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Students launch campaign to support Nepal earthquake victims

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Rachel Chason University Editor Four Duke students from Nepal have started a GoFundMe campaign to help the country recover from the devastating earthquake that struck Saturday. The earthquake, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, is estimated to have killed more than 2,400 people and injured approximately 5,900, according to The New York Times. When it struck near Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, it flattened sections of the city’s historic center and sent thousands of the city’s residents fleeing into the streets. Hours after the earthquake hit, freshmen Pratiksha Sharma and Suman Bajgain, junior Abhishek Upadhyaya Ghimire and senior Laxmi Rajak created a GoFundMe campaign with the goal of raising $15,000 to aid the relief process. Rajak, who grew up outside of Kathmandu, was studying when she received word of the quake, which struck at 2:11 a.m. She immediately began trying to contact family and friends still living in Nepal. Although she has heard back from most of them, there remain a few she has not been able to reach. “There’s so much going on right now— trying to balance receiving reports from Nepal, connecting with family and studying for exams,” Rajak said. “But the support we’ve received from the Duke community has been amazing, and I want to thank everyone who has contributed so far.” As of Sunday night, 291 people had See Earthquake on Page 4

Victor Ye | The Chronicle The LDOC lineup—which featured household names like T-Pain and Jeremih—was balanced by the up-and-coming group MisterWives.

Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Whether they most enjoyed the men’s basketball team dancing on the stage, energy at the concerts or massages on the Chapel Quadrangle, students across campus saw improvement in the Last Day of Classes. LDOC committee co-chairs David Soled and Anton Saleh, both sophomores, were pleased with how the day went and said that they experienced no overwhelming problems. This year, the committee emphasized daytime activities, tried to choose artists whose music would appeal to a larger portion of the student body and focused on

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including a silent disco, massages on the Chapel Quadrangle and food trucks. These features were especially popular among students. “The massages were my favorite activity,” sophomore Michael Wang said. “They were really well organized, and they seemed longer than last year.” Another aspect of LDOC the committee focused on was improving the selection of artists from past years. After receiving feedback that some students were disappointed with unfamiliar performers last year, the committee tried to choose artists that more students knew, Soled said. Several students expressed their See LDOC on Page 5

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getting students to the Main West Quadrangle early for the concerts, which opened with American indie pop band MisterWives. “It went fantastic,” Soled said. “Feedback wise, I’ve heard great things, and the [LDOC] committee did an awesome job.” One of the committee’s largest accomplishments was high student attendance for the earlier concerts, Saleh said. He noted that the committee hoped to get students out of their dorms earlier in the day to build community spirit and shift LDOC’s focus away from drinking. In order to accomplish this goal, Soled explained that the committee emphasized daytime activities—

With another year of construction left on the West Union and upcoming construction on Marketplace, dining options on campus remain in flux at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. Without many dining vendors on campus, Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee has been tasked with ensuring a variety of options for students through food trucks and the Merchantson-Points program. Although food trucks

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remained consistent, this year saw an unusual amount of turnover among MOP vendors, with several potential new MOP options either falling through or being delayed, said DUSDAC co-chair Brian Taylor, a junior. “Usually, we try to set the program a year ahead of time,” Taylor said. “This year, we tried to make some changes that didn’t quite pan out and then we spent a lot the year adding new [options].” After the Pizzeria—commonly referred to as Cinelli’s—unexpectedly closed in September, DUSDAC faced the

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task of replacing its spot on the MOP program. Instead of opting to replace the Italian restaurant with a similar vendor, the committee decided to look into adding a delivery sushi option. Vine Sushi and Thai was the initial frontrunner to fill this role, but after a change in management, the restaurant was no longer interested in joining the program. Sushi Love was eager to join the program in its place, however, and was met with student enthusiasm.

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LDOC 2015 featured plenty of big names on stage—some expected and some surprising—that were well-received by students.

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A Duke research study is shedding new light on Alzheimer’s disease. The study—published April 15 in the Journal of Neuroscience—is attracting national attention for proposing a new potential cause of Alzheimer’s. Duke researchers, who discovered a way to make the brains of mice respond to Alzheimer’s disease similarly to humans, found that in mice with the disease, immune system cells meant to protect the brain start to consume an important nutrient: arginine. They were able to slow the disease’s progress in the mouse model with a small-molecule drug— indicating the eventual potential for a new treatment strategy. Past research of the disease has focused on a protein called beta-amyloid, which creates “plaques” in the brain, rather than arginine. “With drugs that affect amyloid, not a single trial has succeeded,” said Carol Colton, an author of the study and professor of neurology at the School of Medicine. “It’s time we look at new direction—and this is a potential direction that nobody has thought of before.” Although Colton has been researching the immune system’s role in Alzheimer’s for many years, the breakthrough came when she was able to develop a mouse model that was more representative of the disease in humans than other models in the field. Previously, genetic mutations given to mice led to the development of plaques in the brain, but failed to replicate the most important aspects of Alzheimer’s, including neuron death and memory loss, Colton explained. “That’s always been frustrating for the field—you couldn’t really use mice as a springboard for treatment, because you have nothing to block,” said Matthew Kan, a seventh-year MD/PhD student. “It’s difficult to study

the brain in a living person, but by changing this one gene to make the mice’s immune systems look more like humans’, we can now ask these questions in mice that we could in humans.” In the more human-like system, researchers were able to observe the mice as they grew old and developed Alzheimer’s disease. They noted that the immune systems of mice with Alzheimer’s were suppressed, and found low levels of arginine in their brains. The team then developed and tested a new drug in the mice, which blocked the immune pathway that consumes arginine in the brain. The treated mice showed significantly less memory loss and brain cell death than the untreated ones after 24 weeks, Colton noted. Although the team has developed a successful preventative therapy for mice, they are wary of jumping to conclusions. “I, as a clinician, cringe at some of the reporting that I know is going to lead to a lot of false hope,” said James Burke, associate director of the Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Duke. “If you have a family member with the disease, you get the idea that this is the next cure.” Burke emphasized that early animal studies are difficult to predict because a number of things could go wrong before treatment even reaches humans. But the study’s potential implications for Alzheimer’s therapy are still important for opening up the field to novel mechanisms, he said. Moving forward, the researchers hope to continue testing the drug’s effectiveness in treating and reversing the Alzheimer’s condition in mice, although testing the treatment in human clinical trials might be anywhere from seven to more than 10 years away, Colton said. ”I think there’s still a lot of work for us—to show what we’ve found in the mice is really what’s happening in humans,” Kan said. “But we have a great new direction to go in, and a lot of questions to ask.”

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donated $8,501 to the campaign. Rajak explained that Bajgain and Sharma will be returning to Nepal in less than two weeks to work with local organizations in the relief process. The money the group raises will go the organization they feel provides the most direct relief, though they have not yet chosen a specific one, she said. Rajak also emphasized that they hope their funds will support victims in rural communities, who often receive less attention. Bajgain and Sharma will use a Facebook page to post updates, pictures and provide details about how the money is being spent, according to their GoFundMe page. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta offered his support for the group’s

fundraising efforts Sunday afternoon—sending an email to the student body that included a message from Sharma, Bajgain, Upadhyaya Ghimire and Rajak introducing their cause. “Though it occurred thousands of miles away, this is a tragedy that affects all of us,” Moneta said. “I want to acknowledge the extent of the devastation there, and to applaud our students for stepping up.”

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The devastation caused by the earthquake and many subsequent aftershocks in Nepal is tragic. Our thoughts go out to the many victims and their families with hope for stability and recovery as soon as possible. But, for now, we mourn the many losses and seek ways to be of support and service. A group of Duke students, themselves from Nepal, have launched an effort to raise funds to support their community and I share their message below. Please feel to re-distribute it to any who might want to help. Even as we focus on the needs of so many others, I wish you well with your end of year academic work and of the summer ahead. May your future achievements contribute to preventing tragedy and promoting peace and prosperity for all! Larry Moneta Vice President for Student Affairs

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continued from page 1 satisfaction with this year’s artists, emphasizing the improvement from last year. “I felt like Jeremih and T-Pain were more relevant than the artists last year,” said sophomore Rishi Simhal. Junior Davis Treybig also said that he enjoyed this year’s concert more than last year’s, noting that “the vibe the artists had was more enjoyable” than in the past. Soled said that he thought MisterWives was the most popular artist among students, adding that the committee chose the group because of their strong vocals and up-and-coming status. “They really put on a show for the crowd,” he said. “I think their messages of equality and Earth Day were something that Duke students could really relate to.” In addition to enjoying the scheduled performers, many students said that their favorite part of LDOC was the men’s basketball team joining Jeremih on stage. “That was awesome,” said Treybig. “It was a huge surprise that no one saw coming.” Members of the team had connections with Jeremih, who wanted to have them come on stage, Soled explained. He said that although the event was unplanned, it seemed wellreceived by the crowd. Most people considered this year’s LDOC a success, but the committee still received some negative feedback to keep in mind for the future.

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In regard to the silent disco, Soled said that returning students’ DukeCards— which they exchanged for headphones to hear music—became chaotic at times. Additionally, the security measures taken—students were asked to show their DukeCards as they entered the Main West Quadrangle and boarded buses—were burdensome for some students. “I thought that the increased security was unnecessary and bothersome,” said sophomore Elizabeth White. “I felt like I had to show my DukeCard too often.” However, the problems were nothing the committee could not handle and did not diminish LDOC’s improvement in 2015, Saleh said. “Overall, I think it was a success,” he said. “I’m glad we were able to achieve a great LDOC that everyone was able to enjoy.”

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“Sushi Love was familiar with the process and prepared with a lot of the material they needed,” Taylor said. “We wanted a sushi vendor, but it didn’t work out. Sushi Love filled that gap.” Despite some initial difficulties with delivery delays, Sushi Love remains one of the most popular MOP options, according to a student survey conducted by DUSDAC. “I think [adding Sushi Love] was a big win for us,” said DUSDAC co-chair Greg Lahood, a senior. “It’s always exciting to be able to make a decision that you know people are going to be happy with.” DUSDAC was also tasked with filling a second vacant MOP spot this Fall. Satisfaction, a local sports bar, was initially selected to fill this spot in November, but eventually decided not to join the program, Taylor said, leaving an MOP spot still unfilled. The eatery had previously been a member of the MOP program in the 1990s, but left the program in 2007. Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins were then unanimously selected to join the MOP program and fill the spot left open by Satisfaction. Despite its eagerness to join, however, Dunkin’ Donuts faced setbacks in contract negotiations and was unable to begin delivery in the Spring. “Sushi Love was the reason we hoped we could push Dunkin’ through,” Taylor said. “We were hoping we could accelerate this process, but it ended up taking the full two months.” Dunkin’ Donuts is still slated to join Victor Ye | The Chronicle the program and will likely be available Students enjoyed activities all over West Camfor delivery when students return to pus , including massages and a silent disco.

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campus next semester. “Our rationale for trying to add them this Spring will still stand in the Fall,” Lahood said. “There seems to be a pretty healthy demand.” In the Spring, DUSDAC also considered five food trucks to add as on-campus dining options—AmigoSan, Belgian Waffology, Bull City Street Food, Stuft and Taco Grande—and received student opinions on the trucks via an online survey after a free food truck rodeo subsidized by the Duke Student Government . The two most popular candidates for addition to the progarm were Belgian Waffology and Bull City Street Food. Among current food trucks, favorites include Parlez-Vouz Crepe, Deliicious and Gussy’s Street Greek Food, according to the survey. The trucks with the lowest ratings were Mac-Ur-Roni, Captain Poncho’s and Chirba Chirba. Contract negotiations for next year’s MOPs and food trucks will occur this summer and next year’s lineup will be finalized in July.

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FROM FOOTBALL TO FÚTBOL Olivia Banks Staff Writer

For many Duke students, there exists an invisible wall between the University and the larger Durham community. But a group of Blue Devil football players took it upon themselves to start a program that has brought local high school students on campus twice a week this spring for a game that the players themselves are still learning. An idea that originated last June, Soccer Sin Fronteras—a free after-school soccer program—was created as a collaborative effort between Duke and Latino and Latina youth in the Durham area. Despite being much less familiar with soccer, the football players have been instrumental to the program’s early success. The birth of a partnership During the summer of 2014, six Duke football players and a few other students enrolled in an intensive Spanish language course taught by Liliana Paredes, director of the Spanish Language Program. During the six-week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. class, students studied and practiced Spanish and participated in service learning events with the Latino and Latina community, which accounts for 13.5 percent of Durham County. Toward the end of the summer session, redshirt junior defensive tackle A.J. Wolf and

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Spearheaded by the efforts of six Duke football players, the Soccer Sin Fronteras program has provided a place for members of Durham’s Latino and Latina community to play after school.

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junior safety Grant Hall were approached at a community event by Lorena Sanchez, a mother of three, who was looking to start an inexpensive, accessible soccer program for Latino and Latina youth in the area that would benefit them academically as well as socially and physically. “The idea came from the boy in the yellow shoes over there,” Sanchez said, pointing to her son on the soccer field at a recent practice

on Duke’s Central Campus. “He liked to play soccer when he was little and I tried to find a place for him to play, but everything I was looking at was too expensive.” Because Sanchez could not manage to find a suitable program for her son, she sought out Ivan Almonte—a high school counselor who is intricately involved with Latino and Latina youth in Durham—to assist her. Almonte directed her to Paredes, who began the discus-

sion about starting a soccer league. The only question was how to do it. “I was considering different options to make this happen,” Paredes said. “You need some sort of structure because with volunteer work alone, things don’t usually happen very fast.” With some help and input from her colleagues in the Spanish department, Paredes settled on the idea of turning the project into a topic for an independent study. What she originally thought would be just Wolf and Hall turned out to be a small class of nine students—including Wolf, Hall, center Austin Davis, tight end Erich Schneider, offensive tackle Gabe Brandner and defensive end Michael Mann—working together to help one mother bring about her wish for a more accessible soccer program for children like her son. “We needed a course name,” Paredes said. “That’s when we decided to call it Soccer Sin Fronteras [Soccer Without Borders].” An exercise in patience Before the organization could hit the field, however, it needed to complete a detailed to-do list, which the players anticipated would take a few weeks but ended up requiring two months of work. Toward the beginning of the process, the players and students became increasingly concerned See Football on Page 8

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Blue Devils fall just short in ACC title game Alex Serebransky Beat Writer After barely sneaking into the ACC tournament, Duke fell just short of winning its eighth conference title. Playing in their first ACC championship game since 2012, the DUKE 14 No. 6 Blue Devils put CUSE 15 in a valiant effort, but needed one more goal in the end, falling 15-14 to No. 4 Syracuse Sunday at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. “We’re just really proud of our kids’ effort,” Duke head coach John Danowski said in his postgame press conference. “We didn’t back down, we didn’t give up and just kept fighting, and at the end of the day it was probably a lot of fun.” After getting routed by the Orange (11-2) 19-7 at the Carrier Dome March 22, Duke (11-5) got off to a great start Sunday. The Blue Devils followed an early goal by Syracuse senior midfielder Nicky Galasso with five straight scores of its own to jump out to a 5-1 lead after 11 minutes. The Orange stopped an 11:46 scoring

drought with a goal by Hakeem Lecky before Duke freshman Justin Guterding added his first of two goals on the afternoon to give the Blue Devils a 6-2 lead after the first quarter. Whatever momentum Duke had was lost quickly in the second quarter as Syracuse scored five goals in six minutes to erase the Blue Devil lead. Duke’s defense—which had been impressive for the entire semifinal game against No. 1 Notre Dame—disappeared early in the quarter and its breakdown would prove costly. “Lacrosse is a game of runs,” junior midfielder Myles Jones said. “We made our run first, they made their run second, and we knew we were going to a get a run later in the game. We weren’t too worried, it’s the nature of the game and that’s kind of how the ball rolled.” The Blue Devils stopped the bleeding as Guterding scored off an assist by Case Matheis, but that was the only sniff of the back of the net they would get the entire period. After shooting 6-of-8 in the first quarter, the team shot just 1-of-12 in the second. The Orange added two more scores before the end of the quarter to go into halftime with a 9-7 lead.

Duke started the scoring in the second half as Jones found sophomore Jack Bruckner to cut the Syracuse lead to one. The rest of the quarter was a back-and-forth affair as the Orange tried to extend their lead, but the Blue Devils stayed close. With Syracuse leading 12-10 at the start of the fourth quarter, Jones pushed past his defender and fired a goal past the Orange’s Bobby Wardwell to cut the lead to 12-11. Despite concerns that the All-American would be slowed by stitched right hand, Jones played a crucial role in Duke’s comeback effort. “It was crunch time and a lot of guys depend on me, being one of the older guys now,” Jones said. “I had to make my presence felt on the game.” With less than seven minutes to play and the Blue Devils down 14-12, Duke was unable to capitalize on a two-man advantage as Jones fired wide of the goal and Syracuse won possession. The Orange scored on the ensuing trip downfield to extend the lead. The Blue Devils did not go away quietly as they scored two goals in a 24-second span, including one by Jones where he bulldozed over Syracuse defender Tom Grimm and fired in his third goal of the game to cut the deficit to

Nicole Savage | The Chronicle Junior midfielder Myles Jones netted a hat trick in Duke’s 15-14 loss to Syracuse.

just one with 2:32 remaining. Redshirt freshman Kyle Rowe—who had another excellent day at the faceoff X, winning 63.3 percent of his draws—won his 19th of the day to give Duke a chance to tie the See M. Lacrosse on Page 9

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continued from page 7 that the vision they shared with Sanchez would not pan out the way they hoped. The direction was uncertain and the planning was overwhelming, and all of their conversations were centered on infrastructure and funding. But Paredes said that the players and students remained determined to deal with their challenges. “The first two months, we were very frustrated,” Paredes admitted. “We didn’t know the direction we were going, but all of the logistics were things that we ultimately had to do.” In order to work with minors, every member of the group was required to go through a training and certification process beforehand. In addition, the group also had to tackle the issue of risk management and insurance, and with some help from Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Paredes and her students were able to find the right people to guide them. Once the liability information was squared away, it was up to the students to start fine-tuning the details of the program. But like most things leading up to this point, it was not going to be as easy as they originally thought. Paredes pointed out that the hardest part was finding practice space. “There were a lot more logistical hurdles than we thought there’d be,” Hall said. “We came across some obstacles that we didn’t think we would, namely how the kids were going to get here and field reservations.... Insurance was also a big deal.” The group ran into another minor issue

when trying to figure out the specifics of the program—very few of the Duke students had much experience with soccer. As a result, the members of the organization had to educate themselves about the sport in order to be able to best instruct the youth who come to practice with them. Their resources included countless YouTube videos on soccer fundamentals, whatever prior knowledge any individual has about soccer and even some help from members of the Duke men’s soccer team. “Most of the people involved in the program are football players,” Wolf said. “A lot of us haven’t played soccer much or at all. A soccer league is a lot easier to start than, say, a football league, so logistically it is probably the best, but soccer is also the sport of the community that we’re trying to reach.” The process was a learning experience for everyone, as well as something that could not be rushed if the program was to succeed. “It’s not something that we’re the most comfortable with,” Hall said. “But it’s definitely fun to push ourselves.” Mentorship and communication One of the most vital components of a partnership is communication. Hall said that group communication has been made easier by the fact that many of the members are also teammates. “Because we’re teammates, we already have the skills we need to work together,” Hall said. “We can cooperate well, and we can talk to each other on a real level if we have to. And there’s also an aspect of respect that comes from the fact that we’re all working toward the same goal and we can hold each other accountable to do our best.”

The language barrier has not been the easiest to overcome. For many of the program’s participants and their parents, Wolf said, English is not their primary language, which makes it harder to relay messages efficiently. Paredes said this particular obstacle has been a bit easier to overcome due to the diversity of proficiency in Spanish within the group but can still present a problem when trying to communicate important information on a large scale. This communication is particularly important for the athletes and students that coach the kids to be able to communicate effectively with their team. Junior Natasha Catrakilis also emphasized the importance of this particular type of communication. She, as well as other members of the organization, had never coached a team before getting involved with Soccer Sin Fronteras. “Figuring out that dynamic has been quite a challenge,” Catrakilis said. “Trying to figure out how to communicate with someone younger than you, how to get that respect but still have them be comfortable around you has been big challenge for all of us, but doing it in a group setting really helped.” The 42 participants are split up into three teams—a red team, a blue team and a green team—all coached by the student members of the organization. On a typical practice day, following between 30 and 50 minutes of warmup and skill drills, two of the three teams will scrimmage while the other team participates in a leadership discussion led by their coach, with occasional assistance from Paredes. “It’s really during these discussions that you get the closest to the kids, I think,” Hall said. “You get to see what they genuinely think and feel about things outside of just

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playing soccer.” In addition to helping develop their skills, Catrakilis and others see the leadership component of the program as one of the most useful and vital features of the organization. “It’s one thing to develop athletic ability,” Catrakilis said. “What we really try to teach the kids is that all the skills that they learn playing sports can be transferred into school and life and I hope that we are achieving that.” Passion is contagious With the help and support of the Duke and Durham communities, Soccer Sin Fronteras hopes to grow in both size and value to the Latino and Latina community in Durham and elsewhere in North Carolina. Many members of the community have expressed their gratitude for this program and said they are excited to see it grow and plan to help in whatever ways they can. The members of the organization agree that this process has been a valuable learning experience overall. From reserving soccer fields to coaching to fundraising, they all have more knowledge about the Latino and Latina community than they did coming in. “I’m here not just for a degree but for an education,” Hall said. “Getting educated on the culture around me is a super important part of that. Opportunities like this really force some self-reflection on you and I think I’ve learned a lot about myself in having to do that.” Wolf said that one of the most important things he has learned during this process is the importance of bringing energy to the practice field every day. “Passion is contagious,” he said. “You have to lead by example and if you are excited

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first approached by Sanchez, they do not plan on settling for where they are now. With their current resources, they have been forced to turn away youth who are interested in participating. In the immediate future, the group hopes to find even more students, faculty and staff who have a passion for soccer, the Latino and Latina community and the Spanish language to aid in their effort to reach out to young Latino and Latina youth in the Durham area. “A year from today, I see this being a program with about 30-40 kids, a full-size practice field, official uniforms, a roster and some competitive tournament play,” Wolf said. For his 21st birthday, Wolf said that instead of presents, he is accepting donations to the group’s Indiegogo account. Sanchez said the program has proven to be exactly what she was looking for. “The program is stupendous to me,” she said. “It is something that I didn’t expect. I hope that the program grows and lasts for a long time.”* *Translated from Spanish by Olivia Banks Duke to make it this far, let alone come just a goal short. “We’re delighted with our improvement week to week,” Danowski said. “[We’re] disappointed obviously with losing today, but delighted that we fought in that second half.” The Blue Devils will finish up finals before taking on Boston University Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium to close out the regular season.

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rom where we sit—perched on the third floor of the Flowers Building, almost close enough to touch the Chapel at the heart of campus and far enough from the administrators of the Allen Building to maintain a respectable buffer—Duke looks a little different than it does for most students. As the staff of The Chronicle, we often see the University not for the qualities that attracted us here as eager high schoolers, but rather as a series of questions to be answered and stories to be told. From where we sit, we see the beauty of the gothic wonderland in all her glory, but we also see the darkness where we feel bound to shine a light.

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are better than no forums at all even as there are improvements to be made in how we live as activists for our views. But this year has had more dimensions than scandal. There are sweeping ideological changes coming to academics and calls for more institutional traditions. Our curriculum overhaul is set against the very interesting backdrop of concerns for an overly pre-professional student body that sometimes neglects the importance of the humanities. Only time will tell what a Duke education will look like in five or ten years, let alone what kind of student body we will attract or what kinds of administrators will steer the ship with the departure of figures like Trinity Dean Laurie Patton and the major shifts in Duke Kunshan University’s leadership. From August until now, Duke has weathered a truly intense year from the lowest of many lows to the highest of many highs—and an honorable mention of course to our victory in men’s basketball. Remember that we still have lots of room to grow as a university and that each of us has so much to learn about maturing intellectually and personally at such a wonderful institution.

selves that change, but rather you that changes as you climb them. As you arrive at 4:30 p.m., knowing you won’t leave until 3, 4 or 5 a.m., the climb feels hard. Bringing with you the thoughts you have carried throughout the day—sometimes small, “please don’t let me sleep in the office for the third night this week,” sometimes larger, “I slept through my midterm today”—the long stairs feel like just another obstacle in your way. Another obstacle stopping you from reaching out to that last source, stopping you from pushing for that financial document, stopping you from getting the story. In their length, however, the stairs also give you

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For us, there is no better view of Duke University than the halls of 301 Flowers. But no one said getting there was easy. After three years of third-floor dorm rooms, I am no stranger to a staircase. Between elevator-less residence halls, the countless stairs leading up from French Family Science or the mile-long maze that is LSRC, there is no Duke student that isn’t accustomed to a little hike to get where he or she is going. Logically, the two flights of stairs up to The Chronicle’s office would be no different, but as everyone who has taken one too many math classes at Duke knows, sometimes logic fails. You see, the first time you walk up the stairs and arrive outside the thick locked door of the office, it’s hard to think about the flights you have just climbed. Anxiety and excitement gnaw away while you wonder what your first editing session will be like. Did you ask the right questions? Is your story going to be on the front page? The second time you approach the stairs with more enthusiasm, excited to be back for a second story. Maybe this interview will impress your editors. Each time you return with a new, more complex story to go over with your favorite copyeditor, you feel a little more at ease in the office—maybe it reminds you a little of the comfort of home. But then, just as suddenly as you came to fall in love with The Chronicle, one day you’ll be walking to the office and get to the bottom of the stairs, and it will dawn on you just how many people have taken those 39 steps before you. All of the editors, reporters and photographers that have moved this organization forward in the past 110 years of news. Somewhere beyond the doors of the Mary Lou Williams Center and just past the back entrance to CAPS, the staircase changes. It feels long and hard to get to the top. Or maybe it isn’t the steps them-

strength. They connect you to everyone that has come before you and all who will come next. There are a lot of challenges facing media, and The Chronicle is no exception, but when we climb those stairs, we are reminded of why we came to love this organization. We are reminded of the storylines we are privileged to pursue, the amazing minds we count among our sources and the incredible community we have built on our staff. The Chronicle is a family, and the stairs we climb daily are the glue that has bound us together. We are privileged with the best view on campus, and in return we give our best selves to this paper every single day. I mourn for the fact that my time as editor is over, but every time I walk up the stairs to the office, I feel my connection to the organization renewed. And as I hand over the reins to the next set of leaders, I can’t wait to see what the future holds. From where I sit, that looks pretty great. This year was only made possible because of the hard work of those who climbed those stairs beside me every day. I can never thank the staff of V. 110 enough. You are my friends, family and confidants. Thank you Emma Baccellieri for always pushing The Chronicle to be its very best, Nick Martin for reminding me to keep my cool, Georgia Parke for remaining an eternal optimist and Mousa Alshanteer for smiling and nodding through all of my crazy requests. For all of my mentors, both direct—Danielle Muoio, Elysia Su and Dan Carp—and indirect, know that your contributions will live on in future generations of Chronicle leaders. And for all of the others, whose names I haven’t the space to list, know that without your contributions, there would be no Chronicle. Carleigh Stiehm is a Trinity junior and editor-in-chief of The Chronicle. Like her predecessors, she aches with the knowledge that she will never be either again.

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ince my first day of freshman year, I have written more than 150 stories, edited more than three volumes worth of articles and clocked in more hours in 301 Flowers than I would care to admit. I fell in love with a boy for the first time while working through a feature in InCopy and subsequently dealt with my first heartbreak by drinking pumpkin-flavored vodka with another editor on my floor, all while trying to grapple with transitions to Camayak, new carpets and squirrel invasions. My friends have joked that I live in 301 Flowers, and I am here to validate them by writing in print that they were absolutely right. I didn’t do much else with my time here: I didn’t study abroad my junior year,

I did it because it was my passion. At the time, I didn’t see what I was doing as particularly sacrificial—I just saw what I was doing as the most important thing I could be doing. I worry that quantity has begun to replace quality in the lives of adolescents and young adults. We’ve been bred to believe that résumés stocked with several internships and extracurricular activities are the keys to success and, thus, the keys to a happy life. I’m not here to pass judgment—I’m sure there are people who enjoy a myriad of activities and execute most, if not all, relatively well. But I would like to dedicate this column to the more reclusive, passionate types. The

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lived and died by the rule of ‘no new friends’ long before Drake made it cool, but this made my transition to Duke very difficult. Naive. That’s probably the best way to describe her. And by her, I mean me as a freshman. I arrived at Duke thinking that this new chapter of my life would be so much better than the life I was leaving behind. I thought that I would fit in instantly, make plenty of new friends and would finally get to let my hair down after four long years in high school. It’s not that high school was that bad, it was just that I never quite felt like I fit into any particular group. I had my childhood friends, but we started to drift apart in high

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I didn’t join a selective living group or Greek life, I didn’t play club sports or try out for a play. I was living my life at The Chronicle, and truthfully, I don’t regret a second of it. Variety may be the spice of life, but to be frank, it just ain’t my thing. Anyone who knows me can attest—I’m an intense person. I like lengthy Russian novels and dramatic readings of Edgar Allan Poe’s works. I tend to do one thing at a time and put my entire being into it. T.S. Eliot said, “it is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.” Maybe that is why I have had so much trouble writing this column. Because I can’t really explain why I got to Duke and immediately holed myself up in a poorly heated attic overlooking the Chapel steps. Or why I’ve spent more all-nighters on articles than my own academic success. Or why I sacrificed relationships and friendships for hour-long discussions over what story should go above the fold.

ones who prefer to spend hours toiling over an independent study or staying up late to paint the perfect skyline. The ones like Lucy in Aesop Rock’s song “No Regrets”—who spend their entire lives perfecting a skill simply because it made them happy. As Lucy said in the song, “look, I’ve never had a dream in my life because a dream is what you want to do and still haven’t pursued. I knew what I wanted and did it ‘til it was done, so I’ve been the dream that I wanted to be since day one.” So there it is. I did what I wanted here, and I’m still going to be doing it in New York in a few short weeks. Variety be damned and, as a nod to the immortal Tim Riggins, “no regrets.”

school as our priorities changed. This meant, though, that I didn’t really know how to make friends. I had been friends with the same people for so long that I was severely out of practice. I cried every day of my first semester. I didn’t make friends during O-week like it seemed everyone else had and classes were way harder than I expected—I made the mistake of thinking I was good at math. I had a spot on the first floor of Blackwell, down the hall from my room, on the window bench, where I would sit and talk to my parents and cry to them about how I wanted to come home. I owe them an apology for all of those phone calls, sometimes more than one a day, and I commend them for having the strength to tell me that things would get better and that I would get through it. As much as I hate to admit it, my parents were right about everything. By second semester, things were better. I met The Biddies, a group of people who have shown me that it is possible to laugh at, love and be incredibly appalled by their antics on a daily basis (although I think I’ve gotten

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better since my freshman year). I joined Club Soccer and built lasting relationships with my class and the two classes above me and I look forward to our semi-annual reunions. And finally, I started taking photos for The Chronicle. I am so glad that my roommate let me tag along to a photo meeting during our freshman spring. The Chronicle gave me a voice on this campus. At a place where I initially felt so small and insignificant, I now feel important. It wasn’t just this year when thousands of people picked up the 1K supplement or the National Championship issue. It was also my three years as the unofficial beat photographer for Academic Council, where I learned

almost everything there is to know about Duke Kunshun University. Or the time that I convinced the sports department to let me notch my first byline on the Iowa capsule. It didn’t matter to me how many people saw it, it just mattered that someone did. As I look back on my last four years, I no longer feel like that naive freshman that thought everything was going be perfect. Duke has become my home (my mom hates that I call it that) and in the process has taught me a thing or two about managing expectations. However, in a few short weeks when it is time to move on, I know that I will once again be that girl that cries about leaving home. Brianna Siracuse is a Trinity senior and sports photography editor of The Chronicle. She would like to thank all of the people that kept her sane this past year including Sophia, Danielle, Nick, Ryan, Amrith, Emma, Izzi, Eliza, her parents and everyone else. She would also like to thank Elysia for bringing her to that first meeting and for being an awesome roommate for the past four years.

Road trips down memory lane

othing gets me excited quite like a road trip. There’s something about pressing down on the gas pedal with a destination in mind that gets my blood pumping. During the past four years, my short career as a journalist has taken me

publications—I was flying solo. And as much as I love road tripping, I hate anything that involves me being alone. I don’t deal well with silence, and I don’t deal well with isolation. For better or for worse, I crave human interaction. It’s the reason why I would much rather

Daniel Carp SENIOR COLUMN across the country. For every journey that led me to the steps of the White House or the NCAA basketball tournament, there was one that led me to a tiny minor league baseball stadium in a New Jersey beach town or across the plains of Indiana. Each big trip always starts by loading up my belongings into my black Honda Accord—which I put more than 23,000 miles on since I brought it to Duke the day I officially became sports editor the summer after my sophomore year. Although working with The Chronicle has afforded me a number of worthy travel companions over the years, on a number of these trips—mainly the ones I took during my summers for other

do my schoolwork in a crowded common room than a quiet library, even if doing so means inevitable side conversations will make accomplishing my tasks take longer than it should. And while shuffling through the music on my iPhone takes care of the silence, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s just me and the road and my uncertain future ahead. So instead of listening to music, I make phone calls. I use my hours alone on the open road to pore through my memory and call friends who haven’t heard from me in a while. Some of them I haven’t spoken to in months, others years; ironically, you don’t understand what it means to say “it’s been years” to another per-

son until it actually has been. As whatever new landscape drifts by outside the driver’s side window, I sift through my contacts from A to Z and remind myself of how we’ve lost touch. I wait with bated breath as each ring passes by with seconds feeling like hours. When the ringing finally subsides, I hear the warmth of a familiar voice as memories begin to rush back into my head. Most of the time, whoever is on the other end of that phone call is surprised to hear from me. I can’t really blame them—the way we communicate today is based on a constant stream of instant gratification. It’s quantity instead of quality, and because we are so accessible to one another via cell phones and the Internet people tend to believe that if you don’t hear from someone in a while, it means they don’t want to hear from you, either. I use these phone calls as somewhat of a test, because I’ve found that real friendships stand the test of time. Regardless of how long it has been since you’ve last spoken, diving back into conversation should be effortless. Sometimes my phone call lasts for five minutes—other times an hour. Either way, when one is finished I move to the next name on my list until I reach

my destination. Until now, the only people I’ve had to call on these road trips have been friends from home, with the occasional Duke graduate sprinkled in. But once the Class of 2015 crosses that stage at commencement, my list will grow exponentially. All of a sudden, classmates from my freshman dorm, my fraternity brothers and friends with whom I worked at The Chronicle—people who have seen both the best and worst of me during my four year residency in the Gothic Wonderland—will become the people to whom I sigh and say “it’s been years.” Just thinking about it is scary—time running out and tearing down the support system you spent so long building. Conversely, it’s a new challenge. More friendships for time to test, and more importantly, more calls to make. So next time you hear your phone ring and see that it’s me, don’t act so surprised. Daniel Carp is a Trinity senior. He served as sports editor for The Chronicle’s 109th volume and co-Editor of Towerview Magazine for The Chronicle’s 110th volume. He would like to thank his family and friends for their undying support and The Chronicle’s entire staff—past and present—for taking this journey with him.

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