February 12, 2015

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Duke-Syracuse Act III

DSG Proposes Funding for ER Fees

No. 4 Duke men’s basketball will renew its series with Syracuse at the Carrier Dome Saturday | Page 11

DSG recommended that the University subsidize emergency room fees for victims of sexual assault. | Page 3

The Chronicle T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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‘Remember them, please’

ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 79

In wake of shootings, community asks questions

“This is, in all of the heartbreak and violence and sadness, where we are. This is today’s America,” says Omid Safi Emma Baccellieri and Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle

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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