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TABLE OF CONTENTS Housing reform...................P.3 Construction update...........P.5 Becoming a smoke-free campus..............................P.6 High-seas rescue.................P.8 Gene-editing on live animals..............................P.9 How student activities fees are used.....................P.11 Campus crime..................P.13 Three new lemurs.............P.14 Cover Photo: Bre Bradham | Contributing Photographer

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Housing reform sparks campus conversation

By Rob Palmisano Contributing Reporter

This January, a dozen students met in the Brodhead Center to hash out their criticisms of the current West Campus housing model. They would be the first of more than 350 current students and alumni to sign their names in support of change. Fast-forward four months, and Duke Students for Housing Reform (DS4HR) is now a full-fledged student organization dedicated to advocating for the decoupling of selectivity with housing on West Campus. Sophomore Spencer Kaplan, a Class of 2021 representative to DS4HR’s 2018-2019 executive board, said the organization’s goal is to build community. “Every student just wants to have a feeling of community. What we’re trying to do is not disrupt the existing communities, but to make sure every student has ample community where they live,” he said. issue of housing reform], which is awesome,” Thompson said. ‘Opening up that conversation has been a Kaplan explained that he believes DS4HR’s big victory for us’ advantage as a group is that it doesn’t necessarily As they look ahead to next year, Kaplan have one specific model or course of action in and other leaders of DS4HR reflected on the mind, but that the group is united around a progress they’ve already made along the path to common idea. He added that the creation of achieving their goals. the task force will hopefully allow DS4HR to Senior Kayla Thompson—a Class of 2019 serve as a source of student input into future representative on the organization’s executive housing policies. board—pinpointed the creation of the Next “I don’t think we’re going to liaise Generation Living and Learning Experience directly into it, but our group is definitely Board of Trustees task force as a milestone for interested in seeing the developments of the organization. that, and we’re going to try and contribute “Through conversations between President however we can,” he said. Price and some of our founders around Nevertheless, Thompson explained the January and through other factors of course, importance of recognizing that students who President Price must have found it important applied to serve on the task force and who enough to create a [separate task force on the were ultimately chosen do not necessarily

meetings] with an agenda, and we are not trying to fill all of the committee spots with members of DS4HR,” she began. “But it does give me a chance to speak with many, many more students about their thoughts on housing reform on campus.” Junior Leah Abrams, one of the founders of DS4HR, echoed this sentiment, explaining that DS4HR wants “anyone and everyone” to come forward and share whatever their opinions are on housing. She added that the organization has encouraged anyone to apply, regardless of whether they subscribe to DS4HR’s mission. Abrams further explained that regardless of who is on the committee, she feels very confident that when those representatives take a more formal look at how students are either satisfied or dissatisfied with the current housing model, they will find that the housing system is not equitable. Then, By Jeremy Chen | Graphics Editor those people will be in prime position to share their thoughts with administrators and believe in the decoupling of selectivity with the Board of Trustees. housing and “I just have not heard c o m p l e t e l y Every student just wants to have a great argument that overhauling the a feeling of community. What everybody on campus housing system. is happy with the way Rather, she we’re trying to do is not disrupt things stand, and so I’m explained that the existing communities, but to ready to hear what they the task force find,” she said. is an entity make sure every student has ample Beyond stimulating charged with community where they live. conversations about learning more housing reform and spencer kaplan the external creation of about students’ SOPHOMORE AND MEMBER OF DS4HR a task force to further opinions—that is, there is not investigate the issue, necessarily a relationship between the task the organization has also made tangible HRL force and DS4HR. policy progress, said Joe Gonzalez, assistant Thompson, who will serve on the task force, vice president of student affairs and dean for elaborated on how she intends to use her role. See HOUSING on Page 15 “We are not going [into task force

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Residence hall construction rolls along Renovations to housing on East and West campuses, new dormitories and construction of new alumni center headline University’s ongoing projects By Nathan Luzum Senior Editor

A more modern Duke has come close to fruition as construction crews have been toiling to put the finishing touches on older renovations and lay the groundwork for new ones. Sparkling renovated dorms, a brand-new engineering building and solar panels are just some of things students have to look forward to in the coming months and years. The Chronicle summarized the most recent updates on construction heading into the 2018-19 academic year. Crowell Quad The renovation of Crowell Quad—which started in the summer of 2017—will be wrapping up this summer, said Joe Gonzalez, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life. He explained that much of the construction during the school year was focused on demolishing portions of the building’s interior and installing a central air conditioning system. The remaining work includes redoing bathrooms, remodeling common room kitchens, repairing and painting dorm room walls and installing new flooring in some portions of the building. “With the Crowell renovation, we have run into unknowns,” Gonzalez said. “As you begin working on certain projects, you discover that more work needs to be done than you anticipated.” The main issue he noted was the condition of the dorm’s roof. Although replacing the roof was not initially in the plans, it became necessary after workers observed its condition. Completing the roof installation and putting the finishing touches on the dorm’s interior are all that remains before the renovation is complete—ideally at the end of June, Gonzalez said. It will be ready to house students in Fall 2018, he added.

Craven Quad The renovation of Craven Quad began in the middle of May and will continue throughout the 2018-2019 academic year, displacing Craven residents to Few Quad and the 300 Swift apartment complex. Gonzalez described the Craven renovations as “essentially the same project” as those in Crowell, including the installation of central air conditioning, bathroom remodeling, a new roof and renovated common rooms. The Craven construction is slated for completion next summer, making it ready to house students in the Fall 2019 semester, he said. The Hollows Duke’s newest dorm complex, The Hollows, is part of the effort to phase out Central Campus by providing housing for around 500 to 550 additional students on West Campus. Construction on the The Hollows began in the summer of 2017. In the past year, the work focused on establishing the foundation and framework of the dorm, Gonzalez explained. “The hope is to have that building enclosed sometime this fall, and then the rest of the work would be interior,” he said. Project manager Hector Hernandez wrote in an email that a delay on the utilities permit from Durham has been the only major setback, but the dorm is still on track to be completed by July 2019. The goal is to complete the construction by next summer so that students can occupy the building for the Fall 2019 semester. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, announced in September that the University was seeking to move undergraduates off Central Campus to 300 Swift or West Campus by Fall 2019.

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Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center The Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center project covers the renovation of a current building—the Forlines House along Chapel Drive—and construction of another building between Chapel Drive and Duke University Road. The Forlines House is currently undergoing drywall installation, and the finishing work will soon start, project manager Sally Curtis wrote in an email. Across Chapel Drive, the events building and its meeting pavilion are being enclosed, and the second floor of the office building is being poured with concrete. The center is on schedule to be completed in June 2019, she wrote. Engineering Building A new engineering building is set to be constructed near the intersections of Research Drive and Telcom Drive, just north of Bostock Library. The 150,000 square foot building will cost approximately $115 million, according to a press release. Project manager Bill McGraw wrote in an email that utilities See CONSTRUCTION on Page 17

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East Campus Although most major construction is taking place on West Campus, there will also be renovations on East Campus this year. Southgate will be closed for the upcoming academic year for installation of central air conditioning and sprinklers, Gonzalez explained. In addition, Epworth will be closed, but Jarvis and East House will house students from the Class of 2022, despite the completion of Trinity House. “We’ll continue to use Jarvis and East,” Gonzalez said. “Trinity is intended to replace Epworth, Jarvis and East, but we’re going to go ahead and use those buildings for a couple years as we get some of these large projects done.” Trinity House opened in January 2018 after 18 months of construction.

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University prepares to go smoke-free in 2020 By Stefanie Pousoulides University News Editor

Bre Bradham | Contributing Photographer Approximately two percent of Duke students matriculate as smokers., but 11 percent graduate as smokers.

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Want to smoke? Not for much longer on Duke’s campus. President Vincent Price announced in April that Duke will become a smoke-free campus starting July 1, 2020. This ban covers combustible forms of tobacco, like cigarettes, cigars and hookahs—but does not apply to e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco or therapeutic products containing nicotine. Research for this policy had already been in the works for quite some time—and has found that a ban alone will not significantly change the health of the community. James Davis, assistant professor of medicine and medical director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation, wrote in an email that he and other members of the program had spent roughly a year researching other campuses that already underwent the smoke-free transition. He explained that they found a “real change in the health of a community” on a smokefree campus when accompanied by “high quality” treatment and a policy education that was made accessible to all students, faculty and staff. “What we found is that the policy itself is really the tip of the iceberg,” Davis wrote. “The real impact on campus has to do with an implementation of effective, affordable treatment and broad education on the harms of tobacco.” Equipped with free, “world-class” treatment and an educational mission, Davis said that Duke will be doing just that. Senior Kushal Kadakia, former executive vice president of Duke Student Government, described the University’s endorsement of the policy as a “major public health victory.” Kadakia has acted as a liaison between the student body and the smoke-free initiative, advocating for the policy change at Graduate and Professional Student Council and DSG meetings. He noted that such an education is of particular importance to Duke students because two percent of them matriculate as regular smokers and roughly 11 percent graduate as smokers. Duke becoming a smoke-free campus will foster a “healthier campus with a broader culture of wellness,” Kadakia added. “By having the policy in place, no longer selling such things on campus, having treatment available, we’ll see those rates cut in half based on the literature,” Kadakia said. But, why wait two years to implement the policy? Davis indicated in an email that institutions that enacted the policy within a year noticed that the transition was “too fast” to “provide sufficient education and treatment up front.” Campuses with two to three year windows yielded better results. Davis added that he and his team collected survey data and talked to “multiple groups and individuals” to gauge what Duke community members would value most in a smoking policy. Davis emphasized that the implemented changes “strongly reflect the views of students, faculty and employees on campus.” “There is no enforcement until 2020, when the policy will go into effect,” Kadakia said. “In the transition period, there is a lot of stuff we will be doing…with different student groups on campus to make sure we are communicating the changes.” Kadakia highlighted some of the primary means the program plans to communicate the changes to the student body, which include a collaboration with admissions to relay the smoke-free policy to incoming students, the use of student programming and enhancing AlcoholEdu training with more information on tobacco smoking. “I think it’s really important to educate people and promote the health education and health literacy,” Kadakia said. The smoke-free policy will be enforced through a “community-based system,” Kadakia said. Some people will have great difficulty attempting to stop smoking, he noted, so it is “really important” that the policy does not target these people, but rather provides them with access to the resources they need. According to Kadakia, it is important for the Duke community to understand why only combustible products— not non-combustible tobacco products—are prohibited by the new policy. Combustible forms contain carcinogens that increase the risk of cancer, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Non-combustible forms—like e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco—“have just as much nicotine as cigarettes but far lower levels of carcinogens and other toxins,” Kadakia wrote in an email. Additionally, as not all smokers are able to quit smoking, both Kadakia and Davis indicated that not banning noncombustible forms would be necessary to provide a means of therapy and to prevent marginalization on campus. In fact, Davis noted that the majority of the Duke community reflected that message “loud and clear.” “[Duke students, faculty and staff] are only interested in implementing a policy if we have a decent strategy for managing See SMOKE-FREE on Page 17

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Duke researchers aid in high-seas rescue By Shannon Fang Towerview Managing Editor

A research trip recently turned into a rescue mission for Duke scientists. The research cruise, the R/V Sally Ride, approached a ship stranded at sea in the equatorial Pacific. The ship had a broken mast, one working engine and was low on fuel. The two men on board had survived only on fish from the ocean and rice for two weeks. The researchers on the Sally Ride are geochemists and geophysicists from Duke and other institutions around the world. During their month-long expedition, they are collecting samples in the Cocos-Nazca spreading center— where tectonic and magmatic processes occur—to study how oceanic crust is formed. Two days before the rescue, the Sally Ride received a message from the U.S. Coast Guard that a vessel 140 miles northwest sent out a distress signal. The sailors were short on fuel, food and water, and the Sally Ride was the closest ship available to help. See RESCUE on Page 18

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Duke scientists successfully edit the genes of living animals without modifying their DNA

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The gene editing tool CRISPR has recently been in the limelight for its ability to precisely target and cut out specific DNA sequences. Now, Duke researchers have taken the next step by showing how the technology can be used in living animals. Duke researchers used a modified version of the CRISPRCas9 system to suppress a mouse cholesterol-regulating gene in a study published in the journal Nature Communications April 26. Since previous research used the technology to target the DNA of cells in culture—as opposed to living organisms—the discovery marks an advancement toward utilizing CRISPR as a therapeutic treatment. “This demonstrates that you can use these types of CRISPR tools not just for changing DNA sequence, but [also] for applications where you can pick any gene in the genome and go in and turn that gene on or off without modifying DNA,” said Charles Gersbach, Rooney Family associate professor of biomedical engineering and senior author of the paper. The traditional CRISPR system includes a protein called Cas9 bound to a strand of RNA—known as guide RNA— that recognizes a specific sequence of DNA, according to the paper. When the guide RNA encounters that DNA, the CRIPSR complex binds to the DNA, and Cas9 acts like a pair of scissors to cut out the targeted section of the genome. Researchers have been trying to harness this system to excise DNA mutations known to cause certain rare diseases, Gersbach noted. However, he added, treating more common diseases requires adjusting gene expression levels by turning certain genes on or off, as opposed to cutting them out of the genome entirely. For this paper, Gersbach’s lab used a modified version of CRISPR in which the Cas9 protein had lost its ability to cut DNA, but was able to attract other molecules in the cell to keep the targeted gene turned off. In this instance, the gene was Pcsk9, which is involved in regulating cholesterol. “[Pcsk9 has] been a popular drug target because if you block it, you can lower cholesterol levels, and that can be useful in treating cardiovascular disease,” Gersbach said.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The discovery marks and advancement toward utilizing CRISPR as a therapeutic treatment.

Pratiksha Thakore, lead author of the paper and a former graduate student in Gersbach’s lab, added that they also chose the gene because its activity can be easily measured. “Practically speaking, an important question when using these CRISPR-Cas9 repressors is what happens over time to the silencing,” she said. “Because PCSK9 [the product of the Pcsk9 gene] is secreted into the blood, it was a very good model gene for us to use because we could take blood samples from the mice in the study and track what was happening to the Pcsk9 expression.” But, before they could test CRISPR’s ability to silence the gene, the researchers had to choose a vehicle that could safely and efficiently deliver the treatment to the liver cells of mice. To do this, they turned to adeno-associated viruses, which have been studied extensively in gene therapy, Thakore explained. The AAVs act as cocoons that house the CRISPR machinery and shuttle it throughout the body before depositing the gene editing technology inside a specific type of cell. She noted that AAVs are a safe method of delivery since they have already been approved for gene therapy use in Europe and are in late-stage clinical trials in the United States. Nonetheless,

adapting CRISPR to fit inside the cramped interior of an AAV proved to be a challenge. “The CRISPR-Cas9 system that’s most widely used wasn’t easily delivered using the AAV system, so we had to explore the use of other CRISPR-Cas9s,” Thakore said. Because the CRISPR-Cas9 system is adapted from bacteria, researchers chose a smaller variant of the protein that was found inside a different strain of bacteria, she explained. The smaller Cas9 protein could now successfully squeeze inside the AAV. Gersbach emphasized the longevity of this treatment, noting that Pcsk9 was repressed for six months with just one administration of the therapy. If properly developed and tested, CRISPR delivery could be a more cost-effective option than current treatments, which must be given more frequently, he added. The mice in the experiment did show an immune response to the CRISPR delivery, Gersbach noted, but it was not severe. “The transient immune response kind of dissipated over time without any intervention,” he said. “While we did observe an immune response, there weren’t any kind of adverse consequences.” Moving forward, Thakore indicated that it would be important to examine the immune response further and determine potential methods for mitigating the response. Testing the AAV-based delivery system in larger animals and evaluating its safety, Gersbach added, would be an important step in determining whether the system would be viable for clinical use in the future. He said that he was also looking forward to targeting different types of tissues with the CRISPR system. After all, he noted, delivering the therapy to liver cells by injecting AAVs into the bloodstream is fairly straightforward because of the liver’s job to filter blood. Other body tissues, such as skeletal muscle, might be more difficult to target, Gersbach explained. Another potential experiment, he added, could focus on studying diseases where the targeted gene needs to be turned on as opposed to off. “The ability to go in and change the expression of any gene and not just [change] a DNA mutation opens up the door to much more common diseases like cardiovascular disease, as we demonstrated here,” Gersbach said.

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Every undergraduate pays a $131.50 student activities fee. How does Duke Student Government spend its part? By Stefanie Pousoulides University News Editor

All Duke undergraduates pay a student activities fee, but do you really know where your money goes? Last year, each undergraduate paid $131.50 to fund student activities. Each year, the student activities fee is adjusted for inflation and distributed to Duke University Union, Duke Student Government and class councils. Although the exact share that each of the three receives is uncertain, the majority goes to DUU and DSG, according to senior Luke Farrell, chair of student organization financing committee for 2017-2018. This article specifically investigates DSG’s use of student funds through SOFC. DSG’s portion of the student activities fee is divvied up between its annual budget and programming events. At the start of each academic year, the annual budget is deducted from DSG’s portion, and the remainder is used for programming events. Since the 2018-2019 annual budget is approximately $380,000, the programming fund for this upcoming academic year will be the remainder of DSG’s portion of the student activities fee. The ins and outs of programming Programming funds are for events hosted by student organizations that are open to and free for all undergraduates. Ranging from speaker fees to food orders, organizations can submit their receipts of the items and services already purchased to SOFC for reimbursement. However, there are some exceptions to what SOFC will fund, including general body meetings, t-shirts, alcohol, decorations, group-only events and giveaways, according to the guidelines listed on SOFC’s website. In the past academic year, SOFC has approved and denied a wide variety of funding requests. The Asian Student Association received $100 for a fog machine for its Lunar New Year Show, but was denied $500 to pay for fortune cookies, red envelopes and stickers. In contrast, Business Oriented Women was provided $960 of of its $1,000 request to order Monuts delivery. Farrell explained that SOFC does “a case-by-case evaluation” of programming events. “If your organization has five people in it, I don’t think it makes your organization any less valuable than an organization that has 200 people in it,” he said. No matter the size of the organization, Farrell said that all events can add “a lot of value to campus.” During the 2017-2018 academic year, the student group that received the most programming funds was Blue Devils United, which was funded roughly $38,000. Trailing closely behind was the Duke Catholic Center, which received roughly $31,000. These two groups also requested the most SOFC programming funds compared to all other organizations. The groups that receive more funds simply request them more frequently, Farrell noted. “The problem with some organizations having disproportionate programming fees is not that they are asking too much, it’s that other groups are not asking enough,” he said. SOFC hosted six information sessions this year to teach organizations how to request programming funds. Their goal was to reach out to groups that do not often utilize the programming fund, Farrell explained. However, funding for events does not just stop with SOFC. “I think all groups have access to additional funding sources,” Farrell said. “Every group has a department they can ask, an additional fund they can ask. There are plenty of sources on campus.” For example, service, social action and cultural groups have access to the Cultural Engagement Fund. Although these groups have access to other funding sources, service and social action groups receive the highest percentage of programming funds, and cultural groups the second highest. “I think, compared to Greek life or [selective living groups], cultural groups are doing the most programming on campus. They have a ton of programming opportunities,” Farrell said. “And I think that is why they are represented there.” He explained that differences between groups’ requested allocations and what they were actually funded may be attributed to not understanding SOFC guidelines. “Where you see a very large disparity, it is because those

groups did not realize what the rules were or were not made clear to them,” Farrell said.

according to Farrell. “We are not going to fund a sticker maker for the next five years,” Farrell said. “[DuARTS] can keep that sticker maker and make any number of stickers they want for an extended period of time. So that was the kind of rationale for that very specific instance.” Another piece to the annual budgeting puzzle includes student organizations in their first year. Their pieces do not seem to fit like the rest, as they are capped to $1,000 for their first year being chartered.

The beast of the annual budget It took over 29 hours to approve the $380,000 20182019 DSG annual budget. Senate must complete two readings of the budget prior to passage, so its April 4 and April 11 meetings cumulatively lasted for nine hours. SOFC also spent over 20 hours in annual budget hearings that spanned over three days–without breaking quorum— bring the total to 29 hours. “That is really impressive. [SOFC] is very committed,” Comparing the annual budget to programming Farrell said. “We received a record low number of appeals Farrell believes programming funds are more efficient both in programming and annual budget. That’s indicative than annual budget allocations. As opposed to budget of the fact that groups are happy because they understand allocations being for conferences that organizations what is happening.” “might attend,” programming requests come before Farrell said he thinks positively of groups coming into SOFC two weeks prior to their events with receipts for Senate to present their appeals. purchases that have already made. “Instead of us speculating of what a group wants or He said he thinks programming events are important in speculating what their needs are, it’s better to get it particular because they are open to all students and have a directly from that group,” Farrell said. “So, I think it is “huge impact on campus culture.” productive to have groups “It brings people outside come in very often. Sometimes I think all groups have access to of the group in and connects it is good to have a senator additional funding sources. Every them with the kind of work that consult with those people, so you are interested in doing, so they feel comfortable in this group has a department they can ask, actually programming is a really space because I know it can be an additional fund they can ask. There great thing,” Farrell said. an intimidating space.” Even with the tradeoff that The items that SOFC funds are plenty of sources on campus. comes between programming for annual budgets compose and annual budget allocations, quite an assorted bag. For considers annual luke farrell SOFC example, organizations’ CHAIR OF THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION FINANCING budgeting to be a “very separate” COMMITTEE FOR 2017-2018 process requests for T-shirts and stickers from programming are not approved, but sticker fund calculations. makers are. Farrell said that although Farrell explained that T-shirts are not funded because there are two distinct categories of groups—“programming they are “egregiously expensive” and funding them for groups” and “annual budget groups”—some groups fall in one ground would translate into them being “universally between. requested” by all groups. SOFC also does not believe He explained that SOFC does not want to create a T-shirts to be “an effective way of spending student “perverse incentive system” for “programming groups” money,” he added. to believe they will not have the same access to the “We fund 125 groups in the annual budget. If every annual budget as “annual budget groups,” and vice single one of those groups got free T-shirts for every single versa. one of their members, our annual budget would truly “It’s important for us to recognize that those are two increase by $50,000,” Farrell said. separate needs and that we consider them separately,” There is a similar story for SOFC sticker funding. SOFC Farrell said. “It’s not in our internal calculus to had over $10,000 of requests in stickers two years ago, but determine how much programming you do as we are it did not fund them, Farrell said. calculating your annual budget allocation. You can This year, however, DuARTS received funding for be a great programming group and get hundreds of a sticker maker because it is a long-term investment, people and add a lot of value to campus. But, you could aligns with the organization’s mission and has a also have a large group that requires a lot of annual specific task to do creative and interesting things, budgeting and that have a lot of internal leads.”

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A look at campus crime: Drop in DukeALERTS for 2017-2018 By Ben Leonard

specific details and circumstances to determine if and when a timely warning is issued.” Far fewer DukeALERTS were issued from June 2017 to 2018 The man, who was not affiliated with Duke, was later than the previous year. identified and banned from campus, Moneta wrote in an email. Members of the Duke community only received three DukeALERTS this past year, compared to the 10 alerts released Crime in 2017-18 from June 2016 to 2017. Vice President for Administration After five sexual assaults were reported for criminal Kyle Cavanaugh wrote in an email to The Chronicle that these investigation last year, that number dropped to two, Cavanaugh numbers tend to vary from year to year. Many of last year’s wrote. He noted that just one of the incidents involved a Duke DukeALERTs were issued in response to alleged incidents “near, student, and that no investigation was undertaken at the but slightly off campus,” Cavanaugh added. victim’s behest. The most common crime on campus and at Duke University DukeALERT not issued for attempted kidnapping Medical Center remains theft of items left unattended, One of the most notable incidents on campus this Cavanaugh added. The most recent Duke Student Experiences year—an attempted kidnapping of a Survey, issued in February of 2017, student—did not receive a DukeALERT. Overall, Duke continues to stated that a “clear majority of students In February, a student on Yearby Street in at all levels reported feeling safe on Central Campus reported that a man in be a safe place for students, campus.” an unmarked white van approached her, faculty, staff, and visitors. “Overall, Duke continues to be a reportedly saying, “you are my dream— safe place for students, faculty, staff, get in the van.” The student walked away kyle cavanaugh and visitors,” Cavanaugh wrote. from the man unscathed and reported the Duke has also made a “significant VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION incident to a nearby security guard. investment” in improving security Although no DukeALERT was issued, in recent years by increasing staffing, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, sent an security cameras and lighting, Cavanaugh explained. email to students approximately five and a half hours after He also highlighted the new LiveSafe Mobile app that the reported incident, which went viral on social media. provides users with easy access to emergency contacts, a way “Information about this incident is spreading widely across to submit tips and a feature called “SafeWalk,” which allows a social media and while I do not want to minimize the troubling friend to virtually track a user until they arrive safely to their nature of this incident, I do want to calm excessive fears,” destination. Moneta wrote in the email to students. “Duke Police are fully engaged in investigation of the incident and we will continue to DukeALERTS: deploy additional security staff in Central Campus as we have September 29, 2017 for quite awhile. Your safety remains our highest priority.” Two students encountered a suspicious man inside a West Cavanaugh did not respond directly to a question from Campus dorm room. Neither student knew the approximately The Chronicle about why a DukeALERT was not issued for 30-year-old man, who was in the room when they walked in. this incident. John Dailey, chief of the Duke University Police Department “Unlike cities, neighborhoods, or even K-12 schools, (DUPD), said that the man was able to enter because the door the federal government prescribes requirements for timely was left unlocked, but added that nothing was stolen. warnings for colleges and universities,” Cavanaugh wrote. “Each situation is reviewed individually based upon the See CRIME on Page 18

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Classes are over and campus is quiet, but the Duke Lemur Center is still hopping thanks to the arrival of three new furry friends. The Lemur Center recently welcomed three blue-eyed black lemur infants into its family— two in March and one in April. Born March 14, Gellar was named after the actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played the protagonist Buffy in the popular show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Just more than a week later, Hamill— whose namesake is Star Wars actor Mark Hamill—was born March 22. “There are different naming themes for each species of lemur that we have here at the [Lemur Center],” said Sara Clark, director of communications at the Lemur Center. “All of our blue-eyed black lemurs are named after blue-eyed celebrities.” Mark Hamill told the Lemur Center that he was “very honored” to have a lemur named after him, Clark shared, adding that they have yet to receive a response from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Gellar and Hamill—who respectively weighed 71 grams and 72 grams at birth—are healthy infants. Over the past few months, they have continued to grow and are “definitely becoming bolder,” Clark said. When lemurs are young, they cling to their mother’s belly or back, rarely leaving her side. As they get older, they begin to explore their surroundings, moving farther away from her. “Hamill, for example, started out being less than a foot away from [his mother] at all times, but now he’s venturing [out] a little bit further,” Clark said. “He’s crawling on his brother Lincoln, which is really cute to watch.” Although visitors to the Lemur Center

Photos Courtesy of the Duke Lemur Center The Lemur Center has welcomed three new blue-eyed black lemurs recently—Gellar, Hamill and Ranomasina.

this summer will not be able to see Gellar and Hamill, two other blue-eyed black lemurs named Presley and Kidman will be visible from the tour path. Blue-eyed black lemurs are an endangered species—it is estimated that there are less than 1,000 of these lemurs left in the wild on Madagascar. There are five females of breeding age in North America, and the Lemur Center is home to four of them— including Hamill’s mother West and Gellar’s mother Wiig, Clark explained.

“This is a really interesting and charismatic species, [but] they are very critically endangered lemurs—the most rare species that we have here at the Lemur Center,” Clark said. “A few years ago, it was estimated that they would be extinct in the wild in less than a decade.” Clark shared that Gellar and Hamill are part of a conservation breeding program that is working to create a “genetic safety net” for the species in the event that blue-eyed black lemurs go extinct in the wild. She added that there may be more lemur

birth announcements in the near future. “We do hope to announce some more infants very soon, but you’ll have to stay tuned,” she told The Chronicle at the beginning of May. Almost three weeks later, the Lemur Center announced the birth of Ranomasina—another blue-eyed black lemur. This newborn’s name means “sea” in Malagasy, which is the national language of Madagascar. Ranomasina was delivered by cesarean See LEMUR on Page 19

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Thompson explained that the two problems DS4HR has most commonly run into are the limiting infrastructure at Duke and the tendency of group ideologies to constrain individual residential life. opinions. She said that there are often individual members The East Campus house linking program—which allows within selective living groups who support housing reform, but residents of East Campus houses to opt into the same West who often feel like they can’t speak up due to their involvement Campus housing block the following fall—was piloted this in the organization. past year with Brown, Blackwell and Giles, Gonzalez noted. These organizations as a whole have been hesitant to offer Plans are underway to implement this option for all East support, which effectively removes a potential area of support Campus houses next year. from the Duke student population. Moreover, the residential But the house linking program is not the only initiative HRL college model is not so easily implemented at Duke, as its Gothic has experimented with since the inception of the current West buildings have not been built like those designed to allow such Campus housing model to strengthen the transition from East a model to succeed. to upperclassman houses, Gonzalez said. He explained that “We’ve definitely had an uphill battle,” Thompson said. other pilot programs have included ‘open house’ nights where Moneta elaborated on the difficulty of adhering Duke’s first-year students could visit the independent houses and get buildings to fit the residential college model, explaining that a better feel for them, independent house the Gothic residences have very fairs where first-year students could come If you say the word ‘housing’ on tiny rooms, very narrow hallways to meet house leaders and ask questions campus now, people think of and very limited common space. and information brochures sent to firstDuke must make the best use of housing reform. year students. the inventory it has, he added. More recently, socials have been held in As both a supporter of conjunction with room sign-up for first year kayla thompson housing reform and a member of students to visit their house and meet current SENIOR AND REPRESENTATIVE ON THE EXECUTIVE a selective living group, Abrams BOARD OF DS4HR elaborated on the sensitivity of house members as well as receive invitations to their future houses’ spring cook-outs, disrupting existing community he added. He also mentioned that just this past year, each quad dynamics on campus. sponsored a programming week where a series of events was held “People who are part of selective groups—I’m actually a and first-year students could attend to get a feel for them. part of both—rightfully really value their living situations,” Gonzalez explained that these events turned out to be she said. “It feels really good to have that community, so it opportunities for current members to meet each other more can be persuasive to argue that we can just make independent frequently, adding that HRL is currently looking into whether living better without having to take away our existing living such an effort should be done during the early fall instead and situations,” she said. focus on current house members. Moving forward, Thompson said that the group will also Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, explained prioritize obtaining more signatures on its petition by finding that he hopes the recent change to require all incoming ways to get potential members involved more successfully. freshmen to receive random roommates will expand first-years’ “We had a really strong founders team, but a limited one, exposure to different students and facilitate the development of and all of us were incredibly busy. That was definitely one of new friendships that will lead to independent houses with more our biggest weaknesses but something we can continue working tightly knit groups of friends. toward next semester,” she said. Independent students are already at a disadvantage when it ‘We’ve definitely had an uphill battle’ comes to mobilizing their opinions because the same groupBut growing DS4HR has not been without its challenges, chats that might exist assist in rallying support from students and by admission of its members, there is still much work to be in fraternities and SLGs don’t exist for their unaffiliated done moving forward. counterparts, Kaplan explained. He added that simply keeping FROM PAGE 3

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the conversation going around campus is the most important priority for DS4HR heading into next year. ‘If you say the word ‘housing’ on campus now, people think of housing reform’ Despite the challenges ahead, DS4HR has persisted, and the organization is releasing a policy brief which summarizes all of the projects the group has been working on this past semester, Kaplan explained. According to Thompson, the policy brief will include several items such as continuing efforts to obtain more petition signatures; reaching out to more selective living groups, including SLGs, fraternities and sororities; attending these groups’ chapter meetings to gauge where they stand on the issue of housing reform, and most notably, reaching out to Duke alumni. “There are a lot of alums who are really excited about what we’re doing and who want to share their stories with us, so figuring out ways to connect with them and have their stories be heard is certainly a priority,” Thompson said. Gonzalez praised DS4HR for their efforts to improve Duke students’ residential experiences. “I really appreciate their genuine interest in the housing experience that Duke students have, and I think it’s exciting to have others who care about [the student housing experience] becoming the best that it can possibly be,” Gonzalez said. Moneta explained that while Duke administration and DS4HR may have different paths to a common outcome, he does not think the two bodies are divergent in their intentions. He added that he believes there is actually “pretty consistent alignment” with DS4HR’s long-term objectives and Duke’s long-term objectives. “I think they’ve been extraordinarily responsible and reasonable,” Moneta said. “I think they’ve been clear and offered compelling arguments, and I think they’ve found a way to express it appropriately that captures our attention.” Thompson credited the sheer number of articles written on the subject this semester and its prevalence as an issue in the recent DSG presidential campaign with affording the issue of housing reform a level of visibility on campus like it has never had before. “If you say the word ‘housing’ on campus now, people think of housing reform,” Thompson said. “This was a topic that rose to the forefront of students’ minds, and to me, that is a success. Because before this semester, it wasn’t.”

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CONSTRUCTION FROM PAGE 5 running through the construction site are being removed and the ground is being excavated to prepare for construction. The building is scheduled for completion in Fall 2020 and will open for students and faculty in the Spring 2021 semester, McGraw wrote. Research Drive Solar Panels As a part of Duke’s many sustainability measures, solar panels are coming to the Research Drive Parking Garage. The panels will sit on a canopy above the garage’s top level and will be able to fully power the garage with some energy left over—the equivalent of taking 92 cars off the road, according to a press release. The canopies facing north have been turned to face south, and the installation of the solar panels is just beginning, Hernandez—also the project manager for the Research Drive project—wrote in an email. He added that the project would be completed by July or August.

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RESCUE FROM PAGE 8 After learning that the vessel ran out of fuel and suffered a broken mast, Captain David Murline decided to delay their work in order to assist the distressed boat. Second-year doctoral student Benjamin Wernette wrote in an email that everyone on board was eager to help. “Helping other mariners in distress is a long and deep tradition at sea reaching back to ancient boats that sailed from island to island,” Wernette wrote in the expedition’s blog post. “According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, mariners have a duty to assist persons in danger at sea.” The broken ship was a catamaran that a pair of French nationals were transporting from Tahiti to Cancun. Only one engine was functioning and the catamaran was going in circles. The Sally Ride’s Captain and crew sailed 12 hours to reach the ship. They spotted the ship at 1 p.m. April 30 and formed a plan to help the catamaran. “I wouldn’t say that anyone on our ship was nervous,” Wernette wrote in the email.

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“The Captain and Crew are well-trained and prepared for any scenario imaginable.” Because communication with the boat was limited, one of the crew members used a rescue boat to be ferried to the distressed catamaran. After communicating with the pair on the catamaran, the Sally Ride’s Captain and crew positioned the catamaran behind their ship. Then, the crew used a fuel hose to connect the two ships, allowing the catamaran to refuel. After three hours, the boat was fully fueled. The Captain and crew provided the sailors with boxes of food and headed back to finish their research. The two sailors, Herve and Leo, were relieved upon the Sally Ride’s arrival, Wernette described. While they do not know what happened to the catamaran afterwards, Wernette said that they should have had enough fuel to make it to their destination. “The boat was clearly in trouble. With little means of communication and over 1,000 miles from the nearest landmass, their prospects were bleak,” Wernette wrote. in the email “Everyone, science party and crew alike, was happy to spend the day helping the sailors.”

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Courtesy of Dominik Zawadzki The crew of the Sally Ride rescued a pair stranded in a broken catamaran in the equatorial Pacific.

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At the time, junior Robin Yeh criticized an alleged lack of security measures in place, saying there were “no cameras to go off of.” In June of 2017, Dailey said that the DUPD would be installing cameras in West Campus residence halls for the 2017-2018 academic year. Cavanaugh noted in an email to The Chronicle that there has been a “systematic approach” over the past three years to install security cameras near all residential entrances on East and West Campus. November 26, 2017

A visitor to the Duke Gardens’ Doris Duke Center was robbed at gunpoint at the visitor’s desk. The suspect, donning a ski-mask, allegedly approached the visitor with a silver handgun and demanded money. Less than $100 was taken, according to Chuck Hemric, director of volunteer services at Duke Gardens. March 1, 2018 A student reported a strong-armed robbery just off East Campus. Per the DukeALERT, the student walked back from downtown Durham around 3:10 a.m. and was approached by two suspects, who hit the victim, took the student’s wallet and then left. No serious injuries were reported.

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in North America was descended from seven wild lemurs imported by the Lemur Center from Madagascar in 1985 and 1990. Now, Ranomasina’s genes will help diversify the captive lemur population’s genetic pool. “With the birth of Ranomasina, for the first time since 1990, we have a whole new lineage of blue-eyed black lemurs coming into the North American population,” said Cathy Williams, curator of animals at the Duke Lemur Center, in the press release. “The more genetically diverse a population is, the more resilient it is, the healthier it is, and the better it can adapt to environmental pressures.”

Courtesy of the Duke Lemur Center Gellar was born on March 14 and weighed 71 grams.

Courtesy of the Duke Lemur Center Hamill weighed 72 grams when he was born.

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‘AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING YEAR’ Three of Duke’s top new leaders reflect on their first year in office By Bre Bradham Editor-In-Chief

U.S. presidents are often judged at the historic but arbitrary 100-day mark, and scrutinized again one year in. For three of Duke’s leaders, this summer marks the end of their first year on the job, and a chance for them to reflect on the lessons they’re taking away from it. Vincent Price officially became Duke’s tenth president and Jack Bovender formally became the chair of the Board of the Trustees July 1, 2017, and Don Taylor kicked off his term as Academic Council chair last summer as well. So, what have the three learned in their first year? President Vincent Price Price was announced as President Richard Brodhead’s successor in December 2016. The former provost at the University of Pennsylvania barely had time to drop his bags in Durham before facing a controversy around the Robert E. Lee statue that was in the Chapel entrance at the time. That, he explained, was when he felt like he “clicked” with the role. “I feel that I settled in pretty quickly, thanks to a very well-planned transition and the warm welcome I received,” Price wrote in an email. “It clicked for me just a few weeks into my term, in the aftermath of the statue controversy last fall.” A few months into his term, he also announced a commitment to raise the

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minimum wage for full-time employees to $15 per hour by 2019 and created a task force to make recommendations on a replacement for the Robert E. Lee statue. Following the task force’s recommendation in December, he chose to leave the space open temporarily.

Price was officially inaugurated October 5, following a festival called PricePalooza on East Campus the night before that featured carnival rides and food. He noted some of his most rewarding moments at Duke included working with the First-Year Advisory Counselors to

help the “fellow first-years” move into East Campus, the opening of the new Rubenstein Arts Center and dropping by various athletic practices to get a firsthand look at what it means to be a studentathlete at Duke. Other highlights he noted were welcoming more than 4,000 alumni back to campus for reunion weekend and delivering his first Duke commencement alongside speaker and Apple CEO Tim Cook. “Some of the more challenging moments relate to ensuring our community welfare as we adapt to a rapidly changing world,” Price wrote. “We are fortunate to live and work together here on an uncommonly beautiful campus; however, we are by no means immune from the cares, worries, concerns, tensions and divisions that characterize our larger society.” The new president came to Duke as Bovender and Taylor assumed their new roles as well, but he noted that those two are not new to Duke. Price said he has benefitted from their perspectives and counsel throughout the year. In April during alumni reunions, he was at the microphone in Page Auditorium when student protesters rushed the stage, and in May he emailed a letter to the Duke community in response to recent racially charged issues and the Joe Van Gogh incident. As for what he’s found the most surprising about Duke? See ADMINISTRATORS on Page 11

Researchers find new use for failed cancer drug in fighting tuberculosis By Nathan Luzum Senior Editor

A failed cancer drug may have just found a new use— fighting tuberculosis. Drugs called matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors were found to increase the potency of antibiotics designed to treat tuberculosis, according to a study published April 26 in PLoS Pathogens. The paper paves the way for a possible alternative to the current regimen used to treat tuberculosis—a rigorous six-tonine month cocktail of antibiotics. “Our study opened this whole new playing field, suggesting that by understanding and targeting these host remodeling mechanisms, that might potentially open an opportunity to shorten the current therapy or even to treat the current

resistant strains,” said Xiling Shen, associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering at Duke and co-senior author of the paper. He explained that tuberculosis hijacks the host tissue to form granulomas—structures that provide a secure home for the invading bacteria—which are a key feature of tuberculosis infections. The bacteria may then lay dormant inside these “homes” for years before the host begins to show symptoms, according to the paper. One way to prevent tuberculosis from gaining a foothold in the body is to prevent granuloma formation, Shen added. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a key role in

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Students file 1,000 more STINFs than last Spring By Bill McCarthy Staff Writer

Despite hosting extra flu shot clinics and temporarily shutting Krzyzewskiville, the University received about 1,000 more Short-Term Illness Notification Forms this past spring semester than for the same period in 2017. Academic Dean Jenny Wood Crowley wrote in an email that there were 12,884 STINFs submitted this spring, compared to 11,860 in the 2017 spring semester. She explained that the slight increase can likely be attributed to the flu season— which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was especially widespread this winter—but noted there was “a normal amount of STINFs once the worst of the flu season was behind us.” Crowley said this spring’s number of STINFs, though up from 2017, should not be considered unusual. There were 13,217 and 11,301 STINFs submitted during the 2015 and 2016 spring semesters, respectively. But the flu did leave its mark, forcing Student Health, DuWell and other health-care administration offices to double their efforts toward helping students sick with the flu and prevent them from spreading it further. John Vaughn, director of Student Health Services, said this year’s flu was “much worse than usual” and the likely reason for the increase in STINFs. “With the flu, it’s not just that the person gets sick, but you are contagious, so you are much more likely to separate yourself from other folks until you are feeling better,” Vaughn said. “So I would guess that the higher prevalence of flu on campus this year was the main reason for the increase in STINFs.” Vaughn said his office, which offers flu shots every year beginning as early as September, added several extra flu shot clinics this spring, including one on Feb. 2 that administered 307 shots. Vaughn also adjusted certain protocols to allow students to receive flu shots without an appointment. The flu outbreak also prompted Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, to close Krzyzewskiville for more than a week, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9.

In an email to the student body on Feb. 1, Moneta wrote that the change would “reduce the risk of exposure” to the flu by removing students from an “environment particularly welcoming for virus sharing.” Thomas Szigethy, director of DuWell, wrote in an email that students seemed grateful for the extended grace. Once Moneta reopened Krzyzewskiville, Szigethy and his team partnered with Duke Student Government to distribute “wellness boxes” to tenters. Still, the University does not keep records of student reasons for STINF submissions, so even though both Crowley and Vaughn pointed to the flu as the most likely cause for the slight increase in STINFs, there is no hard evidence linking the two variables. Szigethy wrote that it could be that students are paying more attention to symptoms they would have ignored in the past, or it could be that there was more sickness. “STINFs are tricky to count because some students

submit a new STINF for every class they miss and some just submit a general STINF for the day they are sick,” Crowley added. “Academic deans monitor the number of STINFs submitted by each student and we reach out to students if we believe the system is being misused or if we see a trend of bad health that could indicate that the student needs more support.” For students to avoid STINFing as often in future semesters, both Vaughn and Szigethy recommended sticking to the basics of good sleep, adequate rest, proper hydration, hand washing and wellness. When students take care of themselves, Szigethy explained, “their resistance to illness is stronger and they have a better semester.” Of course, Vaughn also said that students should also get a flu shot every year. “That, along with all the basics, is the best thing you can do to keep yourself from getting sick and getting wiped out for a week,” Vaughn said.

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New GPSC president discusses priorities for improving graduate, professional student life By Stefanie Pousoulides University News Editor

Travis Dauwalter, a Ph.D. student in the Sanford School of Public Policy, was elected Graduate and Professional Student Council president for the 2018-19 academic year. Dauwalter spoke with The Chronicle to reflect on his goals for next year and how he plans to address issues such as food insecurity and maximizing transparency. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. The Chronicle: What are your goals as next year’s Graduate and Professional Student Council president? Travis Dauwalter: I put them into four categories in

order of importance to me. The first one is transparency. I think [outgoing GPSC President] Rashmi [Joglekar] did a good job with this last year, and I’d like to continue the trend of increasing the transparency between the executive committee and the general assembly, and also increasing the transparency between the general assembly and the greater student body—our constituents. The second is resources. We have a lot of resources that GPSC offers to our graduate and professional students. I want to make sure that they’re getting utilized, and I want to make sure that we’re improving whatever programs we have in place and then piloting any new ones that would address the needs of our constituency. The third is engagement. Here, I’m referring to advocacy, like sexual harassment [and] safe workplaces, community engagement

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and alumni engagement. The other goal I’d like to mention is student life. We want to increase the range of social events that don’t seem to have alcohol as the center point of that event. I think those sorts of events that can embrace all of our graduate and professional constituency are those that we’ll be thinking about this year. The Chronicle: What were the most and least successful initiatives that GPSC enacted last year, and how will GPSC move forward because of them? Travis Dauwalter: There was a program started two years ago called the One Duke Access Fund [that] offered $200 grants to individuals, [which] were offered once a month. There were four categories: wardrobe, food insecurity—like being able to buy groceries—emergency travel—like traveling for bereavement— and conference travel. In the summer of 2017, [Joglekar] was looking at the One Duke Access Fund and said, ‘Wait, we can address these issues through different avenues.’ So she created the Community Pantry, which deals with the food insecurity issue, or at least addresses it. And we have clothing that is donated there—so the professional wardrobe aspect of One Duke Access Fund—is now being absorbed in the mission of the Community Pantry. Then, we were looking at how to handle the travel component. We relabeled it the Emergency Travel Fund, and now it focuses exclusively on giving $200 grants [twice a month] to individuals who had to travel for a medical emergency or someone who they loved passed away. It’s a lottery system for who gets selected. The program has been really, really successful. It started in January [2018], and we’ve issued seven grants so far. Based on the interest and number of applications we’ve been receiving— we’ve received 14 eligible applications since January—the plan for this upcoming year is instead of offering two $200 grants per month, we’ll offer four $200 grants per month. The Chronicle: How does the GPSC Community Pantry plan to continue and potentially expand next year? Travis Dauwalter: One of the great ideas that was developed by the Community Pantry Committee is the Weekly Bag Program. We’re rolling it out on [May 13]. The idea is that individuals will log in and answer a survey. We’ll create a weekly bag that provides some staples that they would need to feed their family for the next week. They get to choose things in the survey like the size of their family and if they need a baby bag, such as if they have a child for whom they need diapers. They also get to pick their grain, canned item–like tuna, chicken, or veggies–canned fruit and snacks. They essentially come once a week and pick up their bag and go. It becomes something like a subscription program. This is addressing two things to me. It’s dealing with a food insecurity issue that the Community Pantry is just addressing in general. It shouldn’t be the case, but, unfortunately, food insecurity has a stigma associated with it. So these weekly bags are a transaction of picking up food a little bit quicker, and it See PRESIDENT on Page 13

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Larry Moneta reflects on nearly 50 years of ‘comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable’ By Ben Leonard Managing Editor

Nearly 50 years ago, Larry Moneta’s future in college was up to a number that would appear on television. As an underclassman at University of Massachusetts Amherst, the future vice president for student affairs at Duke was facing the draft for the Vietnam War. When Moneta began his college experience, the United States was in a moment of crisis in the wake of race riots, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy and the controversial involvement in Vietnam. Moneta’s number was not called on a night that has since been etched permanently into his memory—but that political climate was the very reason he has found himself working in higher education for nearly 50 years. The day that sealed the deal for Moneta was May 4, 1970— the date of the Kent State shootings. The Ohio National Guard broke up unarmed college students protesting President Richard Nixon’s Cambodian Campaign, leaving several students dead. Ensuing strikes shut down universities around the nation. Influenced by a family broken apart by the Holocaust, Moneta knew he wanted to be a “change agent”—and saw colleges and universities as the best place to do so. Both of Moneta’s parents were from Poland and were imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. His father went to six different concentration camps and lost nearly every family member, except for one or two cousins, while more than half of his mother’s family was killed. His household and the little extended family he had were all survivors. “Politics were interpreted through the lenses of those who had to endure hatred, prejudice and murders,” Moneta said. “I can’t draw a straight line between that and why I decided to go into higher education, but I can draw an indirect line that I’ve always been sensitive to the consequences of hatred.” Since he began at Duke in 2001, Moneta has seen the campus grow increasingly diverse and has been at the helm of major reforms including the master plan for the “West Campus downtown”—the Brodhead Center. Moneta leads offices that include the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, Community Services and the Women’s Center, according to his LinkedIn. In addition to serving in the administrative role for Duke’s identity and culture centers, Moneta has also convened the bias and hate steering committee for the past two years. Through his 49 years working on college campuses, Moneta has seen many changes and believes universities and colleges are fertile ground for social progress. “I’ve always believed that college and university is the place where some of our most important social initiatives have been birthed and nurtured,” Moneta said. “Having spent 49 years on campus, I’ve seen the advance of the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, the expansion of support and services for students of color, programs that bring students of affluence and low socioeconomic status together. It’s a place I’ve seen most of our advancement in social issues and social justice.” After serving in housing and residential life roles at the University of Massachusetts system, Moneta began his student affairs work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 and was an associate vice president there from 1997 to 2001. At Penn, he oversaw a major residential overhaul and developed the “college house system,” which aimed to build community. In his recent book chapter on intersectionality in student affairs, he wrote he wants to disrupt the “safe” selection of roommates. “There’s an old phrase in student affairs. Student affairs is about comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable,” Moneta said. “That always had meaning to me.” ‘Nothing hurt me more’: Moneta responds to JVG incident Half a century after the formative Kent State shootings shaped his decision to enter the field of student affairs, Moneta has found himself facing national backlash. After a recent incident at former on-campus coffee shop Joe Van Gogh that ended with the firing of two baristas, Moneta said that he is misunderstood. Some said Moneta “dictated” free speech after he went to Joe Van Gogh on May 5, heard the song “Get Paid” by Young Dolph being played, and asked that it be turned off. He said he objected because he heard the words “And then I f*cked her up real good”—the exact line is “I f*cked her so good, she got up and started cooking.” Moneta said his objections had nothing to do with the racial slurs, including “n****,” which is used several times in the

song, stating that he never heard it. The racial dynamics of the incident—Moneta is white and the barista he interacted with is black—drew attention. “The whole racialization of this is quite distressing because I heard nothing but the one line,” Moneta said. “For me, as the co-chair of the Sexual Misconduct Task Force, all I heard were misogynistic words.” Britni Brown, the barista at the register, said she immediately complied and turned off the song—it came on through a Spotify playlist and she could not hear the song from behind the counter, she said. Moneta said that his complaint was directed at the staff members on duty generally—but fellow barista Kevin Simmons alleges he was specifically “harassing” Brown. See MONETA on Page 14

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Trustees ‘streamline’ committees, launch task forces By Bre Bradham This coming school year, Duke’s Board of Trustees will be test-driving a brand new governance structure. The Board, which is responsible for approving major business of the University, is shifting from being based completely on fiduciary committees to being a mix of consolidated committees and issue-based task forces. “It’s a grand experiment this first year. I’m sure we’ll have to tweak it along the way, find out what works and what doesn’t work,” said Jack Bovender, chair of the Board. “But I think the trustees are excited about this because it’s a brand new way of approaching what we need to do and what we want to do.” The changes come after an internal review of the Board’s governance led by Laurene Sperling, vice chair of the board. It had been 10 years since the last governance review, Bovender explained, so they commissioned one last Fall. The group brought in an outside consultant who specialized in the area to help. Now, instead of each of Duke’s Trustees serving on two of the standing committees, they will each serve on one of the reconfigured committees and one of the new task forces. Under the new system, the nine current standing committees—executive, academic affairs, business and finance, Duke health academic affairs, audit, risk and compliance, facilities and environment, institutional advancement, human resources and undergraduate education—will be consolidated into seven new committees. The new committees will be external engagement, graduate and professional education and research, resources, undergraduate education and governance. The executive committee and the audit, risk and compliance committee will continue as they are. External engagement’s priority will be global ventures, development, public relations, marketing, community relations and alumni affairs. Graduate and professional education and research will be responsible for overseeing all of Duke’s graduate and professional programs, while resources will oversee all of

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people worldwide as tuberculosis—around 1.7 million people died from the disease in 2015, and an estimated 10.4 million became infected, shaping granulomas by making the blood according to the Centers for Disease Control vessels in the area “leaky,” which also makes and Prevention. drug delivery less efficient due to the lack Recent estimates from the World of healthy blood vessels. Health Organization have suggested that This is one reason, he explained, the one-quarter of the world’s population is current treatment for tuberculosis is so infected with the bacteria, with the vast extensive and can produce multidrug- majority of these cases being examples of resistant strains. dormant tuberculosis. This led the researchers to wonder if MMP Shen indicated that this study expands inhibitors could show promise in fighting upon much of the traditional worwk tuberculosis. Although some of these inhibitors around tuberculosis, which has been had been effective against cancer in studies, centered around improving antibiotics and clinical trials were unsuccessful in replicating developing vaccines. the results in humans. “Pharmaceutical companies have Using a mouse model of tuberculosis, the largely stopped developing any new researchers tested the inhibitors and found antibiotics because the antibiotic is not favorable results. profitable,” he said. “And it is often for a “We administered MMP inhibitors, and low-income population.” we discovered that by itself alone, it doesn’t do Xu explained that there were still some anything to the TB,” Shen said. “But, when we hoops to jump through before the MMP coupled that with the inhibitor and antibiotics, we can Pharmaceutical companies have antibiotic pairing actually significantly largely stopped developing new can enter clinical increase the killing trials. of the current antibiotics because the antibiotic The researchers antibiotics against is not profitable. And it is often must replicate these the TB.” findings in other Yitian Xu, a for a low-income population. animal models— graduate student at such as monkeys Cornell University xiling shen and rabbits. and lead author of In addition, Shen CO-SENIOR AUTHOR OF THE PAPER AND the paper, noted ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF said that they would BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING also need to try the that blood vessel health improved many combinations after MMP inhibitor treatment. This suggested of inhibitor and antibiotic to find the that less leaky vessels allowed the antibiotic pairing that leads to the most potent killing to reach the bacteria more efficiently, he of bacteria. explained. “The significance of this work is to shorten Although the disease may not be on drug treatment duration,” Xu said. “With our the mind of many Americans, Shen noted, MMP inhibitors, we can reduce this bacterial tuberculosis is a major concern abroad. burden to a safe level so that the treatment No other single infectious agent kills as many duration can be shortened.” FROM PAGE 1

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We’ve put $10,000 into the Community Pantry, which is about $1.20 per student fee. We’ve put $10,000 into the Emergency gives them anonymity, which I think is good. Travel Fund and another $10,000 into the This coming summer, we’re going to be Alumni Engagement Fund. finding some [Duke Graduate School] alumni The Duke Alumni Association who are willing to come on camera and share contributed another $3,000, so we actually some stories of the have $13,000 to play food insecurity they I think what we sometimes forget with. The idea is to had when they were facilitate bringing at Duke University. about when we are dealing with alumni back, and We’ll include that finals, papers and research is individual alumni in an updated will come back and video that we’ll be the fact that we sit inside of this offer professional showing in August greater community. development. Then, at this upcoming we distributed orientation. This the rest of that travis dauwalter money [from the will prime people PRESIDENT OF THE GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL to start thinking activities STUDENT COUNCIL student that food insecurity fee] to student life is an issue. It’s not and increased the something we should be embarrassed about. It amount of support we’re going to give to just happens, and—when it does—GPSC has our student groups by eight percent. the Community Pantry there to help you out. The Chronicle: Is there anything else you The Chronicle: At GPSC’s November would like to add? meeting, GPSC voted to reduce its contribution Travis Dauwalter: I think what we to Duke University Union and to require DUU sometimes forget about when we are dealing to hold a graduate-specific event each month. with finals, papers and research is the fact How has the relationship between DUU and that we sit inside of this greater community. GPSC been since that meeting, and how does And the idea of the Community Outreach GPSC plan to use the remaining funds? Program is to get us interacting with folks Travis Dauwalter: I think the relationship in Durham. is very strong. [Outgoing DUU President] There are tutoring programs at local Lesley Chen-Young and [Joglekar] worked underprivileged schools. The two targeted very well together, and I expect [DUU are Carrington Middle School and President] Brian [Buhr] and [me] to work Riverside High School. They have these very well together this year as well. weekly programs where tutors can come in According to some of the survey data we and help these kids out. were collecting, the graduate and professional We’re hoping that graduate and students weren’t utilizing the DUU events as professional students will donate some of much as we thought they were. [Consequently, their time in the fall and spring of next year Chen-Young and Joglekar] decided that a to give back to the community, interacting fairer amount would be $9 out of the $36.50 with these underprivileged students who to direct to DUU. are really just looking to learn. FROM PAGE 4

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The fourth task force, next generation living and learning experience, will focus on advising the administration about shaping the University’s the global network, advancing Duke science undergraduate residential experience. and technology, the future of Central Campus Bovender explained that they will be and the next generation living and learning looking for what is working and what is not experience. about the current undergraduate experience. The task forces are being charged with Bovender said he was in a fraternity during a specific set of deliverables and given a set his time at Duke, and that the semester of time horizon, Bovender explained, because rushing “was probably the worst experience different strategic issues may need their focus I had at Duke.” in a couple of years. Although it may be better now for The Trustees will be surveyed about their fraternities and sororities, the committee’s preferences during the summer and then goal will be to look at the question of how assigned to task forces. structures like Greek life work and how Activating the global network is they’re constructed, and what things the responsible for creating a plan for “next- Board can do to take the “friction” out of generation engagement platforms to extend the undergraduate experience, he said. and deepen all aspects of university life,” wrote Both the new consolidated committees Michael Schoenfeld, and the strategic vice president for So that’s some pretty radical task forces will have public affairs and changes in governance here— students and faculty government relations, members involved very different way to look at in an email. in them, Bovender Advancing Duke these things. explained. science and technology “I think that’s will be charged jack bovender particularly important CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES with these strategic with advising the chancellor of health task forces because affairs and President Vincent Price as they you really want to get an enriched a view “seek to strengthen select areas of science and of opinions of where we ought to be going technology” at Duke. and what we ought to be doing,” he said. The future of Central Campus committee “Like the undergraduate task force, you is responsible for making a recommendation certainly wouldn’t want to do that without about the best use of Central Campus after having students who are living here now undergraduates stop living there and the and experiencing it now have input in the housing is demolished. process.” “The housing is coming down there. It’s As they transition into the new governance an incredibly valuable piece of land and structure, Sperling said the new governance there may be many different uses that could committee will be particularly focused on be made of it,” Bovender said. “That needs evaluating the new structure’s effectiveness some strategic thought behind it, so that through the first year. taskforce will focus on that and come up “So that’s some pretty radical changes in with recommendations of what we do and governance here—very different way to look at how we do it.” these things,” Bovender said. FROM PAGE 8

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MONETA FROM PAGE 7 Brown and Moneta both agreed that he had a “cordial” relationship with staff—so Moneta said that he had “no reason to...nor did I...direct any particular expression to her.” Moneta said that all he told them was that “this is really inappropriate.” After the song was turned off, Brown offered Moneta his muffin for free. Moneta asked for her to ring it up, and insisted when she offered it for free again. Moneta said that he said it more tersely the second time, but not with “more anger nor more loudly.” Upon paying and leaving the coffee shop, Moneta said he texted Robert Coffey, director of dining services—who reports to Moneta—about the “misogynistic” language he heard in the song. Moneta wrote in an email that his text to Coffey said “What I just heard at JVG: ‘And then I f*cked her up real good...” That was the extent of his contributions to the situation, he insists— and that he never asked for Brown and Simmons to be fired. “If one were to just spend some time understanding what my role is and the work I’ve done, I’ve been a very loud and vocal advocate for our underrepresented and marginalized communities,” Moneta said. “Nothing hurt me more than being portrayed as racist.” A few minutes after Moneta left, Simmons said that they got a call from owner Robbie Roberts, who said Coffey had called about the music. By the beginning of the next week, the baristas were out of their jobs. Before Joe Van Gogh left its campus location, its employees were contracted workers. Joe Van Gogh human resources employee Amanda Wiley reportedly told the baristas that they had to resign or be fired under Duke’s instruction. She has also declined many requests for comment regarding the chain of command—whether it was her decision to terminate the employees. Three weeks after the incident, The Chronicle had not been able to confirm if anyone at Duke directed Joe Van Gogh to fire the baristas. Coffey did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this story and declined to comment for previous reporting on the incident. At the time, Moneta apologized even though he said he didn’t ask for their firing. “I felt and still feel that the choice of music for the venue was inappropriate, but if my actions in any way lead to their dismissal, I apologize and hope that the JVG management consider ways to reinstate their employment with the company,” Moneta wrote in a Facebook post shortly after news of the firings broke.

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On May 11, Roberts announced that Joe Van Gogh would be leaving its on-campus location. He said he offered jobs to all employees from the Duke shop at other locations—including Brown and Simmons. Brown’s attorney declined to say whether or not Brown would be interested in returning to work at the shop. Simmons could not be reached for comment. “I believe it’s the right thing to do to preserve Joe Van Gogh’s brand independence without conditions,” Roberts wrote. However, the music wasn’t the only problem at the coffee shop, Moneta said recently. Although Moneta declined to go into specifics of all the issues because he didn’t want to “embarrass” Joe Van Gogh, he said that cleanliness and orderliness had been an issue at the location. He said that management had known that he was unhappy about the conditions there. “If you’ve ever been in there, you may have your own opinion on how clean it was,” Moneta said. “It was absolutely appropriate and essential for a person who oversees dining to let the director of dining know that here’s another factoid that you should be aware of as you work with the owner on how to

upgrade the quality of the experience there.” Roberts didn’t think anything was out of the ordinary. “Cleanliness and orderliness are something we work on all the time at all our stores,” Roberts wrote in an email. “Coffee beans, milk, hot water, bakery crumbs, paper cups, etc., need constant attention.” Roberts did not respond when asked if Duke’s administration had made any specific requests about cleanliness. Moneta said that the administration was providing $300,000 in renovations that would be completed over the summer to help the shop become more “amenable to better care.” “This was a partnership we had with the owner where our expectations were that he trained or upgraded the expectations so that the team there was better able to manage,” Moneta said. “Our agreement was to upgrade the facility to support that.” Moneta said that in light of Joe Van Gogh’s issues and the non-racial nature of his complaints, that he has been misunderstood. “What’s sad to me is there’s a quick judgement based on See MONETA on Page 15

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cowardly acts of bias and hatred will strengthen our resolve to love and support each other.” After a racial epithet was drawn on a 300 Swift resident’s door, Moneta condemned the language. “Wherever derogatory language appears is just distasteful,” he said. “I mean, I would repeat some of that, that I find it terribly distasteful and inappropriate.” He posted a similar statement on his Twitter @Dukestuaff, which has since been deleted, after the Snapchat incident. “We are aware of a posting that appeared on a Duke student’s Facebook site that used deeply offensive and racist terminology,” he wrote. “Though the language itself may not be in violation of any Duke policies on speech and expression, we nonetheless find its use to be deplorable.” Proud of progress, but says Duke still needs to improve When Moneta arrived on campus in 2001, Duke was much less diverse. There was no DukeEngage or Bass Connections. There was less of an art scene before the Arts Annex. And Greek life was more dominant than it is today, Moneta added. “Alcohol flowed even more than it does today. It was

a pretty monolithic scene,” Moneta said. “If you weren’t part of that scene, you were on the outside. It’s a far more pluralistic environment.” Moneta said Greek life still “has its role” on campus going forward, but that he is still “seeking to find an appropriate balance.” Along with Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, Moneta said they have done well at elevating the prominence of independent houses. “We’re moving in the right direction in terms of balance between the prominence and privilege of Greeks and other selectives versus those who don’t choose to do that,” he said. Although Moneta is quick to say that he didn’t bring on all of these changes alone and there are areas for improvement—notably sexual assault and misconduct and heavy drinking—he still feels Duke has grown tremendously in his time on campus. “I look at my time here at Duke and for whatever contributions I’ve made, Duke is a far better institution and the undergraduate and graduate experiences are far better today than when I arrived here,” Moneta said. “I don’t mean to claim even a large chunk of the credit. Lots and lots of people to thank, but I feel like I’ve been a part of that.”

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