2015 under the Governor’s new healthcare agenda.

The Medicaid program provides health insurance to those below the poverty line and is jointly funded by the state and federal governments. An expansion of the program could potentially cover people with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. It would also close the current gap that exists between Medicaid eligibility and eligibility for federal subsidies to purchase a health inSee Medicaid on Page 16

Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Professor Susan Lozier and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ray Li lead a town hall discussion at Wednesday’s DSG meeting.

lai and Executive Vice President Abhi Sanka, a junior, as well as GPSC Director of University Affairs Colleen McClean, a third year MD/PhD student. Mecklai, Sanka and McClean also explained in their presentation that this type of fund is already in place at several of Duke’s peer universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to the passing of the resolution, DSG discussed the University’s Strategic Plan in a town hall meeting led by Susan Lozier, the chair of the University Strategic Plan steering committee and Ronie-Richelle Garcia-Johnson Professor of Ocean Sciences. The town hall—which was organized See DSG on Page 16

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without bond in Durham County Jail. Barakat was a second-year student in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Dentistry, and his wife planned to attend the school beginning this Fall. Her sister was a student at North Carolina State University. The students’ deaths were met by many with an outpouring of grief, both locally and nationally—with thousands attending a candlelight vigil at UNC Wednesday evening and the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter used hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the UNC and NC State community, particularly the members of the Muslim community there. There is a tendency to say this is a nice place, these eruptions of violence don¹t belong here. And yet here we are,” Omid Safi, director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center, wrote in an email Wednesday. “This is, in all of the heartbreak and violence and sadness, where we are. This is today’s America.” The story quickly spread beyond Chapel Hill, making national and international headlines, with CBS, NBC and ABC each discussing the shootings in their 6:30 p.m. news broadcast. For some, the coverage pointed to questions of how the media covers crimes involving Muslim individuals. “I think, compared to prior events, the media coverage of Muslim victims is increasing, but unfortunately, if this was a Muslim perpetrator who—God forbid— shot three different people, I believe we’d see 24 hour, wall-to-wall coverage of this alleged terrorist activity or extremist behavior,” said Ayoub Ouederni, vice-president of UNC’s Muslim Students Association. “I

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think that is a reality we face, but I do see hope in the future. People are covering this, talking about hate crimes.” Though much of the reaction on social media focused on the idea that the shooting was a hate crime, police said the killings were likely motivated by other factors—though they noted that the possibility of a hate crime would continue to be investigated. “Our preliminary investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking,” the Chapel Hill police department said in a statement Wednesday morning. “Hicks is cooperating with investigators and more information may be released at a later time.” Robert Maitland, the attorney for Hicks’ wife, said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon that the shooting was not fueled by hate and instead solely had to do with the issue of parking between the neighbors. “It has nothing to do with the religious faith of the victims, it has nothing to do with terrorism, it has nothing to do with anything but the mundane issue of this man being frustrated day in and day out with not being able to park where he wanted to park, and unfortunately, these victims were there at the wrong time in the wrong place,” Maitland said. But for many, the answer of a parking dispute leaves troubling questions. “A lot of people are not satisfied with that answer. Nobody shoots three innocent people execution style over a parking dispute, so we’re still waiting for the facts to come out,” Ouederni said. Maitland said the shooting should serve to highlight the “importance of access to mental health care,” though he could not say whether or not Hicks had ever been treated for any sort of mental illness.

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Anthony Alvernaz | The Chronicle The computer science department is developing strategies to fight issues of academic integrity after investigating cheating last November.

Stephen Bryan, director of the Office of Student Conduct, could not be reached for comment. Ronald Parr, department chair of computer science, deferred all comment to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations. Sophomore Andrew Sun, who was enrolled in Computer Science 201 last semester, noted that some students did not take the academic integrity issue seriously from the beginning. “It’s the whole, ‘Oh they did it and got away with it, I can probably get away with it too’ [mindset],” Sun said. “Unfortunately, because Computer Science 201 is a project-based class, when deadlines creep up, normally really good students sometimes succumb to the pressure of being dishonest.”

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ast month, I attended a dance performance choreographed by Tony Johnson, a local dancer and friend of mine. The piece explored black identity in America through both historical and contemporary movements. In one particularly powerful section, Tony stands teary-eyed before the audience as Martin Luther King Jr.’s voice bellows throughout the room recounting his entrance into the civil rights movement. “The telephone started ringing and I picked it up. On the other end was an ugly voice. That voice said to me, in substance, “N****r, we are tired of you and your mess now. And if you aren’t out of this town in three days, we’re going to blow your brains out and blow up your house.” I’d heard these things before, but for some reason that night it got to me. I turned over and I tried to go to sleep, but I couldn’t sleep. I was frustrated, bewildered. And then I got up and went back to the kitchen and I started warming some coffee, thinking that coffee would give me a little relief. And then I started thinking about many things. […] And I got to the point that I couldn’t take it any longer; I was weak. […] And it seemed at that moment that I could hear an inner voice saying to me, ‘Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness, stand up for justice, stand up for truth.’” In a conversation following the performance, an older man reflected on how hearing about the phone calls to Martin Luther King Jr.’s home moved him. “Yes, the calls were threatening, but they were calls,” he said. “And I am reminded of the idea of vocation, of a calling, and I can’t help but think about what calls I am receiving, even if ripe with the

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promise of violence, that are calling me to do what is required of me.” His words moved me. Like many Duke students, I feel committed to the idea of making the world better, but I often feel confused as to what “better” entails and what my exact role is on the “making the world better” team. While grabbing coffee with one of my professors, I told him about my difficulty in coming to know myself and my calling in the world. He reassured me that everyone has different callings at different moments in their life. He shared an anecdote about a former long-term relationship that ended because they had incompatible activisms. “The way we discussed it, using a Biblical metaphor, is that there are saints and angels,” he said. “The saints do the immediate work: feeding, clothing, sheltering people. But the angels, they have to proclaim the news. She was a saint, but I was an angel, so I left to go pursue my work and she stayed to do the ground work. One’s not better than the other, just different, and sometimes we do different activisms at different points in our life. At that point, we each needed to do our own necessary work.” His notion of saints and angels stuck with me. I wrote it down in my journal as a leftover from our conversation for me to chew on later as I continued to roll over the same question: what calls did I need to listen to in my own life, and what answer did they require of me? Then, yesterday, I woke up to the news of the murders of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammed Abu-Salha. Threats of violence that hung in the air during the adhan controversy suddenly were concretized in reading about these three Muslim students who were shot by their own neighbor.

The Chronicle In attempting to process the Chapel Hill shooting in light of recent reflections on the nature of activism and vocation, it was difficult not to raise the question: what about the martyrs? What about those who do not receive the opportunity to do the saintly or angelic work? For those for whom the world is not a safe place, their bodies often become the sight of violence and revelation. “Martyr” in its etymology quite literally means “witness,” suggesting that to be the victim of violence is to bear witness to what is often unable to be revealed otherwise. It’s a tragic and unfair trade for the sake of testimony. I remember the threatening phone calls to Martin Luther King Jr.’s home that must have made him stop cold. I remember the muffled pleas of a man who couldn’t breathe while in a chokehold. I remember Deah, Yusor and Razan. All calls in my own life that I may hear but not listen to. Violence in its revelation can either compel us to act or scare us into submission. It is only natural when we hear these calls to hesitate to answer them because they ask too much of us. But the thing about “making the world better” is that it requires a commitment not just of work but of sacrifice. For some, that sacrifice is felt in physical, mental and emotional exhaustion. Sometimes I feel so much sadness at the state of the world that I want to burst, and I can only imagine what it must feel like for those who are constantly engaged in this struggle whether they want to be or not. For others, it is a sacrifice of their lives. But when those sacrifices are made apparent to us, when we receive these calls, I hope we answer them even though they are scary, even though they demand too much of us. I want to live in a world where we answer them. —Katie Fernelius

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Jupiter Ascending provides flashy, forced thrill ride Tim Campbell The Chronicle Lana and Andy Wachowski’s new film Jupiter Ascending follows their emerging pattern of reaching for a broad, sweeping vision of the future. Like the Wachowski’s Cloud Atlas and The Matrix before it, the movie seeks to blow our minds both visually and thematically. However, like Icarus and his winged hubris, the Wachowski’s trend set by their earlier successes comes crashing down with Jupiter Ascending, proving the age-old adage that, if you fly too high, you’re bound to get burned. And, as Jupiter Ascending unfolds tragically on the big screen, we’re reminded of another potent maxim: the bigger they are, the harder they fall. At the outset of the film, we get a flash of narrowfocus humanity that gives the opposite impression of how the movie is going to progress. Mila Kunis, starring as the titular character of the movie, tells the story of her and her family’s humble beginnings. In her story, she recounts how her father (an avid cosmologist whose apparent love for his telescope is quite possibly the most convincingly acted emotion in the entire movie) met her mother on a cold Russian night, leading to a marriage and a stupidly named child. Of course, this would be a bland story with no meaning if her father didn’t die due to inexplicable causes right after, so he does and then never comes back up again. Flashing forward to the present, we see Kunis stuck in her mediocre life as a normal, RussianAmerican housekeeper who just wants all the things normal people want: wealth, recognition, a break from the nagging of her vaguely Eastern European family and a $4000 brass telescope. Fortunately for her, Caine Wise, a prophetically named half-albino, half-wolf, space bounty hunter played by Channing Tatum, soon appears like an angel from on high. Gun ablaze and shirt precariously close to being lost at all points, he rescues Kunis from her life of absurd mediocrity. Tatum’s appearance catapults Kunis into a world outside our own world that she, and most of Jupiter Ascending’s viewers, cannot begin to comprehend. As events unfold, Kunis finds that she, with Tatum’s help, is responsible for the fate of the earth, a realization that forces her to look beyond her own self-interest and her family--all while navigating the dangers and intrigue of a galaxy that is uncaring for the weak and hostile to newcomers. Along the way, she meets a variety of characters representing the morals, interests and structures of galactic society. Among these personalities are Sean Bean’s character Stinger Apini, a gruff and conflicted warrior whose struggles to choose between morality and orders show the hierarchy in the galaxy’s civilization. The beguiling Abrasax siblings, played by Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth and Tuppence Middleton, also show the dangers of unchecked capitalism and greed on the broadest possible scale. This repeated conflict between society’s opposite pulls to do what’s right and what’s profitable is clearly supposed to be the unifying theme of Jupiter Ascending, and the Wachowskis try admirably to unify this idea with the plot of the movie. Unfortunately, the film falls into the predictable trap of pushing the story forward with CGI explosions instead of dialogue or plot. Ironically, the visual effects are objectively the best part about the movie. The Wachowskis create a bright and colorful depiction of the world, using dramatic color contrasts and striking vistas to create a visual chiaroscuro. However, the excess of lasers and dramatic changes in camera angle detract from the beautiful backgrounds rather than adding to them, ending altogether too frequently in a confusing blur from which victorious combatants emerge seemingly arbitrarily. This faulty editing also detracts from the considerable acting abilities of the actors and actresses in Jupiter Ascending. The star-studded cast gives the movie incredible potential, but there is a total lack of delivery. A huge portion of the dialogue is absurd and unbelievable, leading to such exchanges as Tatum telling Kunis, “I have more in common with a dog than I have with you”, to which Kunis replies in a voice full of romance and lust, “I love dogs.” Even when the conversations between characters aren’t this ridiculous, they are often cut with almost comical abruptness, leaving viewers confused about scene changes even as the closing phrases of the dialogue are spoken. This choppy editing prevents any sort of flow from being built, and we have to listen to the music to get any sort

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of idea of what we’re supposed to feel for the characters on the screen at any given point. As if this didn’t make the movie hard enough to understand, there are also a vast number of characters we are expected to follow. Jupiter Ascending hardly goes five minutes without bringing in some new, wacky personality, many of whom only get one or two shots on screen and seem to only exist to say a few lines of the script that would make even less sense if they were spoken by an established character. Despite everything else, the contrast between the travesty of its script and the elegant simplicity of the idea behind Jupiter Ascending is what makes the movie such a tragedy to me. I’m a huge sci-fi nerd, and I particularly love when movies take conflicts from our own society or

history and blow them up onto a more dramatic, actionpacked and exciting stage. Jupiter Ascending attempts to do exactly this by critiquing the dangers of greed and capitalism and the conflict between obeying orders and following universal morals. The intent is all here, and the Wachowskis certainly are aware of all the necessary elements to craft the narrative, but the way that the final product comes together is so disjointed, sloppy and unpolished that Jupiter Ascending ends up being worse off than if it had been a simple blockbuster action movie. I am particularly disappointed by this. I really wanted to like Jupiter Ascending, and I really wanted the idea to pan out. In the end, the film has more to offer as an unintentional comedy than it does as a science fiction movie.

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Lineup release promises a return to form for LDOC Drew Haskins Local Arts Editor It may have taken two extra days, two dubiously funny videos and widespread campus consternation and outrage, but we finally have our lineup for the LDOC concert. After last year’s disappointment about the relative anonymity of the performers and the low quality of the performances, anyone slated to perform this year would have been a vast improvement. Indeed, 2015 should be better. Spencer Brown, MisterWives, Jeremih and T-Pain are major upgrades and should provide a decent and musically varied concert. The only returning performer from last year, student DJ Spencer Brown represents this year’s EDM contingency. For an enrolled Pratt-star, Brown has been able to drum up quite the impressive resume thus far, with a cosign from Avicii’s label Le7els and performances at major venues such as Madison Square Garden and Avalon. Last year’s set was marred by technical and timing difficulties, and Brown should have better luck this year with his performance. His music has evolved greatly in the past year, too, with his most recent EP, “Jaboom,” showing pervasive influences of trances and deep house in addition to his more common EDM fundaments. Overall, this could be the chance for Duke students to see an up-andcoming player in the EDM scene, as his muchimproved music and his famous backers could propel him to a great deal of fame within the next few years. MisterWives is this year’s analogue to Youngblood Hawke, another rising American indie band. Based out of Brooklyn, the band has grown prominent since early last year based off of the strength of their debut single

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“Reflections.” Funky, unique and tailor-made for sing-a-longs, the song itself should be one of the highlights of the LDOC concert and seems assured to be a commercial hit in the near future. However, two things remain a concern. MisterWives, as a new band, is still finding its footing in terms of what kind of artistic statement it wants to make. The byproduct of this quest, at least thus far in their young career, is that they simply don’t have as many memorable songs in their catalogue as the earworm-y “Reflections,” so they may have difficulty keeping the attention of the notoriously fickle Duke audience. The other, and arguably bigger, problem is lead

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singer Mandy Lee Duffy’s voice. Duffy’s range is stratospherically high, but her tone is yelplike even on studio recordings, which begs the question of whether or not she will sound good in a live setting. An overly screechy performance is not likely to win many student fans. Jeremih, who is strangely billed second despite being the biggest current star at the concert, is likely to be a surer bet. While he has been a steady presence in the music industry for years now, Jeremih hit a whole other level of stardom in 2014 thanks to his largely excellent collection of singles and features that blew up the charts. He seems to

have found his muse in LA-based producer DJ Mustard, whose sinister and catchy “R&Bass” beats are a good accent to his expressive yet hollow voice. Jeremih also has the benefit of having several hits that Duke students will love to hear, as “Birthday Sex,” “Down on Me,” “Don’t Tell ‘Em” and “Somebody” have had a lot of time to infiltrate pop culture. He may well end up being the highlight of the concert. Of course, the headliner—which, despite DUU’s sworn secrecy, ended up being the worst kept secret at Duke this year—is the illustrious T-Pain. Yes, that maestro of AutoTune will be taking his talents to Durham this April, and we are here for it. T-Pain has certainly accrued the image of being a onetrick pony since his 2008 peak, and many students have expressed doubt over how good he will be live. They need not worry: T-Pain can sing well, as evidenced by his NPR Tiny Desk Concert from a few months ago, and his cultural footprints are all over a lot of popular music of the last decade. Beyond the obvious hits “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin)” and “I’m In Luv (Wit A Stripper),” he has featured on smash hits like Flo Rida’s “Low,” Baby Bash’s “Cyclone” and R. Kelly’s “I’m A Flirt,” among others. There is so much potential for a fun, nostalgic concert here, and while his current level of cultural cachet may not be a strong as in years past, this should be the best part of the concert. If you don’t believe me, come back to me the day after LDOC and try to tell me you didn’t have fun singing along to “Buy U A Drank” with 6,000 of your classmates. All in all, kudos to DUU. After last year’s debacle, they have rebounded nicely with what should be a high-quality slate of performers. While it may not achieve the heights of Kanye West’s and Kendrick Lamar’s appearances in recent years, LDOC 2015 should be a return to form for Duke’s biggest concert.

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unquestionably the frontrunner. But then Birdman flew into the scene, and everything unexpectedly changed. Birdman follows former superhero star Riggan Thomson, played by former superhero star Michael Keaton (starting to catch on?) as he attempts a comeback to fame by writing, directing and starring in a Broadway adaptation. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu delves into the highly unstable and absurd nature of celebrity culture, even poking fun, through the excellent work of Edward Norton, at the concept of method acting. The film creates a trippy, surreal experience with a combination of (what appears to be) a long, unending take layered with occasional (imaginary?) super-powered outbursts and a drummer that seems to always be in the right place at the right time. Coming off of SAG, PGA and DGA, victories, it appears Birdman has catapulted itself into the lead. So, who should win between these two

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exceedingly dissimilar and distinctive films? Well, I’d love to be cheesy and say they should tie or some communist crap like that, but I won’t. Decisions must be made. While I think Boyhood is an incredible achievement with almost documentary-like precision in its coming-of-age tale, Birdman is a more indepth, unique, and--I’ll just say it--better movie. First off, Birdman’s acting is a transcendent triumph for the majority of the cast. Michael Keaton is unnerving, yet meticulous; it’s humorous, yet melancholic, a range in one film that many will never reach in their careers. Edward Norton is back to his quirky, fast-paced, ill-tempered banter. His chemistry with Keaton leads to some of the most entertaining and dynamic scenes the film has to offer. Emma Stone steps up to the plate with the heavy hitters and delivers a haunting, evocative performance, especially with her resonating speech on what it means to be “relevant.” Even the supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Andrea

Riseborough and Amy Ryan pull their weight to keep the film flowing. On the topic of fluidity, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki creates the illusion of a continuous take over the course of a few days to add a bizarre, panic-inducing structure to the film. As an audience, we question the fracturing psyche of our protagonist, who, in spite of his numerous insecurities, seems convinced of his superhuman abilities. We are disturbed by his unyielding desire for respect and admiration from fans, while his drug-abusing, chaotic daughter is left on the sidelines. The film allows us to question the blurred line between artistic integrity and mindless commercial filmmaking in our own society. Though it’s nice to have Boyhood’s honest and nostalgic account of maturation, Birdman’s cynical, introspective dramedy asks us to stop for a minute and question our society’s peculariar culture. With cinematic mastery at work, Birdman is the film to beat.

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including upsets against then-No. 12 North Carolina and then-No. 8 Louisville. The Blue Devils stand a good chance of extending their win streak to six games if they continue last week’s three-win momentum. Virginia (15-8, 5-5) enters Thursday’s matchup after a weeklong break to recover from a 21-point loss to conference leader No. 4 Notre Dame. The Cavaliers have six remaining opportunities to improve their spot in conference, four of which will be played at home, where the squad boasts an 11-2 record overall. Threatening the Blue Devil defense will be the leading rebounder in the conference— Sarah Imovbioh—who ranks seventh nationally with five offensive rebounds per game. The junior forward also averages 13.9 points per game, ranking second behind Faith Randolph’s 17.6 points-per-game season average. “[Virginia is] another team a lot like Carolina athletically that’s very good at their guard spots,” McCallie said. “They have some nice post players too, some good balance and one of the best players in the league—number 20, Randolph. They’re a very, very good team. They’re as good as any team in the league, and

Despite spilling their blood and sweat, the Blue Devils fell a point short against their Tobacco Road rivals. In heartbreaking fashion, Duke fell to bitter rival No. 25 North Carolina in Card Gymnasium 16-15 on senior night. The Blue 16 Devils fought hard UNC from start to finish DUKE 15 but could not pull out the victory in the final match of the night. The Tar Heels have now won 41 of the previous 42 meetings, dominating the overall series 66-24. “It’s tough because I feel for our seniors,” head coach Glen Lanham said. “I wanted to beat this team. We are capable of it. I have to believe what I say, ‘Don’t get too high with the wins and too low with the losses.’” Duke (10-5, 1-3 in the ACC) took to the mats riding a five-match win streak, but the Tar Heels (10-4, 2-2) came in on a hot streak of their own after upsetting then-No. 12 Virginia at home last Saturday. Tensions were high from the onset—both sides were looking for bragging rights for the year to come. For Duke, however, there was more to the match than defeating a rival—it was about honoring a group of seniors that put Duke wrestling back on the map. Marcus Cain, Brendan Fowler, Brandon Gambucci, Tanner Hough, Immanuel Kerr-Brown and Dylan Ryan were all recognized prior to the dual. “When I came in here, those guys bought in to what we believed in, and that’s a total student-athlete,” Lanham said. “These guys respect my family because they know that you take time from your family. I was on pins and needles all night.” In storybook fashion, Kerr-Brown ended his Duke career with a thrilling triple-overtime win 3-2 over redshirt senior Chris Mears. To the chagrin of the North Carolina bench— which received a team conduct penalty after the match—Kerr-Brown was awarded a penalty point for a stall in the second overtime. “When I got the stalling point I was like, ‘I’ve got this,’” the redshirt senior said. “‘Do the little things right and just stay solid and I’m going to win this match.’” After tying the match on the penalty, the Rome, Ga., native made a quick escape in the final overtime to capture the victory in his last home match in a Blue Devil singlet. “It has meant so much,” Kerr-Brown said. “Being a part of Duke wrestling makes me excited…. It makes me proud to be a Blue Devil.” Marcus Cain was the only other senior Blue Devil to grapple on the night, and he would not disappoint the home faithful either. With a 2-0 career record against redshirt junior Christian Barber, his Tar Heel opponent was looking for

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where there’s 35,000 people screaming at you.” Familiarity may breed contempt, but many of the faces that took the floor Feb. 1, 2014 at the Carrier Dome won’t be around for the third installment. Of the nine double-figure scorers in that contest, only two—Amile Jefferson and Trevor Cooney—will return to the floor Saturday. The Blue Devils (21-3, 8-3 in the ACC)

put away No. 10 Notre Dame 90-60 Saturday but struggled to close out Georgia Tech and Florida State—teams near the bottom of the conference standings—in the past week. Duke was held scoreless for the first six minutes Monday in Tallahassee, Fla., and survived a 12-2 Seminole run late to claim a 73-70 road win. “Florida State is always a great defensive team. See M. Basketball on Page 12

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Ryan Hoerger In Act I, there was the Rasheed Sulaimon shot at the buzzer. Then, the Rodney Hood dunk attempt gone awry with no whistle forthcoming. Act II gave Hood his redemption, sliding in front of a driving C.J. Fair with 10.4 seconds left and drawing a charge call to wave off a potential three-point play that could’ve No. 4 Duke given the Orange the vs. lead. Instead, it sent a furious Jim Boeheim Syracuse to the locker room early. SATURDAY, 6 p.m. Two games does Carrier Dome not a rivalry make. But if Saturday’s 6 p.m. tilt at the Carrier Dome between No. 4 Duke and Syracuse is anything like the first two editions, things may be heading in that direction. “Playing up there, it was one of the best environments I’ve been a part of,” assistant coach Jon Scheyer said. “It’s a big place—[our freshmen] have never played in a dome before. You come to Duke to play in games like this,

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The Blue Devils are settling into a successful streak of competition and now turn to play four of their five final regular season games on the road. After notching three conference wins, No. 11 Duke moved up in the poll just in time for four straight ACC road contests. The Blue No. 11 Devils look to improve Duke vs. to 10-2 in conference as they square off Virginia against the Cavaliers Thursday at 7 p.m. THURSDAY, 7 p.m. in Charlottesville, Va. John Paul Jones Arena The stretch away from home is the longest of any team in conference. “We’re getting better, and we’re learning to play with each other more effectively,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “We’ve seen improvement, [and] we’ve got a great road test on Thursday.” Since a staggering loss to Boston College Jan. 22—the Eagles’ first conference win of the season—Duke (18-6, 9-2 in the ACC) regrouped and won the next five contests,

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that’s kind of how it is every night.” Imovbioh’s rebounding efforts will be up against Duke’s ACC-leading 46.6 rebounds per game. The Blue Devils also top the conference in rebounding margin, outrebounding their various foes by an average gap of 13.7 boards. But the squad’s strength lies overwhelmingly with defensive rebounds. Duke is tied for second in the nation with 31 defensive rebounds per game, but its 15.8 offensive boards don’t breach the top 30. Having gradually reduced its turnover rate in recent games, the team can now turn its attention to developing its offense and getting more second-chance points with offensive boards. “We need to offensive rebound more. I’m really wanting those numbers to go up,” McCallie said. “Turnovers are working their way as they will, but the offensive rebounds are very important to us, and we’ve got to get more of those.”

Rounding out the Cavaliers’ offensive threats are its two shooting guard starters—Mikayla Venson and Breyana Mason. The duo presents formidable shooting skills, with Venson hitting 26 treys in conference play and Mason adding 13. Both average double-digit scoring in addition to 70-plus free-throw percentages, urging the Blue Devils to keep them off the line. Duke is also in danger if it allows Randolph too many foul shot opportunities, as she leads the conference with her 89.3 free throw percentage. In addition to keeping their opponents off the free throw line, McCallie said she would also like to see the Blue Devils have more chances from the free throw line throughout the course of the game. Duke does not have a strong presence on the line but instead relies on points from the field. Freshman forward Azura Stevens led the team in scoring in four of the team’s last six games, but had only nine attempts at free throws and made just three. Opportunities at free points aside, Stevens’ play will be essential to the team’s success both Thursday and for the

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remainder of the season. Last week’s success earned her USBWA National Freshman of the Week and ACC Rookie of the Week honors, both for the second time this season. “Azura just has no limits to what she can do,” McCallie said. “She’s been learning and growing all season long. Accolades are great, but even more than that is her heart and hustle, the way she plays the game. She’s really a heartfelt player—she goes hard and loves to compete.”

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They’re long, they’re physical, they’ll get out in those passing lanes,” Scheyer said. “I think that knocked us back a little bit, and then I don’t think we came out in the mindset of attacking like we needed to.” Spurred by a boost from redshirt junior Marshall Plumlee, the Blue Devils absorbed the Seminoles’ early blow and got back to playing aggressively. Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones combined to score 42 points—Jones also racked up a career-best 12 assists— and overcome the sluggish start. Duke may have been up and down in its last three games, but Syracuse (16-8, 7-4) has been mercurial all season long. With no wins against ranked teams and a few bad losses, Saturday’s game would have been a must-have for the Orange’s NCAA tournament hopes, but the program self-imposed a postseason ban Feb. 4 amid an NCAA investigation into potential violations self-reported by the university. In the first matchup against Syracuse last season, Duke was able to solve Boeheim’s trademark 2-3 zone by sticking Parker and Hood at the high post. As capable jump shooters, the Orange had to respect them at the free throw line, which opened up Andre Dawkins, Tyler Thornton and others around the perimeter. Duke hit 15 triples in that game—none more important than Sulaimon’s pull-up 3-pointer at the end of regulation to tie the game—but still wound up on the wrong end of a 91-89 overtime contest. Orange big man Rakeem Christmas was utilized mainly as a defensive stopper in his first three years at Syracuse, never scoring more than 5.8 points per game, but has exploded on the offensive end this season. The 6-foot-9 senior is actually putting up better numbers than Duke standout Jahlil Okafor, as he averages 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per contest. The freshman from Chicago is nearly turning in a doubledouble on a nightly basis with 18.0 points and 9.1 boards but will be challenged by the length of Christmas, who ranks second in the ACC with 2.4 blocks per game. “[Christmas is] very physical inside and of course he protects their basket,” Scheyer said. “Offensively, he’s a load. We need to do our work early and not allow him to catch it, because if he catches it, he’s going to score on you. He’s really improved from last year to this year.” With point guard Tyler Ennis and forwards Jerami Grant and Fair all leaving town for the NBA after last year, Christmas and Duke transfer Michael Gbinije have stepped up to help Cooney—a 3-point specialist who can heat up in a hurry—in the scoring department. Together, that trio accounts for 64.8 percent of Syracuse’s offensive production. Gbinije played just 14.6 minutes per game last season but has seen that figure rise by nearly 20 minutes in 2014-15. The redshirt junior has responded well, posting 11.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists for Boeheim’s squad. “It’s a little different because I wasn’t here when he was here, but of course I know him, just being a former player,” Scheyer said. “[Playing against a former Blue Devil is] a little unusual, sure, but I think at this point it’s a couple years removed, so it feels more natural now.” With Hood having left to play in the NBA for the Utah Jazz, somebody else could find themselves in a do-or-die situation Saturday. With four starters averaging double-figures, Duke has no shortage of options with the game on the line. As a true freshman, Jones has played the role of hero multiple times this season, stealing the show down the stretch against Michigan State, Wisconsin and Virginia. Cook has been at his best in close games as well. “Trust me, I wish Rodney was here for these games, and I would feel really good about us if we still had Rodney,” Scheyer said. “Hopefully we still have some great moments even though he’s not here. Both of those games I’ll never forget the plays that he made and the opportunities that he had.”

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revenge as a way to spoil the senior’s night. Cain would have none of it. Entering the third period, the score was knotted 2-2, but a quick escape and takedown put the Winston Salem, N.C., native in the driver’s seat on his way to a 6-4 victory and an undefeated record against Barber. “We had a chip on our shoulder to go out there and punch these guys in the mouth,” Kerr-Brown said. “Just wrestle hard and at the end of the day just give it our best. That was a big driving factor.” With the score 16-12 in favor of North Carolina, it all came down to the heavyweight class, where redshirt junior Brendan Walsh faced off against senior Frank Abbondanza to decide the dual. In true rivalry fashion, blood was spilled. Walsh and Abbondanza both put their bodies on the line for their respective teams. Walsh came off the mat at the end of the first period bleeding from his ear. Not long after— sudoku_463B fighting to maintain the lead for his squad—

Abbondanza did the same. In the end, Walsh fought his way furiously to a 5-0 minor decision victory, but it would not be enough to capture the comeback for Duke. But for the first time in more than 10 years, the Blue Devils nearly pulled off the upset and kept the score within double-digits. “We wanted it,” Lanham said. “What you get out of it is that these guys know that Duke wrestling is here to stay…. It’s going to continue to be a great rivalry because we are going to start winning.” Freshman Thayer Atkins and No. 7 Conner Hartmann also captured victories against the Tar Heels. Atkins captured his fourth win of the season with his 7-2 minor decision at the 125-weight class. Hartmann continued his impressive season as the highest ranked grappler in the ACC at 197 pounds. He now moves to 15-2 overall and 11-1 in duals. In their final ACC matchup of the year, the Blue Devils will hit the road to face off against No. 9 Virginia Tech Feb. 14. “We have got to be ready for that,” Lanham said. “We’re going to practice tomorrow and Friday and then get ready to go on the road and wrestle our heart out.”

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in a vacuum. In a society that is complex, historical and ever changing, studies in the humanities offer different and equally important perspectives, building communities and producing knowledge in ways that offer benefits beyond the narrow conflation of material worth and value. In this way, the humanities are not “intellectual luxuries” but, rather, crucial elements to how we understand and operate in inter- and intrapersonal relations in society. The humanities allow us to reflect upon our existence through a profoundly human lens; they provide a philosophical pursuit of understanding the human condition in a way that is fundamentally important and distinct from other disciplines. Rather than limit access to the humanities, they should perhaps be emphasized. Yet, the common stereotype that majoring in the humanities decreases one’s employability is one that suggests a larger issue of over-emphasizing college majors. For many, majors bring with them the baggage of preset categories and characterizations: a math major, for example, is seemingly universally viewed as hyper-intelligent and analytical. Yet, assigning people identities and characteristics based on majors is problematic

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hey tell us college is about exploring. They say, take classes outside your comfort zone and see what lights a spark. I have nothing but resentment for truthful clichés. But I still signed up for “Writing the Movie” last semester to bring some diversity to my class schedule. Plus, who doesn’t dream of writing their own movie? By accident, I fell in love with my characters—fictitious personas of my own creation—and marveled at a world carved out of my own mind. I was committed in a way I hadn’t been committed before, and expressed an interest to my professor in finishing my movie after the semester ended. Ninety pages later, I met with my professor—now working at the school-that-must-not-be-named— to review my first draft. She gave me every kind of advice I could ask for—specific content revision, plan of action, people to talk to and mechanisms for re-

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and reductive. On one hand, most majors require only 10 classes—a curriculum that hardly constitutes expertise. Even more, a major is only one of many components of a student. The experiences outside one’s major—summer experiences, co-curricular activities, classes in other disciplines and research—are arguably more formative than one’s major and more telling of an individual’s unique skills. Thus, while it is important to recognize the nuances between many majors, particularly STEM majors that train in specialized skills, students and employers should weigh less the title and more the external experiences. Exploring one’s passion and providing benefit to society need not be mutually exclusive. In his dismissal of the humanities, the governor calls to question the choice to major in something that, as he argues, may not lead to employability. Yet, the assumption that the only way to be a productive member of society is to benefit it economically, starting with one’s collegiate studies, is problematic. The humanities offer a value that is both tangible and intangible, material and immaterial. Indeed, by engaging with the fundamental questions of humanity—past, present, economic, social and cultural—the humanities help to produce “ambassadors of human flourishing.”

My experience isn’t unique. At least once in our Duke careers, most hear that clicking noise when a new interest doubles as a new strength. We spend the next four nights fantasizing about our Forbes magazine interview or 60 Minutes special. If that were all it took, you’d be looking at fourtime Olympic medalist, Oscar-winner, Senator Kyle Harvey. But when we finally find that quintessential passion people have badgered us about our whole lives, do we have a responsibility to pursue it? Do I have to be four years deep in hot dog sales, before I can say this movie-writing thing isn’t really working out? At some point, I have to be honest with how far hard work can take me. We all have to weigh how much we care about our goals against the possibility—perhaps likelihood— that we don’t achieve them. I’ve dodged questions about my

Kyle Harvey GOLDEN BOY fining my skills. But I left our meeting feeling sick to my stomach. Not because my script was bad, but because it wasn’t finished. She told me she thought I had talent and that my script had potential, but it would take hard work. She said she would be busy this semester, and it became clear for the first time that I was on my own. I want my hand held. I want to be guided from one step to the next, and my success to fuel me along a designated route. If you do well in Orgo, you move to Orgo II, and then you become a highly paid neurosurgeon. I’m not Pre-med but that’s how I think it works. To suddenly find myself off the train tracks and on my own is troubling. I don’t know if I can do it alone. I’ve never had to. Then there’s this concept of hard work. What do you mean it’s going to be hard work? I just worked for ninety pages. Where’s my fame and fortune? There’s a tendency, especially at Duke, to want to be successful rather than earn success—to be good, not get good. I think Hannah Montana once said something about the journey not the destination. Thanks Miley, but I’d rather just be a prodigy.

script and refrained from sharing any dreams I have for it. Not because I’m afraid that my friends will watch me fail, but because I’m ashamed they may see me give up. The chorus of childhood adages and famous quotes all sing the same song: giving up on a dream is the cowardly equivalent of offering the school-bully your lunch money. It’s difficult to reconcile such prevailing wisdom with pragmatism. Any cost-benefit risk analysis would argue that pursuing a lofty dream is a foolish endeavor at best. But I’m going to try. In fact, I’m going do more than try—I’m going to work hard. Half of me is scared I don’t know what working hard really means and the other half worries I don’t have the discipline to do it alone. I’m going to risk looking like a quitter by raising the bar of what constitutes success. My logic tells me I’m setting myself up for disappointment and embarrassment. My ambition reminds me I’ve seen a lot of other people’s movies, and prefer the scenes I wrote myself. Kyle Harvey is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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n Thursday mornings, I find myself sitting on the plush blue sofa, waiting for my name to be called. There are a few of us here, waiting quietly. A tall, jockish-looking guy with blond hair looks out the window. A small girl in leggings scrolls on her iPhone. I don’t look at any of them, and they don’t look at me. It’s a little awkward, but it’s also nice not waiting alone. “Bella?” I turn and it’s Gary in his usual black turtleneck, smiling at me. Instantly, I feel a little better. I follow him to his office, out of the waiting room at Duke’s Counseling and Psychological Services. This February is Mental Health Awareness Month at Duke, a month that celebrates transparency about mental illnesses and highlights the various support services available to students. In my age bracket, 1 in 4 young people

It was a horrifying thought and I did not doubt that if I let it go far enough, I would get hurt. A part of me cared about that. So a few weeks later, I found myself in a quiet, calm room with dim lights where I was offered, not a quick fix or someone pushing me on “how I felt”, but a chance. A chance to understand myself, in the midst of these complicated emotions and values. A chance to get out – to get better. I took it. Eight sessions later, I think going into counseling has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I cannot overstate the liberating relief I feel when my emotions are validated instead of dismissed. Every week, Gary and I sit down together and simply chat about my week. I tell him what has disturbed me, and what has empowered me. He listens intently and asks reflective questions. What was it about this situation that hurt me? Imag-

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GUEST COLUMN ine I could tell this person anything, no holds barred – what would I say? The answers have surprised me. In fact, I’ve learned to accept that, despite being in my own mind for twenty-one years, I know very little about myself. Our sessions are like an independent study into my own persona, where I examine how I react to certain situations and why they incite certain emotions. I often wonder if I see myself accurately, or if I am too harsh. I have learnt to catch myself and re-assess when I self-hate. How much do we all think reflectively about our internal processes and memories? In this uncertain stage of life, I believe the insights counseling can yield are useful to any young person. This is not to say that counseling is always helpful, and that it solves everything in mental health. The exploratory nature of it makes everyone’s experience varied and unique. Yet the stereotypical image of lying on a couch and talking about how you feel robs counseling of the complexity it deserves. For me, it is much more than that—it’s an intimate leap into my own mind that is exhilarating, uncomfortable, and confronting. It’s helped me determine my values and priorities, and taught me that emotions are actually a subconscious reaction to whether these are upheld. It’s showing me, slowly, how to be happier. I don’t want to speak for anyone but myself, on what it is like to step into Gary’s room every week. But if you’re feeling pressure that’s building and building, if you find yourself despairing, if you’re crying in the bathroom stalls, and you don’t know what to do, listen to me. Your mental health is an important—perhaps the most important—thing. It stays with you long after physical health diminishes. It can heal, and it can kill. Your emotions are not supposed to be repressed and hidden. Your emotions are trying to protect you from harming yourself. Please give CAPS a chance, if you haven’t already, even if you have to wait. Maybe I’ll see you in the waiting room, and we can wait together.

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niversities can and must divest from fossil fuel companies on the basis that the industry threatens our climate and future on this planet. Recent decisions to divest by universities and even nations also cite concerns that these investments represent an economic bubble and those that remain invested will see their assets “stranded” when the bubble bursts. As a society, we hold educational institutions to be the forefront of knowledge, and yet many of these institutions are blatantly ignoring climate risk in their endowment management decisions. In fact, universities are failing across the board in this regard according to a new Global Universities Index released by the Asset

Isabella Kwai will experience mental un-wellness at some point, and suicide continues to be a leading cause of death. Yet despite its overwhelming prevalence, mental health remains a murky topic that often needs the veil of anonymity to be comfortably talked about. There have been improvements at Duke—more students are openly sharing about their own struggles with mental health, and the stigma against going to CAPS seems to be diminishing. Seeing a counseling at CAPS is often brought up as an intervention. But what does counseling really involve? What happens after the waiting room? And will it really help you? So in honor of this month, let me be entirely honest and open in what I’m about to write. Real honesty can be so difficult to find in conversations about mental health, yet it is so powerful, and vital if we are to normalize and support those who are suffering. I have struggled with my mental health deeply, and have been seeing a counselor for about four months now. Being at Duke has brought about both my best and worst memories of living. I have had moments where I’ve been sick with misery and consumed with self-loathing. I have also felt ecstatically happy and grateful. But there was a point, last semester, where I was not well at all. I was faking positivity to myself every day and pep-talking myself out of bed, throwing on smiles when all I wanted to do was cry. I felt as if I was worthless—achieving nothing, doing nothing, even though I knew rationally that that wasn’t true. I would look at my schedule, teeming with coffee appointments, class assignments, deadlines and feel utter hopelessness. People seemed unreachable. Duke seemed unbearable. Yet even when it became apparent something was wrong, I did not immediately seek help. At the back of my mind was a sinister whisper that refused to go away. It shamed me and angered me, and prompted me to deny my feelings further. Out of everyone at this school , why did I need help? Why had I failed? It was the possibility of feeling good again that pushed me to make an appointment at CAPS. I was beginning to fear that I would only know life through my depressive feelings.

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Owner’s Disclosure Project released in January. Clearly, educational institutions need to take a closer look at this apparent blind spot, which undermines the sustainability commitments that many universities have taken up on their campuses. Duke University scored a “D” on the new index, which was released only hours after Duke’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) and President Brodhead officially announced the decision that Duke will continue to invest in the fossil fuel industry. This decision came despite the thorough research by our group of students known as Divest Duke, as well as over 3,500 student signatures and over 100 faculty signatures and more than 300 alumni calls to President Brodhead’s office throughout the last three semesters. Among other charges made by ACIR in their report, they cite insufficient community discourse on the issue of divestment, although Divest Duke has held two well-attended discussion panels on the subject open to the entire campus community in addition to gaining the support of over 25 percent of the student body, as previously mentioned. In contrast it’s clear from ACIR’s report that during their deliberations—which occurred entirely behind closed doors—they consulted with a relatively narrow segment of the campus community. ACIR invited council from faculty engaged primarily in economics and policy research. We would ask why they did not take advantage of the wealth of expertise available within the Duke faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Toxicology, and Social Justice, and Ethics, which all offer relevant perspectives on the multifaceted problem of climate change? The statements from Duke also indicate that the administration believes that the symbolic effect of divestment

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is not as effective as the university reducing its own carbon footprint. Duke has made substantial strides to reduce emissions on campus and Divest Duke welcomes additional efforts in this regard. However, this is not an eitheror scenario. Divestment is a logical and simple next step that complements our current on-campus actions. The symbolic statement of divestment carries our message of climate change concern well beyond our campus boundaries. Lastly, University officials expressed that fossil fuels companies must be given time to change their practices before Duke University would consider full divestment. To this we reply, “It’s impossible for today’s big oil companies to adapt to climate change” as said

by Jonathon Porritt, former energy consultant to BP and Shell. The world has known about climate change for almost 30 years—we have seen already that fossil fuel companies simply cannot and will not adapt in the ways that are necessary to fight climate change. With an increasing number of wellrespected institutions such as Stanford, our neighbors at UNC and more recently, University of Maine divesting from coal, it will only become harder for universities to reuse tired excuses for not divesting their endowments. We ask our institutions—do you want to be leaders, or be viewed by future generations as the ones who ignored the problem as long as possible and lagged behind? The climate change crisis is becoming more urgent. Over time, the moral acceptability of fossil fuel investments, investments which compromise our future, will only decrease. Make no mistake—climate change is a threat to human health and our society, especially those who are already disenfranchised. We had hoped that Duke University would show leadership on this issue, but instead they let the status quo win this battle. The divestment campaign at Duke University does not stop with this rejection. This is a call to action for students and the community. If our universities will not act on climate change, then the students must—we challenge our fellow students to pledge to take action on climate change. On Global Divestment Day, February 13, Divest Duke will hold an event on the Chapel steps in solidarity with other campaigns in the Southeastern US, Nationally, and Globally to ensure that universities receive our message loud and clear—it is time to make a clean break from fossil fuels. We sincerely hope that our institutions are ready to listen and reinvest their funds in ways that safeguard our future.

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by senior Ray Li, vice president for academic affairs—focused on the student experience at Duke, the University’s strengths and weaknesses and where students want to see Duke in ten years. Senators emphasized Duke’s strengths, including the prevalence of undergraduate University Strategic Plan steering committee research, the strength of Duke’s interdisciplinary education and small class sizes. DSG members also expressed desires to reduce the exclusivity of certain programs like DukeEngage and Bass Connections, to lower the number of sexual assaults and to create an undergraduate business school. Lozier said that she hoped the feedback would give her an initial idea of student desires concerning the University’s direction and possible changes to the strategic plan. The new strategic plan, which will be developed under the supervision of Provost Sally Kornbluth, will be created over

In other business: Nine new at-large senators were sworn in by Chief Justice Will Giles, a senior. The DSG executive board reiterated support for the petition against enforcement of upperclassmen residence quotas for selective living groups and greek organizations. The petition now has around 800 signatures, said president Lavanya Sunder, a junior. The Student Organization and Funding Committee approved the funding of three groups: DukeAfrica received $4,000 to cover theater and logistical costs for their annual cultural showcase, Jabulani; the Asian Students Association received $9,000 for their Lunar New Year production; and the Duke Relay for Life received $3,900 to cover their fundraiser. The Senate approved a statute to create a DSG Software Task Force which will be composed of four to eight people who will maintain the upkeep of DSG technology projects.

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continued from page 3 surance plan on the healthcare marketplace established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The ACA, which was passed in 2010, allows states access to federal funding if they choose to expand their Medicaid programs. In his State of the State speech last week, Governor Pat McCrory introduced the idea of a North Carolina based Medicaid expansion plan, rather than a federal plan, to accomplish this goal. “I will only recommend a North Carolina plan—not a Washington plan, so that we can put patients first,” McCrory said in the speech. McCrory’s agenda, which embraces a state-initiated reform push, stands in contrast to rhetoric about Medicaid expansion in the 2014 NC General Assembly legislative session. Don Taylor, associate professor of public policy, noted that many Republican members of the GA were strongly opposed to Medicaid expansion in the years since the passage of the ACA. “Dislike of President Obama and ideological opposition to government are the main reasons they oppose [Medicaid expansion],” he said. McCrory made an appeal to fiscal conservatives, who have generally opposed Medicaid expansion, in the State of the State. “Any plan would require personal and financial responsibility from those who would be covered,” he said. “If we bring a proposal to help the uninsured, it will protect North Carolina taxpayers.” A 2014 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimates that by not expanding, the state is forgoing $39.6 billion in federal funding over 10 years. Other states including Arkansas and Iowa have already begun filing for waivers to develop their own expansion plans and obtain this federal funding. Olivia James, press assistant to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, wrote in an email Wednesday that North Carolina will adopt a similar strategy. “We will review all options to develop a North Carolina-specific solution to cover the uninsured, much like other states have done for [their] citizens,” Taylor argued that taking a state-based solution to expanding Medicaid is the right approach. “I actually agree with the governor. I think we should do a NC specific plan and jumpstart overall health care reform for the state,” he said. “If you believe that expanding insurance coverage is an important public policy goal there will never be a more advantageous way to expand it than under the ACA.” Taylor noted that the specifics of the proposal are not set in stone and the conversation at this point is more about getting legislators on board. “The details are tractable,” he said. “It’s a matter of political will at this point.”

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