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Tim Bai The Chronicle Students and panelists convened Monday night to discuss personal experiences and ways to properly address the problem of racial profiling both in Durham and across the United States. The discussion was part of Human Rights Awareness Week, sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center. A mix of students and panelists provided input on their perceptions of how law enforcement treat people of color differently. The event focused on creating a space for participants to challenge each other, reach outside of their comfort zones and collectively understand racism better, both personally and systemically. “Durham is an American city without a racial majority in the South, and over the last few years, we have been facing a lot of the same issues that are currently present across the country,” said Durham City Council member Steve Schewel, visiting assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy. “There is documented racial profiling and disproportionate searches of cars, and we’ve been involved in a lot of conversations about how to fix these problems.” Participants in the discussion talked about their different encounters with See Law on Page 3

Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle Pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be impacted by a seven-month University project to upgrade and install utilities by the intersection of Union Drive and Towerview Road on West Campus. Read more about the project on page 2.

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Alex Deckey | The Chronicle Members of DUSDAC sampled Belgian Waffology, a Belgian waffle food truck, at their meeting Monday evening.

A taste of Belgium may soon be coming to campus. During their meeting on Monday night, Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee sampled Belgian Waffology, a Belgian waffle food truck. The truck offered both savory and sweet waffles with toppings ranging from chicken and bleu cheese to fruit and whipped cream. Francois Kerckhof, a native of Belgium, goes to special lengths to create an authentic Belgian waffle. “You get exactly the same waffle as in Belgium, but we put things on the top,” Kerckhof said. Instead of traditional liquid waffle batter, Kerckhof uses solid dough to make his waffles. The sweet waffles use Belgian pearl sugar in the dough while the dough for the savory waffles incorporates spices to give a distinct flavor. DUSDAC was impressed by Kerckhof’s dedication to

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his preparation and thought that he would get along well with the students. Although the committee was enthusiastic about the waffle truck, they expressed concerns about the truck’s similarities to the popular crepe truck, Parlez-Vous Crepe. “We’re going to need to fight people off with a pitchfork if we get rid of the crepe truck,” senior Greg Lahood, DUSDAC co-chair, joked. Still, his co-chair mentioned the possibility of bringing both to campus. “Very soon, ideally next spring semester, food trucks will become less of a meal option and more of a specialty option,” junior Brian Taylor said. “We don’t have to rule out the idea of having both the crepe truck and the waffle truck.” DUSDAC also appreciated the small touches in Kerckhof’s truck, including the small Belgian flags used to garnish the waffles.

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Duke joins initiative facilitating community college transfers The University is among more than three dozen other institutions participating in the program Staff Reports The Chronicle Duke is joining a new initiative seeking to ease the process of transferring from community colleges to four-year institutions. As part of the American Honors program, Duke will encourage transfer candidates who have successfully completed the program’s honors curriculum to apply to Duke. The University is among more than three dozen other universities participating in the American Honors program—which include institutions like Swarthmore College, Wellesley College and Georgia Institute of Technology. In a Duke News press release, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions ChrisChristoph Guttentag toph Guttentag noted that the University has only been able to admit a small number of transfer students from community colleges in the past. “We’re encouraged that programs like American Honors will give an opportunity for outstanding students who’ve taken this path to continue their education at Duke and other exceptional universities,” Guttentag said in the release. According to its website, the program accepts candidates through an application process and charges a program tuition fee in the $1,000 to $2,000 range, on top of regular community college tuition.

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vember. The project is a seven-month process to upgrade and relocate gas and hot water lines and to centralize Duke’s power system on affected portions of Towerview Road. The first phase of changes, which started Monday, included fencing installed at the end of Union Drive and closing the crosswalk from the Beta Lot, and the work will continue to affect traffic and pedestrians until November. Starting April 6, construction trailers will block parts of sidewalks near the Union Drive-Towerview Road inSee College on Page 4 tersection and no pedestrians will be allowed on Union

Drive starting from the Penn Pavilion. Starting May 11, the eastbound lane of Towerview will be closed starting near the Union-Towerview intersection, as well as continuing the previously listed impacts. Starting July 26, all pedestrian traffic will be moved to the south side of Towerview and several hundred feet of sidewalk will be closed on the north side. The westbound lane of Towerview will be closed starting near the Union-Towerview intesection. From Aug. 23 to Oct 16, the westbound lane of Towerview will reopen but the eastbound lane will close. From mid-August to mid-November, both lanes of traffic will be open, but pedestrians will be detoured around construction until the end of the project. —Georgia Parke

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continued from page 1 law enforcement and how the police made them feel, with the dialogue initially revolving around instances of racial tension in Ferguson, Mo. Since the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson in August, the town has become a hotbed of protest and discussion. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 65 percent of Ferguson’s population is African American but accounted for around 85 percent of all traffic stops over the past two years. Schewel noted that the problems in Ferguson are representative of the situation around the country—including here in Durham. He said human rights and civil liberties groups, as well as law enforcement groups, have submitted recommendations to the city council on how to change the scope of law enforcement. Disproportionate traffic stops and searches were among the main concerns of these groups seeking changes to the community’s legal system. “What most people are not aware of is the Fourth Amendment right not to consent to searches,” Schewel said. “What [Durham] requires now is we need written consent to search a car. This makes the Fourth Amendment evident to everyone.” Evidence of racial profiling in Durham has been documented in several reports in recent years—including a Southern Coalition for Social Justice report which found that although more than 80 percent of those searched by the Durham Police Department at traffic stops over the last five years were black, black individuals make up only 41 percent of Durham’s population. Black individuals in Durham are also approximately four times more likely than white individuals to be arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge, despite strong evidence that white and black people use the drug at roughly the same rate, according to the report. Students shared different viewpoints on how they interacted with police officers, with some noting that their encounters with the police had not been out of the ordinary. “I feel pretty typical and safer around police offi-

Lesley Chen-Young | The Chronicle As part of an event hosted by the Duke Human Rights Center, students convened to talk about their experiences with law enforcement Monday.

cers,” said Lauren, a participant in the dialogue, who declined to give her full name for safety reasons. “I’m not threatened, unless maybe if I’m speeding and generally passing by a cop is fine for me.” Other participants, however, expressed distrust toward police officers based on how they had been treated in the past. Some participants relayed experiences in which they had been uncomfortable with law enforcement officials’ behavior, attributing the actions to their race. One participant talked about being followed by police, while she and a friend were walking on the street. She noted that being differentiated because of her race made it difficult for her to feel safe around the police. Other students also pointed out that regardless of the law enforcement official’s race, they could not feel safe around the police because of how often they felt singled out.

Participants were conflicted over the level of activism in campus life. Although some felt Duke students as a whole were well-informed, others believed that a majority of students were not very aware of racial profiling issues. Some cited the presence of racially-insensitive comments on social media, especially the anonymous mobile application Yik Yak, as evidence that there are students uninterested in or denying racial bias problems. “Yik Yak talks a lot about race relations,” said Kevin, a participant in the dialogue who similarly declined to give his full name. “As a social media outlet, it captures a wide spectrum of opinions on campus.” Participants noted that these differences in perspective highlighted a lack of awareness on campus with regards to racial problems. Students noted, however, this could be viewed as a call for students to bring more opinions into the dialogue on racial issues.

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continued from page 1 “That was my mum’s idea,” Kerckhof said. Belgian Waffology is among four other food trucks under consideration to be added to the campus lineup. DUSDAC previously tried AmigoSan—an Asian-Hispanic fusion truck—and Bull City Street Food—a truck with a rotating themed menu. Next week, DUSDAC will hear a presentation from Stuft, a gourmet potato food truck.

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Brian Pollack Beat Writer Riding the momentum of perhaps their biggest win of the season, the Blue Devils will look to keep the ball rolling in a midweek reprieve from conference play. Following a thrilling 7-6 victory Sunday against Pittsburgh highlighted by captain Andy Perez’s walk-off Duke single, Duke travels vs. to Lynchburg, Va., to take on Liberty Liberty Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Liberty Baseball TUESDAY, 3 p.m. Stadium. Sunday’s Liberty Baseball Stadium come-from-behind win—which head coach Chris Pollard characterized after as “our best win of the year to this point”—gave the Blue Devils a key ACC series victory and moved them to 4-5 in conference play. Duke (18-6) is coming off a week in which it played five home games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, moving away from the cavernous confines of Jack Coombs Stadium. The switch did wonders for the Blue Devils, who compiled a 4-1 record at the DBAP last week and scored an average of more than eight runs per

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Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Duke senior captain Andy Perez hit .521 with two walk-off hits in the Blue Devils’ weekend series against Pittsburgh.

game in their four victories. “This was a really rewarding week for our program,” Pollard said. “To go 4-1 and to be down here at the DBAP and to play really good baseball—culminating with a great walk-off win on Andy’s clutch hit yesterday—this was a really good week

for our program in so many different ways, and it’s exciting.” The change of scenery was especially beneficial for Perez, who torched opposing pitchers at the DBAP with a 12See Baseball on Page 7

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Duke wins Blue Devil Spring Shootout Staff Reports Coming off their first win of the season, the Blue Devils managed to bring some of the magic they found in Brandon, Ore., back to Durham. Duke claimed its second straight victory in the Blue Devil Spring Shootout at at the Duke University Golf Club Sunday, shooting a 3-under par 285 to best second-place finisher Coastal Carolina by 10 strokes. “In our game, especially when there’s no live scoring, you don’t really know how the other teams are playing,” head coach Jamie Green said to GoDuke.com. “You know who you are playing with and you kind of observe their games, but you just try to play the golf course the best you can, and that’s what our guys did really well today. We’ve had some rough weather and haven’t played this golf course very much the last month or so, but I think that’s all the more reason I was really pleased, and I think they ought to be awfully proud for having a

What did you do this weekend? Got some work done? Maybe went out to the bars on Main Street? Or did you do what I did and watch every single game of the NCAA tournament using various electronic devices from the start of Notre Dame-Northeastern Thursday afternoon to the end of Louisville-Northern Iowa Sunday night? If you fall into the latter category, then you witnessed some classic NCAA tournament action. Day one began with UAB holding on to knock out Big 12 tournament champion Iowa State immediately followed by Georgia State—this year’s tournament darling—eliminating 3-seed Baylor via an impossibly deep 3-pointer with less than three seconds remaining that caused head coach Ron Hunter to fall out of his chair. Even UCLA—a team that many thought didn’t deserve to be in the tournament at all—got in on the action, beating SMU thanks to a controversial goaltending call on a deep triple that was clearly not going into the basket. By the end of the weekend, No. 1 seed Villanova and No. 2 seeds Virginia and Kansas have joined the rest of us on the couch and 11-seed UCLA, eightseed N.C. State and seven-seeds Wichita State and Michigan State are still in the running. One of the questions that looks like it was answered during the course of the first two rounds was which conference is the best in the country. For most of the year, the ACC and Big 12 have bounced back and forth in the minds of pundits as the best conference in college basketball. The ACC had the best teams with Virginia, Duke, Louisville and Notre Dame hanging in or around the top 10 all year long. The Big 12—partly due to its size—seemed to lack any low quality teams. But with 16 teams remaining, the numbers speak for themselves. The Big 12 entered seven teams—tied for the most by any conference—into the Big Dance and currently has just two squads remaining: West Virginia and Oklahoma. The conference finished 5-5 heading into the Sweet 16 and is in

good round out there today.” The last time the Blue Devils hit the links, they tied for first at the Brandon Championships thanks to a solid overall team performance. Duke received the same kind of holistic success once again Sunday, as senior Motin Yeung claimed first place with a four-under par 68. Turner Southey-Gordon, Alexander Matlari, Jake Shuman and Michael Ricaurte all joined Yeung in the top 10. Coming off a disappointing finish at the Brandon Dunes Championship— Yeung tied with Shurman and Wood at the Brandon Dunes Championship for 33rd after shooting a one-under 71 in the opening round and five-over 77 in the second—the Beijing native claimed his first tournament championship Sunday. Yeung notched five birdies and 12 pars en route to the first-place finish—the first of his career. “This morning on the range warming up, I actually didn’t feel quite well with my body,” Yeung said to GoDuke.com. “I See M. Golf on Page 9

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Duke senior Motin Yeung notched his first career tournament victory at the Blue Devil Spring Shootout Sunday.

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continued from page 6 for-23 performance at the plate that included six runs, six RBIs and a pair of homers. The second baseman provided the game-winning hit in both of Duke’s victories against Pittsburgh—a three-run dinger in the seventh inning of Friday’s tilt as well as Sunday’s ninthinning walk-off heroics—and now leads the squad with a .351 batting average and .515 slugging percentage. Despite Perez’s senior status and decorated career, he said Sunday’s walk-off was the first of his career at any level. Pollard noted how well-deserved the Roswell, Ga., native’s success has been, but even Perez doesn’t have an explanation for his hot hitting at the DBAP. “Honestly, I’ve been thinking of an answer, and I really don’t have one,” Perez said. “Maybe it’s just when I get down there, I get in a better mood—the backdrop is really nice. I can’t really come up with an answer, but I just know when I get in the batter’s box there, my confidence is at an all-time high, and as a hitter, that’s pretty much all hitting is.” Tuesday’s nonconference meeting with the Flames will be an unusual one in the sense that Duke and Liberty (14-8) have already squared off once this season. The Blue Devils pulled out a 3-2 win March 3 thanks to a stellar performance from their bullpen, with eight pitchers combining on a three-hitter to earn the victory. Since that game at Jack Coombs Stadium a few weeks ago, the Flames have taken off—compiling seven straight victories at one point and going 8-3 overall since the first meeting. The strength of this Liberty squad lies with its offense, which scores 5.6 runs per game and has not been shutout yet this season through 22 contests. The Flame lineup is anchored by a quartet of sluggers—Andrew Yacyk, Alex Close, Dalton Britt and Becker Sankey—who are all batting better than .300 with plenty of power to go with every hit. Together, they have combined to blast nine homers—three more than the entire Duke squad—and have all recorded at least six extra-base hits. Navigating the dangerous Liberty batting order will be a stiff challenge for a Blue Devil pitching staff that turned in an outstanding effort Sunday—led by senior Sarkis Ohanian’s impressive 4.2-inning, nine-strikeout outing as the Duke offense mounted a comeback—but may be without its primary receiver behind the dish. Redshirt senior catcher Mike Rosenfeld—the Blue Devils’ second captain along with Perez—suffered a hand injury in Friday night’s game as he was hit by an opposing batter’s swing while getting in position to throw out a potential base stealer. Rosenfeld exited the game after completing the half-inning on defense and did not play in either of the series’ final two games, but Pollard is hopeful that a few days of rest will have his fiery backstop ready to go Tuesday. Sophomore Cris Perez has handled the catching duties in Rosenfeld’s absence, switching away from his normal position of designated hitter. But even if Rosenfeld cannot make his presence felt on the field, the leadership he and Andy Perez provide as captains is invaluable to the team as it begins a stretch of seven road games in the next two weeks—beginning with a journey to Pollard’s home state of Virginia. “Liberty is a tough place to play. They have a nice facility, and they draw [crowds] well. They draw very very well when it’s an ACC opponent,” Pollard said. “So they get up for those kind of games. It can be a tough park to pitch in—it’s a very offense-friendly ballpark…. I think this is all part of the maturation process for a young team, and that’s why it’s huge to have veteran guys like Andy Perez and Mike Rosenfeld who have been through those kinds of settings.”

Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Sophomore Cris Perez will be filling in for Mike Rosenfeld—who is recovering from a hand injury—should the senior catcher be out once again for the Blue Devils.

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continued from page 6 serious danger of not having a single team enter the Elite Eight. The Mountaineers head to Cleveland to take on undefeated Kentucky who is just four wins away from immortality. The Sooners have to take on Tom Izzo’s Spartans who already ousted Virginia and enter the Sweet Sixteen riding a huge wave of momentum. West Virginia is solid but it doesn’t have the talent that the Wildcats do, and it will take a miracle to unseat Coach Cal’s squad. But I guess that wouldn’t be the first time a miracle has occurred in the tournament. The ACC entered six teams into the Big Dance and to this point only Virginia has been eliminated. The conference finished the weekend 11-1 and is guaranteed at least one team in the Elite Eight thanks to a match up in Syracuse, N.Y. between N.C. State and Louisville. I won’t talk about Duke because I believe too much in sports superstition, but I will take a stab at both Notre Dame’s and North Carolina’s odds to advance past the Sweet 16. After winning the ACC tournament, the Fighting Irish have yet to look spectacular. They beat Northeastern by four points and Butler by just three, but give Mike Brey’s team credit for fighting through its struggled and getting to this point. Notre Dame will also have the emotional advantage on its side. The Irish will fight even harder

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for their coach now after the passing of his mother Saturday morning. Beating Wichita State won’t be easy— the Shockers beat No. 2 Kansas more convincingly than Notre Dame has beaten anyone so far. Wichita State has a history of being dangerous as a midtier seed—as a nine-seed, the Shockers reached the Final Four in 2013—but I can’t see the Irish, as one of the most

efficient shooting teams in the country, having a third subpar shooting day in a row. As for the Tar Heels, they have a shot to get through too. The Badgers are a defensive-minded team with two of the most talented players in the country in Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, but they have yet to reach full capacity during the tournament and could be

vulnerable for an upset from a team with as talented of an offense as North Carolina. They will need Marcus Paige to have one hell of a shooting day to pull out the victory, but crazier things have happened. Keep your weekend open. There’s too much basketball going on to do anything but sit down and watch. Again.

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n its 12-year history, Common Ground has become increasingly one of the most popular and transformative events on campus. Yet, the four-day retreat has recently found itself at the center of some controversy, as some have voiced their anxiety about how participants bring their stories and experiences back into the Duke fold. This controversy touches off on a larger national debate about college campuses and their role in exposing, or sheltering, students from potentially offensive or disturbing ideas and opinions. A recent editorial piece in the New York Times criticized some colleges for creating spaces where psychological security takes too much precedent over expressing certain opinions, be they offensive or controversial. The general confusion about safe spaces suggests that the concept and implication of safe spaces vary. In the literal sense, a safe space is one in which individuals are protected from physical violence. But, in recent decades, social activists have redefined the term to include spaces in which individuals can also seek refuge from psychological and emotional harm. Common Ground operates under a similar conviction, with

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the hope that students will feel free from bias or judgment and, thus, share deeply personal stories. On-campus services like the Women’s Center and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) also provide safe spaces, but they add an extra dimension of trust and confidentiality that public forums like Common Ground cannot. Whereas safe spaces are created to emphasize sharing and communication in the present, trust spaces are designed to be more personal and develop over longer periods of time. Students should realize that there is a key distinction between privacy, between two individuals, and confidentiality, which may legally involve a third party. The best example of this is a Resident Assistant—who students can privately confide in, yet who is obligated under mandatory reporting policies to share certain details with a supervisor. In many situations, we clearly set guidelines and expectations about the impact of our words, as demonstrated by a psychologist’s disclosure or a policeman’s reading of one’s Miranda rights. In such situations, it is the responsibility of the speaker not to place trust where it should not be placed. Safe spaces are often actual spaces or mo-

ments in time, and trust spaces often exist interpersonally. A third type of space—public discourse—on the other hand, is neither of these and, instead, a verbal thought experiment that none of us can or should avoid. On campus, we must be free from hateful speech and racism. Hateful comments or acts that maliciously harm others are impermissible. Yet, in her editorial, Judith Shulevitz presciently distinguishes between racism and discussions of racism that critically analyze and challenge. What we must do in public discourse, then, is not to shy away from speech about the issues outright but, instead, to be accountable and cognizant—to think critically before over-generalizing and to avoid attacking others’ ideas. We need, in other words, to interject elements from safe spaces and trusted relationships into our public discourse. Silencing dissent and uncomfortable opinions does not solve the problem, but neither does unchecked maliciousness. The need for safe spaces does not imply that everywhere else is unsafe from rampant bias and discrimination. Instead, it suggests that there is a place for the lessons learned at Common Ground and other similar forums in

Life and times of throwing shade

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he expression “throwing shade” has somehow found its way into mainstream media and is now everywhere. From RuPaul’s Drag Race, and now, to the Chronicle, throwing shade has become a realization and a cultural phenomenon. But anyone who has seen the 1990 documentary, “Paris is Burning”, which explores the drag ball culture of New York City, knows that throwing shade has been around for a very long time. During her interview, Dorian Corey, one of the prominent drag queens interviewed for the documentary, likens the act of throwing shade to an art form and an expression of wit. Dorian Corey explains that in order to truly understand shade as an art form, you have to first understand the origins because shading did not come first. Shading evolved from reading, which is what most people refer to when

ing so popular in today’s mainstream media. It kind of makes you wonder, what’s so attractive about it all? Personally, I have always loved the challenge and the test of wits in a contest of shade. It’s not only about being funny but also about being creative. Finding those minute details to tease out a new and slightly absurd comeback that no one could recover from. The process is 10 percent intelligence, 90 percent hilarity and 100 percent fun. However, as a professional shade thrower, I wanted to learn more. I have never had an issue with the idea of throwing shade but I can completely understand where some people may find it abrasive, uncouth and a tidbit crass. On this journey of shade, I learned some things that I didn’t expect to learn. Where did it all start? More specifically,

Fedner Lauture 50 SHADES OF GROOT they talk about shade. A good read isn’t just an insult. It’s a calculated strike meant to exaggerate a perceived shortcoming, which happens to crush the soul of those targeted. So, how does throwing shade differ from reading? A good read exploits a flaw, or something you think is flawed, by turning it into a joke with the only limit being your creativity. A common read heard on campus would be something like “Oh so you’re in the Trinity School of Arts and Crafts?” Funny? Yes. Overused? Indubitably. However, a good read is only the tip of the iceberg and when it is finally time for spirits to sink like the Titanic, there is nothing more magnificent than a good dose of shade. A good read is like a Shakespearean sonnet— great shade is like the meteor that killed all of the dinosaurs. In her interview, Dorian Corey blessed minor plebeians, like ourselves, with a dose of shade dark enough to eclipse the sun. According to her, shade is “I don’t tell you ‘you’re ugly,’ but I don’t have to tell you because you know you’re ugly.” Take a minute to digest that masterpiece. Did you enjoy it? Because I definitely did. Some may argue that throwing shade, reading and everything in between are all examples of the deterioration of the human race. Like really, who gets off on insulting people. It’s kind of mean… However, that has not stopped it from becom-

what made reading popular in the first place? One thing I didn’t realize was that the origins of shade actually started within the Black and Latino gay communities. Reading was first used in opposition to taunts and gay bashing from the heterosexual world. Furthermore, throwing shade first became popular in these communities as a tool against various forms of verbal gay bashing. It wasn’t until later that reading was refined into the art form it currently is. I was led on a roundabout journey of rediscovering and re-understanding shade, but it taught me something pretty important. I was stuck on only a surface level understanding of shade. I was just one of the millions of people going with the flow. The resurgence of shade didn’t really cover where it started or why it was important, which makes me wonder what else have I missed in my quick rush to being in the “in crowd.” What else has Urban Dictionary hidden from me?! It seems that Dorian Corey, in all of her wisdom, was correct in saying that to understand throwing shade you had to first understand where it started. As RuPaul once tweeted, “throwing shade takes a bit of creativity, being a b*tch takes none.” Fedner Lauture is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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Today’s social justice movement: leading urban education reform from the ground up

stumbled into an Atlanta, Georgia high school classroom almost three years ago as a geometry teacher. I was met with promising kids, an amazing staff and no shortage of seemingly insurmountable challenges. I was pushed to my limits every day—there were multiple evenings when I went home questioning whether I was actually making the impact I had hoped for when I first committed to the job. Nonetheless, the experience was life changing. By the end of my first semester, I decided not to pursue my previous plans to secure a high-paying finance job—instead, I chose to fur-

hours, the experience has been exceedingly more enjoyable and exciting than I could have imagined. However, I am currently thinking about different ways that I can expand my impact beyond the small handful of students that I teach—as such, I am looking to extend my reach outside of the classroom. Because of the vast number of ways that K-12 education is changing, there have never been more opportunities for educators to expand their impact beyond the walls of their classroom. Whether it be education technology, education policy, teacher training or curriculum design, no

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t’s no secret that my favorite thing about Duke is the incredible research culture. We are lucky enough to have some of the most brilliant minds in the academic world walking through the same gothic wonderland as the rest of us, and the things those minds produce leave me speechless on a daily basis. They inspire me, and to be perfectly honest, they scare me a little too. When I think about how the world is about to enter a new age, I get visibly flustered. I’ll let you decide if that’s pathetic or not, but nevertheless, I hope you hear me out. At the end of this article, if you are not at least a little wonderstruck, I will happily buy you a cup of coffee to make up for your time. Cool Research #1: Organ-on-a-chip. Yes—Organ, as in your liver, heart, lungs, etc, on a chip, as in the thing in your computer or smartphone. Before babbling about how insanely cool this concept is, let me tell you why the National Institute of Health is putting so much money into it: it’s really, really, really hard to predict how a drug

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ther develop myself as an educator by staying in the classroom for a few additional years. I currently teach at a public charter school in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. I view my job description as three-fold: I must equip my students with a foundation in algebra that will allow them to eventually compete for the most selective post-graduate opportunities in the STEM fields; I must continue to reinforce positive character traits that will allow them to be successful in their personal and professional lives; and, as a black educator teaching black children, I must shatter negative stereotypes that exist about people of color by being a model of intelligence, selfconfidence and integrity. On a daily basis, I push students beyond their preconceived limits to bring out the best in them academically. For example, in addition to our jam-packed eighth grade Common Core math curriculum, I am teaching my students the foundations of computer programming because I believe it will make them better logical thinkers and problem solvers. In addition to pushing my students academically, I take every opportunity to initiate conversations that will make them socially conscious citizens. I conspicuously store my personal reading books in my classroom, hoping that my copy of W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” might spark a conversation about “double-consciousness,” or Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” might lead to a conversation about institutional racism. During our downtime, my students and I have talked about the impact of Kanye West’s “The College Dropout” on black culture in the mid-2000s and the significance of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” in hip-hop music today. Since my students do not often find images in the media that affirm and celebrate their identities, I believe that it is critical for them to have a deep internal sense of pride in their cultural background and knowledge of the giants that helped shape it. Overall, while teaching is incredibly hard work that requires an investment of long, dedicated

space in education is safe from change. There is currently a large urban education reform movement taking place in this country with the stated goal of improving the educational outcomes for our nation’s most underserved students, many of whom are students of color. Unfortunately, there are not nearly enough leaders of color in the education reform movement to help shape the agenda. Just as I provide a relevant and relatable perspective to my students of color, I hope to provide this same perspective on their behalf as a school leader, policy maker and/or entrepreneur. I firmly believe that the education reform movement is a social justice movement. From women’s suffrage to civil rights, all successful social justice movements in the history of this country have been led by the very people who were oppressed. Every single year, decisions are made that not only affect what type of schools our nation’s most underserved kids will attend, but also what and how they will learn when they get there. Thus, more seats at the policy-reform table must be occupied by individuals who share the backgrounds and identities of the kids we seek to serve. As a black male who grew up in the South, I have had experiences that my white counterparts have not. Moreover, certain aspects of my education prepared me to navigate the professional world as a person of color. In addition, I learned many lessons on my own through failure and/or hardship. Now, I am eagerly working towards the day when I can use my knowledge, experience, and perspective to help shape the public school experience for students of color across this country. When the faces and experiences of the adults making decisions begin to reflect the faces and experiences of the kids those decisions will affect, then we can begin creating a system that truly works for every single child it serves.

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Reuben Ogbonna is Trinity ’12 graduate and Teach For America-Metro Atlanta alumnus. He currently teaches at Excellence Boys Charter School in Brooklyn, NY.

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is going to act in the human body. Something which works beautifully in the lab and in animal studies could fail in humans. There are just too many variables that we can’t account for. Now imagine what it would be like if we could create 3-D chips which model the structure and function of organs and are made up of living cells and tissues— those chips could be used to study how a drug reacts in the human body, without potentially harming a real human body. It would be faster, safer and even cheaper. This is all thanks to a merger between computers and tissue engineering—plus a lot of time, effort, frustration and money. In 2012, the NIH provided funding to 17 recipients to work on this platform, and among names such as Dr. Angela Christiano at Columbia and Dr. Kevin Parker at Harvard, there was Duke’s very own Dr. George Truskey, who is working to create a model of human skeletal muscle, complete with a functional circulatory system. In 2014, Dr. Truskey received another award from the NIH to continue this research. Also involved in the project is Dr. Nenad Bursac, who you may have heard of recently for creating skeletal muscle tissues which flex in response to stimuli. I need you guys to get as excited about this as I am. Grown in a lab. Flexes—like the kid in the gym who spends more time looking at his reflection than working out. This isn’t a sci-fi movie. This isn’t a novel by Michael Crichton. This is real life, and it’s happening on campus. Cool Research #2: Let’s take a few steps back from cells and turn to machines. Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to go to a talk by Dr. Miguel Nicolelis. I’ll be honest—I have a hard time paying attention at talks. There are just too many words I don’t know and graphs I don’t understand to stay alert the entire time. But as Dr. Nicolelis spoke, I found myself on the edge of my seat, jaw open. He is best known for his pioneering work in Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) and neuroprosthetics, namely the Walk Again Project, which allowed a paraplegic man to open the 2014 World Cup with the kick of a soccer ball in an exoskeleton he was able to control with his mind. It took 150 scientists and a lot of money, but they did it. As I sat through the talk, I heard about and watched monkeys control two virtual arms using brain activity. To achieve this, the researchers had to teach the monkeys to imagine moving their arms, record the activity of almost 500 neurons from multiple parts of the brain, and translate this data into movements of the virtual arms. Despite the slight blow to my self-esteem—I think those monkeys were smarter than I am—I was mesmerized. From this, Dr. Nicolelis went on, with the Walk Again Project team, to create an exoskeleton that reads brain activity, translates that into a command, and… takes a step. A kick. Down the line, this could mean a world without wheelchairs–a world where someone who loses their arm can play catch in a park with their kids. Those are just two cool things with Duke’s name on them. There are so many more that I didn’t talk about because of word limits and a lack of understanding. And that’s just in our little Durham bubble. The intersection of technology and biology is a fascinating place to be, and we are living in a time that is smack in the middle of it. And I can’t wait to see what we come up with next. Ananya Zutshi is a Pratt senior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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a form that knows its way around. grant yarolin, MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru March 30. The Boiler Room @ Full Frame Theater. Free. Plateau. Aaron Canipe, MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 1. Power Plant Gallery. Free. Tracing Sycamore. Windrose Stanback, MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 1. Power Plant Gallery. Free. Thoroughly Known. libi rose (striegl), MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 1. SPECTRE Arts. Free. Area 919: Artists in the Triangle. A survey of noteworthy work by artists who live in the Triangle and contribute to a vibrant and innovative local artist community. Thru Apr 12. Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students Free. From the World to Lynn: Stories of Immigration. Andrea Patiño Contreras’s multimedia exhibit explores Lynn, Massachusetts, a hub of refugee resettlement. Thru April 13. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Autogeography. Tracy Fish, MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 17. Fredric Jameson Gallery (Friedl Building). Free. Veiled Rebellion: Women in Afghanistan. Photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s images capture women’s lives in all areas of Afghan society. Thru April 18. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne. An exhibition of both iconic and lesser-known works from some of the most significant and compelling artists of the last 50 years. Thru July 12. Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students Free.

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March 25 Artist Talk. Marco Williams, From Opposition to Empathy: A Transformative Journey Through Documentary Narrative. Reception to Follow. 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium. Free. March 27 MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Reception for Tracy Fish. 6pm, Fredric Jameson Gallery (Friedl Building). Free. ChoreoLab 2015. Dance performances choreographed by Duke faculty, students and alumni. (See ad on this page) Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme] — Vladimir Smirnov, dir. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. March 28 MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Reception for Anna Kipervaser & Film Screening. 6pm, Full Frame Theater. Free. ChoreoLab 2015. (See ad on this page) March 30 Allan Ware, clarinet; Pamela Smits, cello; Sabine Simon, piano. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. March 31 Voice Master Class with Jan Cornelius. 5pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free.

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