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As pre-orientation apps increase, a new program debuts Sarah Kerman The Chronicle

Duke’s pre-orientation programs can offer a sense of community, connections with upperclassmen and unique adventures—for a select number of students. This year, however, a new program will ensure that more incoming freshmen are able to participate. Project Arts, set to debut in August 2015, will focus on introducing interested freshmen to Duke’s art community and emphasize engagement with the city of Durham. The first new pre-orientation program since 2009, it joins the five programs Duke currently offers—Project Wild, Project Change, Project Build, Project Search and Project Waves. Sophomore Shelby Wailes, the project’s co-leader, said that one of her goals was to increase accessibility of preorientation programs—which have grown increasingly selective as interest has increased in recent years. “The theme we chose: ‘Art Activism through Classism’ is geared to challenge and introduce art appreciators to the Duke community,” said sophomore Steven Soto, the See Pre-orientation on Page 3

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Cameron renovations next in line for athletics Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle Beginning in April, Cameron Indoor Stadium will undergo the first major expansion in its 70-year history. The $20 million construction project will not change the size of the famously intimate arena but will create an indoor entry space designed to improve fan traffic flow on the building’s south side. The expansion will include a new scaled lobby, memorabilia space and two areas for game-day ticketing on the first floor. A 6,000 net-square-foot hospitality area will also be added to the second floor. “We’re trying to make it look like it isn’t really an expansion,” said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, noting that the expansion will use the same Duke stone from which Cameron was built. “We’re

hoping when we’re done, you didn’t really know what we did.” As in past athletic facility upgrades, money for the project was raised through donations as part of the Bostock Group and Duke Forward campaign. The south side of the arena will host construction for at least 15 months. One of the reasons for the length of the project is that renovations will use Duke stone and Cameron’s original doors to maintain the stadium’s authenticity, Trask said. Trask explained that, during the conception of the project, many materials other than Duke stone were considered. For everyone involved in the decision, it was clear that the expansion did not need a more modern feel. “We looked at any of the materials that are in that precinct. There’s glass, there’s brick, there’s precast, See Cameron on Page 4

Carolyn Chang | Chronicle File Photo The $20 million expansion of Cameron Indoor Stadium, which includes the construction of a new south lobby and plaza, is set to start April 20 and be completed by August 2016.

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Abigail LaBella elected 2015-16 president of GPSC dent in Biostatistics. Lett, who is not a member of the General Assembly, asked candidates if The Chronicle they could name an event addressed During a lengthy General Assembly the issue of diversity on campus, and Meeting Tuesday, Abigail LaBella was was unsatisfied with their responses. elected president of the Graduate and “The whole conversation was a forProfessional Student Council. mality,” Lett said. In an election process that spanned Lett said that responses pushed acnearly two hours, GPSC elected three tion to next year rather than generatother positions—several other offices ing solutions. will be voted upon at the April meetAt the end of the meeting, Lett said ing. All winning candidates currently he wanted the General Assembly to reserve in the GA. spond to an incident Saturday night LaBella, a fourthconcerning a group of year Ph.D. candidate in African-American stuvery graduate and dents on Duke’s camgenetics and genomics, said that she plans to professional student pus who were the tarincrease awareness to should feel free to come to get of a racist chant. students who are not in He noted that underour meetings, to express graduates have been the GA. “I think the biggest their concerns and even asking broadly for reaction item is making form from the Duke come to me. sure that every graduadministration. ate and professional LaBella said that, — Abigail LaBella student knows that although GPSC directhey are a member of the graduate and tor of advocacy was currently out of professional student council and are town, he could email her or LaBella represented by a Graduate and Profes- about putting a “call to action” in the sional Student Council member,” said GPSC newsletter. LaBella, who previously served as GP“If you want a statemet of support… SC’s vice president. if there’s an action item we can help She said she intends to be inclusive you with, bring it to us,” LaBella said. throughout her tenure as president. Connie Chai will succeed LaBella as “Every graduate and professional the Vice President. Chai, an MBA canstudent should feel free to come to our didate in the Fuqua School of Business, meetings, express their concerns, and previously ran for Graduate Young Trustee. even come to me,” LaBella said. Biochemistry representative AbTraditionally, candidates speak for three minutes and receive questions hishek Chhetri will serve as the atPhilip Catterall | The Chronicle for two, but times were lengthened acGPSC passed its annual budget after lengthy discussion about the nature of the large surplus cording to Lanair Lett, a masters stuSee GPSC on Page 5 that the finance committee intends to spend over the next two years.

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project’s co-leader. Director of New Student Programs Jordan Hale noted that demand for pre-orientation programs is up—adding that almost a quarter of the Class of 2018 chose to apply. “The number of applicants continues to rise,” Hale said, adding that the trend has been seen for at least the last five years. “Last year we had over 400 applicants.” The selectivity of programs varies, depending on how many applications each program receives and how many spots are available. PSearch, the smallest program, aims to take 30 students each year, while larger programs such as PWild, PBuild and PWaves serve more than 80 students each. The application process also differs by program—with some requiring essay responses and others selecting participants randomly. Senior Connor Moore, who co-led PWaves in 2014, noted that of the 180 students who listed PWaves as their first choice, 80 students were selected due to size constraints. Project Search, which introduces students to research with faculty in the sciences and humanities, receives fewer applications and is therefore able to be less selective. Because PSearch is among the smaller of the programs, with 26 students participating in 2014, incoming students may not be aware of what the program offers, incoming director Natalie Atyeo, a junior, said. “One of our biggest tasks is getting students involved and knowing what it is,” she said. Hale said the size constraints that re-

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strict the number of students each program can take are determined by the program directors. “The size of each program is decided by the student staff who lead the programs,” Hale wrote in an email March 17. “This size is determined by the number of crew in each and the size of the group that will allow participants to have a quality experience.” The only information that student crew leaders for PWaves and PWild receive about incoming freshmen is their name, gender and home state. This information is used to form crews that are even in gender and contain geographic diversity, said senior Duncan Dodson, a former co-leader for PWild. Leaders from some of the bigger trips said group dynamics can sometimes pose a challenge that they must work through. “The crew’s morale is sometimes low when camping out for three nights in the sand and cooking your own food—you really have to stay positive,” Moore said. “On a crew-to-crew basis you really kind of have to feel it out for personality and try to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable.” Dodson agreed that group dynamics are often tested when embarking on challenging tasks—allowing the students to get to know one another in a unique way. “I really believe it’s much harder to have a facade when you’re out in the wilderness for two weeks,” he said. Some students who have participated in PWild echoed Dodson’s sentiment that challenging dynamics helped build lasting friendships. “Taking part in PWild not only made the transition from high school to college easier due to the large amount of friends I made in the program, but gave me a community to be a part of,” said freshman Mat-

thew Newman, who participated in the program this summer. Each program provides opportunities for students to remain involved by returning as crew leaders after their freshman year. Some students, though, expressed disappointment about the limited space and perception of exclusivity surrounding the programs. “I could easily tell who had done a pre-o program because they certainly seemed to know more people, but I think that was very temporary,” said freshman Rachel Rohde, an avid backpacker who was not selected to participate in PWild. Other factors that may limit the scope of

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the programs’ reach include cost and proximity to North Carolina. Project Change, which focuses on social and ethical justice in Durham, is the only free program. Projects Search, Waves, and Wild cost $495 each, and Project Build costs $395. Leaders Project Arts predicted similar costs for their program. Hale said he is not able to discuss the budget of the programs. The financial aid office informs preorientation programs of students’ general level of financial need—classifying it as low, mid or high, said Alison Rabil, assistant vice provost and director of financial aid. Students identified as high need are able to participate at a discounted rate.

‘The Iraq War: Risk, Failure and Leadership’

Matthew Rock | The Chronicle Lieutenant general Dan Bogler, second from left and author of “Why We Lost: A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq War and Afghanistan Wars,” spoke to students and faculty members about his book as part of an event hosted by American Grand Strategy and the Hart Leadership Program Tuesday.

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continued from page 1 there’s metal—we looked at all of them and finally just decided Cameron needs to be Duke stone,” he said. As is the case with the other athletic facilities upgrades, improving hospitality and fan traffic flow to the arena will come with its share of challenges. In addition to dealing with potential delays in the construction process, project manager Floyd Williams will be tasked with getting fans in and out of the arena during the 2015-16 basketball season and overseeing a major utilities overhaul as part of the project. “Some of our primary goals are to create premium game day amenities for our fans and to formalize a Cameron Indoor Stadium Experience and Tour on a year-round basis,” Jon Jackson, senior associate director of athletics and external affairs, wrote in an email Tuesday. “Experience and Tour plans will be anCarolyn Chang | Chronicle File Photo nounced at a later time.” Williams wrote in an email March 17 that a protective pedestrian tunnel will be installed in an opening in the fence around the construction area, so fans can enter the arena but was much more concerned about the utilities installation. Because the utilities around the south and west sides of the arena also affect nearby academic buildings, the new water and electrical utilities will be his main challenge, Williams said. Despite the bevy of modifications occurring outside the arena, both Trask and Williams said that the court and the seats will not be affected, with the only real inconvenience for fans being for those using the south entrance. Trask said the sole change inside the arena will be the installation of sprinklers in the rafters—noting the only other fire-safe method to accompany the new lobby were enormous fire doors that Trask called “expensive, ugly and difficult to operate.” One of the most devoted Duke athletics fans— Herb Neubauer, Trinity ‘63, better known as “Crazy Towel Guy” for more than 50 years of intense support at basketball and volleyball games—said he is on board with maintaining the history of Cameron Indoor Stadium while still making it more fan-friendly. Neubauer emphasized that fans should consider the long-term benefits rather than any short-term inconveniences. the stunning Retina display. “Things are going to change—you either accept 5MP iSight camera. them or move on. That’s where everybody makes a decision one way or the other,” he said. “I don’t think And ultrafast 4G LTE. you should look at the short-term of everything. I think you should look at the long-term and what it will do as an expansion of the whole athletic facilities at Duke.”

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continued from page 2 torney general for the 2015-16 academic year, and Malcolm Bonner, a representative in economics and computations, will be the director of finance. The Council also passed the GPSC budget for the following year after lengthy discussion about the nature of the large surplus that the finance committee intends to spend over the next two years. Director of Finance Sahil Chaini, a representative from the Nicholas Read more of The School for the EnvironChronicle’s GPSC ment, said that ideally around $20,000 would be coverage online at kept in reserves, however www.dukechronicurrently the amount in cle.com. excess is $38,000. She accredited this to responsible spending and fiscal conservation on the part of the finance committee in the past. Representatives shared concerns about what would happen at the end of the two years of over-spending, as well as the resolution they passed to increase the Student Activity Fee charged to students. The budgeted expenses, which includes the expected revenue of $154,800 is $177,500. Items that will receive more funding include the General Assemby’s budget, caucus budget and the special events fund.

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In other business: The GPSC unanimously approved minor changes to the Basketball Committee Policy, including an extension of the exemptions policy, which concerns having to miss all or part of the GPSC campout. Executive Secretary Tiffany Wilson, a 6th year PhD candidate, presented the results of the Duke Body Survey. Although 88 percent of students knew they had a representative in the GPSC, only 68 percent of respondents knew who that representative is. The Cyclist Safety Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 26 at 5:30pm in the GPSC house. On April 11 members of the Graduate School will participate in Duke in Durham Day, during which they will complete community service projects around the city. There will be 12 partner organizations and around 200 students are expected to attend. Prior to the GPSC talent show on March 26th, the Outreach Committee will host “Pack and Party,” during which they will pack hygiene kits for Durham Urban Ministries in the Love Auditorium.

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Blue Devils stay hot, cruise past Flames Jack Dolgin Staff Writer Ted Cruz made headlines at Liberty Monday, but the following afternoon the Blue Devils stole the show and cruised to a season sweep. Duke defeated the Flames for the second time this season 3-1 at Liberty Baseball Stadium Tuesday afternoon. Decisively, the Blue Devils went 3 2-for-3 with runners DUKE LIBERTY 1 on third and less than two outs. Liberty would go 0-for-2 in the same situations, as Duke forced the Flames to finish the game 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and 0-for-9 in two-out hitting. “[I’m] very, very proud of our team,” head coach Chris Pollard said. “It was an opportunity for a lot guys to step in...and guys really answered the call.” Duke (19-6) scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third, when freshman Michael Smiciklas hit a two-out RBI triple to the right-center gap, his second extra base hit of the game. On the mound for the Blue Devils stood his roommate—freshman starter Luke Whitten. Whitten retired eight of Liberty’s first nine batters in the game, and picked off Will Shepherd at first to get his first out of the

Nicole Savage | Chronicle File Photo Redshirt senior Dillon Haviland and the Blue Devil relievers put together a two-hit, 5.2 inning shutout performance in Tuesday’s win at Liberty.

fourth inning. “[Whitten] was really throwing well, and Liberty hadn’t figured him out through three innings, so we decided to send him back out in the fourth,” Pollard said. “I don’t think we intended going into the game to throw Luke Whitten 3.2 innings.” The next batter, though, recorded a base knock and would come home on a one-out

Andrew Yacyk double. Yacyk then took third on a throwing error, standing just 90 feet away from giving Liberty the lead. But the Blue Devil pitching staff would hang on. Whitten turned a bunt attempt into an easy out that did not advance Yacyk. Redshirt senior Dillon Haviland then came into the game and forced Dalton Britt to ground out

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to short for the third out. The score remained knotted at one. “Dylan did a great job of getting us all off the field in the fourth,” Pollard said. “It was 1-1 at that point, he came in and executed really well and got us back in the dugout.” The following frame, with one out and See Baseball on Page 9

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Dancing with Wolves: 8 reasons N.C. State makes a run The Wolfpack have already accomplished the unbelievable in knocking top-seeded Villanova from the NCAA tournament and shattering millions of brackets in the process. Since 52.7 percent of brackets on ESPN have Duke as one of the Final Four teams—my own included— the Blue Devils’ path to Indianapolis seems much clearer than that of its neighbor, but N.C. State might stand the chance of making it as well. After besting the Wildcats, what could be left for the Cinderella squad but to double its NCAA win count and reach its first Final Four since 1983? For those of you who don’t know how long ago that is, 1983 was the same year Motorola released a new-fangled gadget called the mobile phone. Thirty-two years—and six iPhones— later, N.C. State is two wins away from Indianapolis, and their chances have never looked better.

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Eight Reasons N.C. State will reach the Final Four 8. No one saw it coming In preseason polls, no one picked the Wolfpack to finish better than ninth out of 15 ACC teams, yet they finished seventh with an identical conference record to Miami, and the only teams who finished higher were the other five ACC teams earning bids to the Big Dance. Duke, North Carolina, Louisville and Virginia were slated to finish in the top four in the ACC, but come conference play N.C. State beat all of these teams at least once—except the Cavaliers, who can brag about that win from their couches while the Wolfpack move on to the Sweet 16. 7. They win in unexpected ways Villanova was certainly unexpected, but the Wolfpack wouldn’t have even met the Wildcats if it wasn’t for bench player Beejay Anya’s last second bucket to lift his team to victory against LSU in the Round of 64. The basket was one of just two Anya made all night, despite playing 18 minutes and grabbing seven rebounds. Anya might be something of a secret weapon for N.C. State as tournament play continues. The sophomore forward dropped 14 points in the win against Duke and also

managed eight points and 10 rebounds against Louisville when the two teams met during the regular season. The fact that the Wolfpack can look beyond their starting five in the tightest moments of the game certainly poses a threat for opponents. 6. State fans deserve it As a native of the triangle, I grew up surrounded by the Duke-UNC rivalry, and it’s uncommon to come across a third-party supporter. There are very few N.C. State fans— or people who admit to being N.C. State fans— outside of Raleigh. And yet, even though the team had only made it to the Sweet 16 twice since 1989 before this season’s appearance, the few Wolfpack fans that remain are as passionate as any Cameron Crazie. Obviously, there are plenty of fans that are still waiting for their team’s day of greatness, but it’s hard not to feel sorry for an ’83 graduate whose children haven’t seen anything more than a subpar N.C. State basketball team. 5. They’ve already beaten Louisville once After rallying to beat Duke in early January, the Wolfpack spiraled into a depressing 2-6 See N.C. State on Page 8

Jack White | Chronicle File Photo N.C. State guard Anthony “Cat” Barber is averaging 15.0 points per game through the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.

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continued from page 7 streak that finally snapped Feb. 14 with a 74-65 win against the then-No. 9 Cardinals. Guards Anthony “Cat” Barber and Trevor Lacey combined for 35 points and the entire squad scored 32 points in the paint compared to Louisville’s 16. As the second meeting between the two teams rapidly approaches, Cardinal head coach Rick Pitino is undoubtedly seeking revenge after his team allowed Barber to “put on a clinic of beating everybody off the dribble.” But what N.C. State did once it can certainly do again, as Barber is averaging 15.0 points per game in the tournament so far and shows no sign of slowing down. 4. The ACC is dominant Assuming the Wolfpack pull past the Cardinals to the Elite Eight, head coach Mark Gottfried’s squad will face the winner of the Oklahoma-Michigan State matchup. The Sooners are one of just two teams to advance from the Big 12 along with West Virginia, and even if they manage a win against the Spartans, the ACC has shown itself far more skilled come tournament time. Given Tom Izzo’s statistically unbelievable success in NCAA tournament play, the Wolfpack will likely have to prepare for the Spartans en route to their Final Four appearance. Michigan State may have knocked out an ACC team in the Round of 32, but N.C. State’s conference still managed a better record after the first weekend. A game against the Spartans will certainly be the toughest matchup in the Wolfpack’s path to the Final Four—both teams have impressive rebounding abilities and three players

Jack White | Chronicle File Photo Sophomore BeeJay Anya’s last-second left-handed hook shot dropped with 0.1 seconds remaining to down LSU 66-65 in the Round of 64.

averaging double digits—but the Wolfpack have one thing Tom Izzo’s star squad does not: a win against Duke. 3. Their guards are unguardable Although Trevor Lacey’s 15.7 points per game lead the team, sophomore Barber has recently burst onto the stage as the team’s leading scorer in the tournament. Rounding out the backcourt trio is senior Ralston Turner, who transferred from LSU only to knock the Tigers out of the tournament his senior year and averages 12.8 points per game. The guards aren’t only sharpshooters— Turner once made eight treys in a single game, and Barber and Lacey both shoot 39 percent from beyond the arc—but effective passers as well. The three starters combine for 8.0 assists

per game and make defenses pay when their teammates are left open. 2. They put the “post” in postseason Although Lacey, Barber and Turner have performed well for the majority of the regular season, the Wolfpack have benefitted in tournament play from the improved performance of starting forward Abdul-Malik Abu, who averages 6.4 points on the season but has had 13 in each NCAA tournament game so far. Post players going off in postseason play seems to be trend for N.C. State, as its other starting forward, Lennard Freeman, managed a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds against Villanova despite quietly averaging 3.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. All five

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starters seem to be finding their rhythm at exactly the right moment—just in time for the Final Four. 1. Coincidence? I think not. At this point, N.C. State has notched regular-season wins against Duke and North Carolina and has eliminated a No. 1 seed in the tournament. The last time any ACC team accomplished that was in the 2001-02 season, and the team that did it—Maryland—went on to win the national championship. The last time the Wolfpack beat the Blue Devils, Tar Heels and a top seed was in 1982-83, the same year N.C. State won its last national championship. Call me superstitious, but it seems that the Final Four might not be the final stop for this Wolfpack squad.

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continued from page 7 Nick Salisbury on first, Aaron Stroosma laid down a bunt that Blue Devil relief pitcher Ryan Day threw away, allowing Salisbury to take third. For the second straight inning, the Flames (14-9) were set up with a runner on third and only one out. Then emerged more crunch-time hitting woes for Liberty. First, Ashton Perritt struck out, and next Shepherd—a .100 hitter with runners in scoring position— flew out to right, ending the inning and allowing Duke to escape the most trouble it would see the rest of the way. Most importantly, the game was still tied. In the top of the sixth, with one out, Justin Bellinger walked and Grant McCabe singled him to third. Jack Labosky then broke the game open with a sacrifice fly to center, putting the Blue Devils ahead 2-1. “We did a good job situationally today,” Pollard said. “We didn’t bang it all around the ballpark, but when we got our

opportunities, for the most part, we did a good job of taking advantage of them.” Dominant Duke relief pitching from Day, James Ziemba, Chris McGrath and Mitch Stallings would result in the Blue Devils allowing just one hit and no runs throughout the next three innings, setting the visitors up for a third run. In the top of the ninth, with no outs and runners on second and third, Max Miller hit a sacrifice fly—Duke’s second of the day—to give the team a 3-1 lead. After Stallings closed the book and sealed a two-hit, 5.2-inning shutout performance by the bullpen, the Blue Devils walked away victors the fourth time in five tries. “They’re competing very well,” Pollard said. “I was really impressed watching them today, just with how well they competed in what is a tough environment to play in.” Duke will look to even its record to .500 in the ACC against Boston College, as it hits the road again this weekend for a three-game stand in Newark, De.

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Gender equality vital to changing University’s normative atmosphere

Students elected their fourth consecutive female Duke Student Government president in Keizra Mecklai earlier this month. Mecklai’s election continues the reversal from the previous trend that saw one female DSG president in the seven years before 2011. Yet, Colleen Scott, director of the Baldwin Scholars program, has remarked that, even as she applauds the victory, there is still room for improvement. For example, only three of this year’s eleven DSG executive board members are female. Scott has alluded to the need to still constructively identify paucities on campus in female leadership and further pose the question of whether winning elections and earning appointments reflects real change in gender inequality. Beyond the four-year lease on high quality students that bring fresh ideas and changes to Duke every year, the University receives its long-term inspiration and broad strokes vision from its administration. Although upper leadership of the University boasts of such eminent female figures as Provost Sally Kornbluth, Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek and outgoing Dean of Arts and Sciences Laurie Patton, only 14 of

the 37 members of the Board of Trustees are women. While the “Elect Her” initiative and the Women’s Center’s Pipeline Series, among other programs, prepare undergraduate women for success, administrative and faculty action against gender inequality needs to start with the University itself. We commend the administration’s receptiveness to equity concerns and, therefore, urge attention to this inequality within the Board of Trustees. Everyone stands to benefit from the translation of diversity to improved university policies for the student body, especially on issues such as Title IX and sexual misconduct. More subtle than these numerical differences, however, is workplace atmosphere for faculty. Last week, former Duke professor Jason Mendez visited campus, reigniting discussion of his departure and whether attention is being paid to systemic and not necessarily overt “microaggressions” against minorities as well as women. This distinction brings us to ask just how big a step forward it is to have a woman fill a leadership role. Do such appointments actually reflect improved gender

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equality on campus? Some argue that representation in numbers does not necessarily mean representation in perspectives. Women who occupy positions of power but still think in patriarchal ways are counterproductive to upsetting inequality because their appointment pacifies the itch for gender equality without addressing the issue whatsoever. The point is not to have an equal tally count of men and women but a compelling presence of perspectives to foster a productive atmosphere in executive and administrative spheres. This is why we commend the students for their election of female DSG executives, demonstrating their mindset of what Mecklai describes as not caring “if this person has the same gender as before.” Mecklai’s election, the appointment of Dean Patton as Middlebury’s first female president and the host of influential female administrators at Duke speak well for gender equality at the University, but being especially cognitive about gender inequities and solutions and aware of the areas for improvement at Duke are crucial to meaningfully changing the University’s normative atmosphere.

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Duke University employs over 250 staff who are hired as housekeepers for the maintenance of the community spaces on a weekly bases. These housekeepers are in charge of keeping campus functioning behind the scenes, although, sometimes we seem to forget that these staff are just like any other Duke employee, simply with a unique role. Their hard work contributes to the reason that Duke continues to add to its billions of dollars of endowment every year. The mission of the facilities management is to “provide excellence in planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance for facilities, grounds and utilities in a customer-focused, efficient and sustainable manner.”

out their own trash. They are not here to pick up after residues of privilege and entitlement. They are contributing to the community in a crucial way, and simultaneously trying to make a living, as we all are attempting to do as well. This week is Maintenance/Facilities Appreciation Week. It marks a time of thanksgiving towards a number of people who contribute so much and receive such little gratitude from us in return. So this is me asking you not to let our busy schedules and opportunities be an excuse for being disrespectful to others in our community. I think we can afford a moment to say good morning to people who often truly deserve the praise. More so, a simple way to show respect for these employees

Kalifa Wright Speak up. Speak out. Yet, because these employees are also the ones who maintain our living spaces such as bathrooms and kitchen, there is often a negative connotation associated with their role. They are sometimes referred to as just “cleaners” in an almost derogatory manner, while the title “staff” is used to refer to individuals with more seemingly prestigious positions. This use of language along with other factors only perpetuates the stigma associated with the maintenance employees. These very humble individuals are often looked down upon because of their perceived socioeconomic status and race. Students perceive that because of their job descriptions, this staff is less educated. In addition, students have a tendency to gravely take advantage of the staff, using their job description as an excuse to avoid cleaning up after themselves. Dear Duke University students: the housekeeping staff are not our house mothers. Nowhere in their mission statement is it entailed that they must also be maids for the students. Those that are on their way to being successful independent world changers, but who cannot manage to throw

is just to clean up after ourselves, and not rely on our false interpretations of our job descriptions as a crutch for laziness. How hard is it to do our job so that they can do theirs? The housekeeping and full maintenance/facilities staff are more than just Duke staff, they have a life outside of Duke which most of us never know about. Everyone has their own purpose in life, and in the context of the university we are all contributing to the advancement of our community. Needless to say, they deserve at the very least the same respect that would be given to any other professor or staff. They are not lesser than, they are a part of us. So, I send a warm thank you to all of the faculty and maintenance staff for all your hard work. And of course, a special shout out to the employees in Crowell-Wannamaker quad—Gloria Williams, Lee Brodie, Sandra Erazo, Eh Say, Sebastiana Flores, Tony Spigner, Pamela Gooch and Poe Lweh. Kalifa Wright is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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Game of [whatever those swingy bench things on the Bc Plaza are called] As everyone surely already knows, the fifth season of Game of [whatever those swingy bench things on the BC Plaza are called] is returning to television in the coming weeks. We at The Chronicle wanted to get our readership pumped in anticipation—so we invited the author, Bron RR Mahertin, in to recap where we last left off in the “A Song of Black Ice and Fire Drills” series. Beware: The article is long, and full of spoilers. ***

Across the Central Sea—where the Greeks, having accidentally tumbled out of their own myth and into this one, were drunkenly paddling around doing their own self-segregated thing—a new power had arisen. For there, in the backwards wasteland known as Eastcamperos, a strong, beautiful Queen had taken her throne. This Queen, bedecked in her signature Duke-blue dress and platinum-blonde hair, had campaigned across Backyard Bay, liberating the belittled freshmen and building an army with

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Hello stranger The man behind the Publix counter stares as I pack my groceries. What? I want to ask him, but I am not quite that plucky, so instead I rustle my bags and say nothing. He’s middle-aged with leathery skin and after a minute, he cracks. “Ni hao” he says. “Chinese? Me too!” He guffaws. “Just kidding.” I don’t know why I am so surprised. I am standing in a grocery store in Miami, but those words are all it takes to plunge me back to different times in different cities, with men—for some reason, they are always men—shouting the same greetings and Bruce Lee sayings. This is all it takes to remind me that, although I think of myself as a student, an Australian, a young person who’s still figuring things out, my face represents something unanimous to some people, and that’s Asian . “Ni hao,” the man at the register says, probably attempting to be friendly, and I don’t know how to tell him how uncomfortable it makes me—because that’s not my greeting. It’s hard to explain the complexity of feelings that being an Asian minority encompasses, something that seems particularly prominent in the United States. The number of times that strang-

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Westcamperos is growing increasingly dangerous. As the forth season opened, we saw the final months of young Dick Broffrey’s reign. The illegitimate president had become increasingly tyrannical in his rule: He was hated by his subjects, feared by his peers and was regularly executing students for crimes as slight as profaning against his name or being caught left-swiping him on Tinder. His reign of terror, however, was brought to an early end when he choked to death on a shrimp at the Library Party, leaving his infant brother Nowickken to govern in his stead—It was later discovered that, though the shrimp had indeed been poisoned, Broffrey was killed not by envenomation but rather by a simple freak misjudging of the size of the shrimp relative to the breadth of his own esophagus. Espying a political void, claimants to Broffrey’s throne sprang into action. Perhaps most notable of these was the legally rightful president, Larrys Moneteon. Larrys had spent much of the season camped out in his stronghold of Squirrelstone, having retreated there after his devastating naval loss on Main Quad one day after it rained. Seeing his chance, Larrys took the initiative: He sought a substantial loan from the Iron Endowment—a mysterious and utterly opaque institution—and used the funds to raise a large army. While Larrys was treating with the Endowment, a battle was being waged down south. The Keohane Wall—the barrier that separates civilized Westcamperos from the unknown vastness known as Edens—was under attack. A gigantic Edenling army had appeared and laid siege to Castle McClendon, hoping to break through and conquer the more pleasant lands north of Keohane. Yet at the last minute, just as it seemed there was no hope for Castle McClendon’s beleaguered defenders, Larrys’ army swept in from the Gardens and routed the hordes, sending them back to the strange and magical tundra from which they came.

which she could eventually return and take her rightful place on Westcamperos’ throne. This Queen was, of course, Coach K-nerys, also known as Khaleesi K or “Mother of Wins”. Leveraging her strategic genius and the might of her three dragons, Jahlael, Tyerius and Grayson, K-nerys conquered the dorms of Eastcamperos and overthrew the dictatorial warlords residing there. At the end of the war she triumphantly ascended to the top of Baldwin Pyramid—at night, obviously, so as to avoid the attention of any RAs—and there established her new throne, gazing west across at The Red Chapel of Westcamperos. But of course, governing is a very different matter from conquering—as K-nerys quickly discovered while hearing requests from her new freshmen subjects. Some wished to remain lowly, subjugated freshmen—some desired recourse for grievances suffered during the war. The tipping point, however, came with the arrival of a humble, apologetic freshman carrying an odd bag. Through tears, the freshman revealed what lay within the bag—the badly singed bones of his Pfrosh, who had been eaten by Grayson. With this, K-nerys realised that she could no longer control her dragons—they needed to be put where they could harm no one else. So, as the season closed, we saw K-nerys sadly entombing her dragons in the tunnels beneath Eastcamperos. So on to season five—what will happen? Will Larrys be able to conquer his way to an office in the Allen Building instead of just the Bryan Center? Will K-nerys be able to transform her home wins into victories further afield? Will Nowickken receive any character development at all? Only one can come out on top. As Dean CerSue most famously put it: “When you play the game of whatever those swingy bench things on the BC Plaza are called, you either win, or you find an alternative place to sit down.”

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ers have taken one look and greeted me with wobbly Chinese is astounding—and although I am always annoyed, I cannot quite bring myself to blame them. After all, although I think in English and my voice has the lazy vowels of an Australian, how are they supposed to know? Somehow I doubt that “stereotyping” and “racial profiling” are concepts often brought up in casual conversation, and while ignorance is not an excuse, it is also a product of our environment—and we live in one that is still flawed, where assumptions based on looks seem unavoidable. And I have begun to dread it when people ask me where I’m from, “ethnically”. I have learnt to replace “I’m Australian,” with “I grew up in Australia,” although both are true. One just leads to less confusion. And although Duke may be more sensitive about avoiding certain offensive generalizations, the dynamics of culture here can still seem restrictive. Perhaps it is only natural that people of similar backgrounds congregate together and self-segregation occurs. I like that there is vibrancy and dancing and music and color in the way cultural opportunities are presented. What bothers me is the way it can seem so divisive. What does it mean if I don’t like Chinese dance? Sometimes I’ll look around at a party, and realize I’m the only Asian there, and it’s jarring. Or I’ll walk past an event hosted by the Duke Asian Students Association and feel odd, looking in the door, as if I’m sneaking a peek. I am not ashamed of being Chinese. My parents have tried to impart an appreciation for the culture they grew up with, and I think they’ve done a good job. I can write the elegant characters of my Chinese name, and I could never deny the special tenderness I feel towards pork buns. The stories they tell me are not so easily erased. Yet when strangers greet me in Chinese, wellintentioned or not, it’s making an assumption about a past that they don’t know, one that reduces culture to a caricature. What of nineteen years in the Australian sun, learning to love mateship and cricket and Karl Stefanovic? And there are still parts of Chinese culture that I will never understand, because I have never lived it, and it is false to claim so. On a flight last summer, I stopped over in my birthplace, Shanghai, for the first time since childhood. My relatives found me dazed by the sticky heat and the sea of dialects in the airport. It was strange to imagine my mother pushing me into this garish city twenty-one years ago. I greeted my aunt in polite Chinese. “You sound like a wai go ren,” she said. “You sound foreign.” Later that evening, my family takes me out to a local seafood shack that’s supposed to be the best in the city. Outside on the street, people squat in their sandals, de-shelling clams, and the juices all run together in the street. Nobody tries to “ni-hao” me. A steaming, spitting tray of red crayfish arrives. I don’t know how to eat them, so I look around the restaurant as everyone crunches deliciously. The girl at the table next to me sits, small-shouldered and pale. She draws a puff from her cigarette and I accidentally catch her eye. I feel her appraise my deep tan, my jeans and my blond highlights. When we leave the restaurant, I sneak a glance and even then, she’s still staring, smoking and staring. All of this is to say: culture matters, but being categorized to the singular culture I look like assumes too much that is false and denies too much that is important. Neither do I want to pretend that the distinctive black hair and brown eyes I have inherited from an ancient culture spanning millennia is meaningless. There’s still too much past I don’t understand—but does it matter in the end? Perhaps it’s less about where I’m from, but where I’m going to go next. Isabella Kwai is a Trinity junior.

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DUKE – UVA – VANDERBILT PARTNERSHIP FOR LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES Fall 2015 Courses

Duke University, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University are partnering to offer courses in languages not often taught in the Western academic curriculum. Classes are taught to students on all three campuses through telepresence classrooms, and the courses will also count towards the foreign language requirement at the respective universities.

Tibetan Duke/UVA/Vanderbilt Partnership

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Creole Duke/UVA/Vanderbilt Partnership

Tibetan is the language of a vast region at the heart of Asia and is used in China, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Russia, and Mongolia. In addition, Tibet is home to Tibetan Buddhism, which is itself the source of one of the world’s richest contemplative traditions. Learning Tibetan gives students the ability to explore this uniquely rich and diverse culture in today’s Asia, as well as learn about Buddhist philosophy, contemplation, and other forms of knowledge. Tibetan 101 and 203 offered every fall; Tibetan 102 and 204 offered every spring.

K’iche’ is a Mayan language spoken by about a million

Haitian Creole, often called simply Creole or Kreyōl, is a language based largely on 18th Century French, some African languages, as well as languages, such as Arawak, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Spanish, and Taino. It is spoken in Haiti, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, parts of the United States, and Venezuela.

TIBETAN 101: Elementary Tibetan I (FL) MW 10:00 – 10:50; TTh 10 – 11:15 am TIBETAN 203: Intermediate Tibetan I (FL) MW 12:00 – 12:50 pm; TTh 12:00 – 1:15 pm [Note: graduate students enroll under TIBETAN 701 or 703]

people in the western Highlands of Guatemala; it is one of the major indigenous languages in the Americas. The K’iche’ language has played a central role in the Mayan cultural revitalization movement and has a long literary tradition including such works as the Popol Wuuj (Popol Vuh) and Rabinal Achi. K’iche 101 will be offered every fall; K’iche 102 every spring, with intermediate level courses beginning in 2016. KICHE 101: Elementary K’iche’ I (FL) TTh 4:00 – 5:15 pm [Note: graduate students enroll under KICHE 701]

Creole 101 and 203 offered every fall; Creole 102 and 204 offered every spring. CREOLE 101: Elementary Creole I (FL): MWF 3:05 – 4:05 pm CREOLE 203: Intermediate Creole I (FL): MWF 1:40 – 2:30 pm [Note: graduate students enroll under CREOLE 701 or 703]

For questions, please contact Dean Ingeborg Walther (waltheri@duke.edu).