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Is a recession on the horizon?

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Cam Reddish’s game-winner lifts men’s basketball to win at Florida State

Fuqua survey of CFOs suggests economic pullback may arise in US before 2021

By Winston Lindqwister Sports Managing Editor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—All season long, the brightest lights of sports media have shined on Zion Williamson. But with an eye injury late in the first half sidelining arguably Duke’s biggest star, the Blue Devils turned to a resurgent five-star to be the hero. No. 1 Duke took down No. 13 Florida State 8078 Saturday afternoon at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center thanks to a wide-open game-winning 3-pointer from the wing with 0.8 seconds left by freshman Cam Reddish. R.J. Barrett and Reddish combined for 55 points 78 on 19-of-34 shooting, and FSU DUKE 80 despite hardships late in the first half and early in the second half, the Blue Devils never stopped battling to get the win. “Thank you God. That was it,” Reddish said of his final shot. “That’s all that went through my head.” Down by one with a just four minutes left to play, Reddish nailed a 3-pointer to claw the visiting team back on top. Although Tre Jones had the chance to widen Duke’s lead with a one-and-one, the freshman bricked the front end to give the Seminoles the ball back. Poor free throw shooting haunted the Blue Devils all night, with Duke making just 60.0 percent of its shots from the line. See M. BASKETBALL on Page 9

By Rose Wong

Nearly half of American chief financial officers are predicting a recession by the end of 2019, according to a recent Duke survey of more than 500 CFOs. The Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook survey found that even more U.S. CFOs—82 percent—thought that a recession would occur by the end of 2020. The survey also asked foreign CFOs to predict whether a 2019 recession would occur in their country—97 percent of CFOs from Africa, 86 percent from Canada, 67 percent from Europe, 54 percent from Asia and 42 percent from Latin America predicted a recession. “The U.S. outlook has declined, and moreover the outlook is even worse in many other parts of the world, which will lead to softer demand for U.S. goods,” said John Graham, survey director and

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D. Richard Mead Jr. family professor of business administration at the Fuqua School of Business, in a press release. Signs of a recession are also emerging on Wall Street, according to a CNN Business article. The S&P 500, an American stock market index, has fallen 6.2 percent in 2018, posting its worst performance in a decade. Multiple factors could contribute to the anticipated U.S. recession, which Graham explained to be a natural part of the economic cycle. “We’re in the longest growth streak that the U.S. economy has had in a very long time. It’s natural to have slowdowns or corrections,” he said. “The economy can’t grow forever.” The U.S. economy depends on the growth of its trading partners, which are also experiencing economic slowdown,

Graham explained. He suggested that the Federal Reserve Bank take a pause in increasing interest rates, which are associated with slowed economic growth. The government can also soften the economic fall by investing in new infrastructure, which would inject jobs and money into the economy. Improving the economy requires creating an improved political climate and resisting government shutdowns, Graham said. A shutdown temporarily withholds income from some government employees—who may become reluctant to spend—and causes economic uncertainty that makes businesses hesitant to invest. “A more efficiently functioning See RECESSION on Page 12

My roommate, the snake

By Jordan Diamond

Freshman Cam Reddish hit the game-winning threepointer to lift Duke over Florida State Saturday.

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Finals week for most Duke students is a time defined by long nights of studying, stress and tests. Or so I hear. Somehow, I ended up with no finals last semester and instead used that time to travel to New York with my boyfriend. The concrete jungle where dreams are made of, New York was our idyllic paradise; an Eden of sorts 400 miles away from Edens Quad for a figurative Adam and Steve who can’t populate the world on account of being gay men. But like the biblical garden of Abrahamic lore, my Eden too was liminal, accessible now only in memories of my once innocent state of mind. And like the outcome for the inhabitants of that allegorious space, my bliss was ended by a snake.

On December 17, 2018, my roommate Gabriel Goldhagen texted me “Jordan! There was a teeny tiny dead snake in the room. I’m not even kidding. There has been a snake in our room all semester. Lol.” My brave roommate who picked it up and disposed of it described the reptile as “curled up in a ball, decaying.” He said it “wasn’t too big,” and then we made penis jokes about that comment (“How big is your snake?”). Within my head, however, this development was no laughing matter. Over winter break, I had nightmares of a giant basilisk emerging from under my twin bed at school and killing me with a single stare. On other nights it was a boa constrictor slithering across my body and slowly squeezing the life out of me, hissing with cruel pleasure. Any time I remembered my dorm, I felt an imagined snake gliding over my legs until

I reminded myself that it wasn’t real. As someone whose primary exposure to snakes growing up was from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” I learned early on that snakes were horrifying monsters and (spoiler alert) also the last horcrux that Harry and his crew have to destroy. Harrison Ford, screaming in panic about a snake in his plane in “Indiana Jones,” socialized me to fear reptiles early on. Come to think about it, Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” may be the only positive media portrayal of snakes I was ever exposed to, and even then, the song is (spoiler alert) mostly about butts. Needless to say, then, my immediate reaction was terror, and an entirely rational refusal to return to Duke or the state of North Carolina at all. See SNAKE on Page 11

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New ‘Incapacitation Form’ debuts for Spring semester By Stefanie Pousoulides University News Editor

The Short Term Illness Notification Form is now permanently incapacitated. The STINF policy and form have been replaced with the Incapacitation Form and Policy, Academic Dean Jenny Wood Crowley wrote in an email. Although its replacement is similar, there are a few distinctions, such as a more involved process for students who submit the form more than three times per semester and a new name to better encompass the reasons that students may fill it out. “The policy is much the same, only now the Incapacitation Form is not limited to physical ailments and forms can only be submitted for three days of missed course work before the form is blocked and the student is instructed to contact their dean for assistance,” Crowley wrote in the email. To use the form, students input their NetID and courses for the current semester, and the corresponding instructors will be displayed. Crowley noted that this aspect of the process makes it less challenging for deans to collect “accurate information about which courses, labs or discussion sections have been missed.” In addition, students now have the option of whether or not Chronicle File Photo to disclose their ailment. The new form, called an ‘Incapacitation Form,’ replaces the STINF and went into effect at the beginning of the semester. Crowley wrote that new software makes the Incapacitation Form easier for students and academic deans to use than STINF. per semester. If a student exceeds this window, the dean to get accommodations for an incapacitation,” “With the old form, we were not getting accurate student will be blocked from filling out other forms Crowley wrote. “These students did not always reach information, as students would and will be directed to contact an out to their deans to get that help, and we deans didn’t list classes by names and not academic dean. always get information about STINF submissions in numbers and sometimes the wrong Based on the data that had been time to intervene.” instructors would get notifications collected from past years of the The academic deans will then check up on students about illnesses,” she wrote. illness notification forms, Crowley who have used the form for more than three days, and they The new form also acknowledges explained that most students can assist them in “negotiating missed course work with that “not every incapacitation is days per semester students can submit submitted them for three or fewer their professors.” for a short term physical illness,” the form before contact from a dean dates each semester. Crowley explained that deans can remove the block on Crowley added. “Students who were form submissions on a case-by-case basis. However, the “biggest change” incapacitated on more than three “We want to help students before too much course work is to the process is a three-day limit on form submissions days were often students who needed help from their missed,” Crowley wrote.

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DSG project aims to start conversation about sexual assault

Cooper issues state of emergency

By Elora Pradhan

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency Sunday in light of the weekend’s winter storm that caused thousands across North Carolina to lose power. By Sunday morning at 9 a.m., more than 135,000 customers of Duke Energy reported power outages due to a storm that extended from Saturday night. By 3 p.m., power had only been restored to 37,000 people, according to a tweet by Meredith Archie, a senior communications consultant at Duke Energy. Cooper announced the emergency to assist utility workers in promptly bringing power back to parts of western and central North Carolina, according to a news release. “A wintry mix of precipitation ranging

organized a sexual assault panel focusing on university policy, resources and current events. Other senators are Duke Student Government is working involved in researching sexual assault to increase awareness of sexual assault at Duke to help gauge how to most by hosting a panel in March bringing effectively address the issue. together female speakers to discuss sexual O’Shaughnessy explained that assault in relation to politics. DSG wants Duke to participate in the The effort is in collaboration with Women national conversation on sexual assault in Politics, POLIS and Duke Students as the #MeToo movement grows among Against Gender Violence. First-year Merrill celebrities and politicians. O’Shaughnessy, senator of campus life, “Because it’s something mainstream, said that she and other project leaders have we hope people are willing to learn more already contacted potential speakers who about it,” O’Shaughnessy said. “That being were involved in the accusation of sexual said, it is kind of sad that sexual assault misconduct of former Democratic Sen. Al on college campuses is treated as a trend. Franken, as well as After our event, representatives from it should not be the Women’s Center It is not an ephemeral thing gone from people’s and community that will be gone next year, minds. It is not an organizations in thing and we want people to keep ephemeral Durham. that will be gone “We are hoping talking about this and stay next year, and we that by talking about want people to keep engaged. the intersection of talking about this politics and sex assault, merrill o’shaughnessy and stay engaged.” we will have a fresher After the panel SENATOR FOR CAMPUS LIFE and wider audience— in March, DSG will people who are not just move forward with already devoted to this cause, but also people more efforts to get people talking about interested in politics,” she said. sexual assault and thinking about it on a In the 2015-2016 school year, 40 day-to-day basis. percent of undergraduate women “Having these types of events is reported being victims of sexual assault important because it makes something very since enrolling at Duke. personal and hard to talk about a more This project builds on DSG’s past efforts public conversation,” O’Shaughnessy said. to spark discussion on campus about “We want people to have conversations sexual assault. In December 2017, then- about this stuff, not just read about it in an senator Katherine Gan, now a sophomore, email or hear about it from a friend.” Staff Reporter

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from a few inches of snow or rain to .25 [inches] of freezing rain has fallen across western and central portions of North Carolina this weekend,” the release reads. “At 4:00 p.m. Sunday approximately 98,000 customers were without power; the majority of those were in Forsyth, Henderson, Rockingham, Stokes, Guilford, Caswell, Yadkin, Wilkes, Transylvania, Buncombe and Surry counties.” On Jan. 12, Duke officials started “closely monitoring” the storm that was predicted to possibly “bring freezing rain over portions of the northern Piedmont,” according to a press release. However, the University did not cancel classes. “A winter weather [advisory] has been issued by the National Weather Service from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday for Durham, Research Triangle, Chatham, and other portions of Central North Carolina,” See COOPER on Page 12

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Committee offers recommendations for toppled Confederate statue By Bre Bradham Editor-In-Chief

After a Confederate monument in downtown Durham was pulled down by protesters in the summer of 2017, a committee of Durham residents has produced a report with recommendations about the future of the crumpled statue and its remaining base. The recommendations include moving the “irreparably damaged” statue’s body inside the nearest building and adding additional arts elements to the remaining base to commemorate Union soldiers and enslaved African Americans. “Durham is the only municipality that has asked its own citizens to think deeply about this and come up with recommendations,” said Robin Kirk, co-chair of the committee and faculty co-chair of the Duke Human Rights Center. The statue, originally constructed in 1924 and located about a mile from East Campus, was toppled in August 2017. It was a statue of a Confederate soldier on top of a base, which was engraved with the phrase “In memory of ‘The boys who wore the gray.’” The toppling came in the wake of a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Va., that summer. The committee was formed by a joint commission of the city and county of Durham to gather community input and provide recommendations about the future of the monument, as well as to catalogue other Confederate monuments in the community. The group consisted of 12 total members, including Kirk and co-chair Charmaine McKissick-Melton, associate professor in the department of mass communication at North Carolina Central University. Deondra Rose, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, was also on the committee from Duke. Kirk said the group was created in early 2018 and conducted a series of community meetings over the course of several months. Some of the meetings brought in speakers, some were specifically for public discussion. “Sometimes people had very different views, but it was remarkable that, for the most part, the discussions were extremely civil and forward-looking,” Kirk said. “All of that was compiled for this report and informed the recommendations.”

Chronicle File Photo The Confederate statue, located a mile from East Campus in downtown Durham, was toppled in the summer of 2017 by protesters.

The report, which the committee agreed to by consensus, explains the reasoning behind the committee’s recommendations. By moving the statue into a nearby building and placing it out of the way, the committee aimed to reduce the security issues the report posited would be likely to come with the statue being displayed publicly. The committee noted the statue should be placed somewhere that did not require for employees in the building to pass by it everyday if they did not want to, but would allow for it to be seen by those who wanted access to it. For the base, the committee recommended adding two other pillars to it. And if the 2015 state law restricting the movement of memorials located on government property is ever lifted, the committee suggested moving the installation to a city-owned cemetery—specifically Maplewood or Beechwood. The latter suggestion drew the ire of a county commissioner. James Hill, vice-chairman of the the Durham County Board

of Commissioners, compared placing the base of the Confederate statue in the predominately black cemetery of Beechwood to placing a monument for Nazi soldiers in a Jewish cemetery when the report was presented Tuesday morning, according to the News and Observer. Kirk criticized the use of that reference, she told The Chronicle Thursday afternoon, saying that it was a distraction from the rest of the report. The decision about what to do with the recommendation is now up to the local government, Kirk said. “Overall the response was very positive. I encourage people to read the report. It is very detailed, it is very deep,” Kirk said. “We understand that the people reading the report now did not go through the process that we went through, so maybe some of the recommendations may seem a little novel. But they were all very deeply grounded in the discussions that we had with the public and with each other.” Xinchen Li contributed reporting.

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CAM BAM WOMEN’S TENNIS: WINS IN THE BAHAMAS • SWIMMING AND DIVING: SENIORS DOMINATE

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CAUGHT REDD HANDED Cam Reddish drains game-winning triple with 0.8 seconds left to cap breakout performance By Liz Finny Associate Sports Editor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—It was a scene straight out of a movie, with Cam Reddish hitting a shot that every basketball player dreams of making. R.J. Barrett missed a second free throw that would have tied the game up. Florida State was initially given the ball and the entire stadium was on its feet. However, after review, the call was overturned and it was Duke’s ball. Three timeouts later, Tre Jones stood ready to inbound the ball past 7-foot-4 Christ Koumadje. The set play was to use Barrett as a distraction to free up Reddish for a shot. So, with 2.8 seconds left and the Blue Devils down by one, Reddish received the ball beyond the arc on the right wing and drained a 3-pointer that immediately silenced the hostile Seminole crowd. “Coach knew they were going to have a lot of attention on me,” Barrett said. “So he said, ‘Cam, you’re going to be wide open. They’re not even going to look at you.’ And he knocked it down.” His teammates rushed the court, congratulating the freshman who has struggled to hit shots for the past month. And after Florida State’s futile attempt to make a basket with 0.8 seconds left on the clock, the game was over and Duke had come out on top, staying undefeated in the ACC. “It wasn’t that he just hit that shot, he hit a couple other big ones,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He and R.J. kind of just kept us in it, with Tre making sure we were at least getting the ball to those two guys. So, huge for Cam.” Since his 23-point performance against Stetson on Dec. 1, Reddish has only had two double-digit games, with 10 points against both Yale and Wake Forest. The highly-touted

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Cam Reddish shook off his recent struggles in a 23-point performance against Florida State Saturday in a battle between top-15 teams. freshman averaged worse than 26 percent shooting from the field in the six games between Stetson and Saturday’s contest, with his least efficient performance being a 1-of-8 outing against Clemson. However, after classmate Zion Williamson went out at the end of the first half with an eye injury, Reddish put his recent struggles behind him and stepped up for his team against the Seminoles. “Cam Reddish, God damn it,” Marques Bolden said when asked about what allowed the Blue Devils to score without Williamson. Reddish came out with a different energy from the start of the game, even when Williamson was still on the floor. The Norristown, Pa., native had struggled beyond the arc, draining a mere 2-of-11 attempts in

conference play and converting just 31.1 percent from long range this season before Saturday’s game, when he hit five deep balls, his most since a seven-triple performance against Army in the second game of the season. “I’m happy to be here,” Reddish said. “I’m here to work hard and be who I am and that’s what it felt like today. I knew it was coming. I wasn’t sure when, but I just had to trust in God and keep working hard.” In addition to Reddish going 5-of-8 from downtown, the 6-foot-8 forward finished 9-of15 from the field with 23 points—second only to Barrett’s 32. Reddish drove to the basket to answer Florida State’s baskets with layups of his own, and made shots when it mattered. Reddish hit a pull-up triple to put the Blue Devils on top two minutes into the second half and later made

a jumper to snap a five-minute drought without a field goal for the team. He contributed not only the game-winning basket, but also a 3-pointer that put the Duke up 74-72 with a little more than four minutes left to play. Besides his excellent offense, the freshman came up with some big defensive plays as well, swatting a shot and grabbing the rebound to launch the Blue Devils into a successful transition chance in the first half. Reddish ended the nail-biting victory with three rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block. The forward has had trouble staying out of foul trouble, with three or four personal fouls in the previous three contests. But that was not the case Saturday, as Reddish played a season-high 32 minutes and ended the game with only two fouls.

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Blue Devils ink historic victory in The Bahamas By Spencer Levy Associate Sports Editor

History was made when the Blue Devils and the Cowgirls stepped on the court Saturday afternoon. In its first dual match of the season, No. 4 Duke used the doubles point to catapult itself to a 5-2 win against 2 No. 9 Oklahoma OSU 5 State. It was the first DUKE dual match in NCAA history that was played outside of the United States, as the match was held at Windsor Academy in Albany, The Bahamas. After a fall slate that included freshman Maria Mateas’ runner-up performance at the ITA All-American Championships, the Blue Devils traveled south to take on a top-10 team in their season opener, something that head coach Jamie Ashworth said he rarely does with his team. “[Oklahoma State is] going to end up topfive or six in the country, for sure,” Ashworth

said. “That was a high-level, very competitive first match of the year for both of us.” For the opening doubles match of the spring, Duke sent out a familiar combination at the second slot with the senior duo of Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy. Hamlin did not play this fall, and the last time she and her partner played together was in their NCAA individual doubles semifinal trip last May. But the veteran tandem came out and knocked off the Cowgirls’ Marina Guinart and Catherine Gulihur 6-1 to place the Blue Devils one doubles victory away from their first point of the season. “They came out and played a great match, not a lot of free points. Ellyse was all over the net. Kaitlyn was swinging and playing free.” Ashworth said. “They picked up right where they left off in May.... It was a good lift for everybody. I didn’t really know what to expect.” After junior Meible Chi and sophomore Kelly Chen fell to Tamara Arnold and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 4-6 in the third position, the doubles point came down to two Duke players

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Kaitlyn McCarthy played doubles with Ellyse Hamlin in The Bahamas and played a crucial role in helping Duke get off to a strong start. who had never played in a collegiate dual match before. After Ashworth said they became close on this international trip, Mateas and classmate

Margaryta Bilokin took on the No. 18 duo Sofia Blanco and Lisa Marie Rioux. See W. TENNIS on Page 9

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Seniors shine in last home meet of season By Ramona Naseri Sports Editor

After a week of long-course training abroad and six weeks off from competitive swimming, the Blue Devils impressed with several victories in the regular-season home finale. Duke hosted its final home meet of the regular season, inviting swimmers from William & Mary and Queens University of Charlotte and divers from UNC-Wilmington to compete at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion Saturday. Diving events kicked off the afternoon, and a brief Senior Day celebration followed. After recognizing 13 seniors and their families, the competition continued with the swimming events. “Across the board, I think people raced incredibly well,” head coach Dan Colella said. “I was really happy seeing a lot of people implementing some really small technical things that we’ve been talking about the last month and the exciting part is that when they did it, they got results.” The women’s team had a notable win by senior Maddie Hess, in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.16 seconds. For the men’s team, senior Yusuke Legard out-swam his opponents in the 100 freestyle in 44.55 seconds. Sean Tate took first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.12 seconds while classmate Judd Howard claimed the 200yard breaststroke with a time of 2:03.89. Finally, Max St. George brought in victories in both of his backstroke events. “It’s good to get back into it. When you don’t compete for a while, you start to lose focus a little bit, so it’s nice to just regain that focus,” St. George said. “Going into this meet, I just wanted to win just so we could get this win against Queens and accomplish that.” The teams also took first place in three of four relay events, with the help of the senior swimmers. “This group came in four years ago and where we are today and where we were four years ago is kind of night and day. We just continued to improve and the level of training, the level of competition just keeps going to a new level,” Colella said. “It’s a group that truly has been impactful. They’re going to be missed greatly but I know they’re excited to get us across the finish line in some really great form here at the end.” Younger members of the team also found success. Freshman Easop Lee shined in her events, winning the women’s 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley.

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Duke swimming and diving both saw dominant performances from their seniors on Senior Day as the team closed out the regular season on a strong note. Underclassmen showed themselves in diving events and relay events as well. The women’s 200-yard medley relay was won by freshman Shayna Hollander, junior Alyssa Marsh, junior Suzanne Dolan and Hess with a time of 1:41.20. Efforts from junior Miles Williams, St. George, Tate and Legard contributed to the men’s 200-yard medley relay win in 1:28.15. In the 400yard freestyle relay, the women’s team of freshman Melissa Pish, junior Kylie Jordan, Hollander and sophomore Carly Perri took first in 3:25.09. Although there were a lot of wins in swimming, the divers were the ones who started the afternoon off strong. Junior Nathaniel Hernandez took the win in the one-meter springboard with a score of 396.23 while freshman Maddi Pullinger locked it down for the women with 300.15. Victories in the three-meter events were by seniors Mackenzie Willborn with 340.65 points and Evan

Moretti with 414.23. Perfectly timed, Moretti pulled out a careerbest in his last dive of a home meet at Duke. “It was really nice to see everyone dive well today. They had a lot of fun because we had four diving seniors,” head diving coach Nunzio Esposto said. “The energy was good and having the adrenaline in the meet really helped them complete their dives and do well.” Wrapping up the first competition after long-course training in Aruba for the swimming team and in Puerto Rico for the diving team, Colella was satisfied with the day’s results. “This group has just continued to reinforce what their attitudes, the culture, the work has been,” Colella said. “In terms of results, today was probably one of their better meets we’ve had after a training trip. Just a lot of great performances.” Duke will head over to the Bowman Gray Memorial Pool in Chapel Hill Saturday, Feb. 2 to compete against its Tobacco Road rivals.

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Duke set to battle Syracuse in Sweet 16 rematch By Dilan Trivedi Associate Sports Editor

After a thrilling end to Saturday’s contest that saw Cam Reddish sink a game-winning triple with less than one tick left on the clock, Duke will return to the friendly confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium looking to extend its winning streak to 10 games. Facing off against Syracuse and its vaunted 2-3 zone Monday evening at 7 p.m., Reddish will likely be a focal point on offense for the top-ranked Blue Devils as they attempt to break the zone over the top. The Orange, whose frontcourt boasts 7-foot-2 Paschal Chukwu and 6-foot-10 Marek Dolezaj, will pack the zone in tight, Syracuse using their length to vs. clog the paint and suffocate passing No. 1 lanes. This will force Duke Duke—ranked 218th MONDAY, 7 p.m. in the nation in Cameron Indoor Stadium 3-point shooting at 33.1 percent—to hit at a respectable clip to create more space and allow R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson to do what they do best,

which is finish around the rim. “That was a great basketball game, and you’re going to see more in our conference,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Saturday’s thriller. “There are just too many good teams. We can have double-digit teams in the NCAA. This is a heck of a conference. It always has been, and this year it’s exceptional.” Reddish will have to carry the momentum over from the weekend and prove that his primetime performance was not a fluke. If the 6-foot-8 wing can string together another good game and overcome a shooting slump that saw him shoot 18.4 percent from deep from Dec. 2 until Saturday, the Blue Devils (14-1, 3-0 in the ACC) should have little problem carving up the zone. But, if the three ball is not falling for Reddish or Jack White—who has made just one deep ball in the last two games—Duke will have to turn to Barrett or Williamson in the middle of the zone. Williamson missed the second half of Saturday’s game after getting inadvertently poked in the eye. Krzyzewski said Williamson was dealing with double vision, but was hopeful the freshman will take the court Monday. Barrett had a sensational performance in his absence, scoring 32 points on 19 shots.

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With Zion Williamson on the bench for the second half, R.J. Barrett led Duke’s offensive attack with 32 points.

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“[R.J. and Cam] don’t have anything to prove. They have to win. They’re both really good—they don’t have to prove to anybody that they’re good,” Krzyzewski said of their performances without Williamson on the floor. “Prove is not the word. They rose. They rose to a different occasion, an occasion we haven’t been in yet this year.” Barrett or Williamson will likely be posted up around the free-throw line in one of the gaps in the zone, where point guard Tre Jones will try to make entry passes. From there, they will have to decide between taking a midrange jumper, attacking the rim or kicking the ball back out. Although such play requires a high basketball IQ, both freshmen have proven they are strong decision-makers and have done a better job of taking care of the ball as the season has progressed. On the defensive side, the Blue Devils were torched by Seminole lobs, missing Williamson’s presence inside. With Syracuse (11-5, 2-1 in the ACC) struggling mightily

from deep—shooting 29.6 percent on the season—the Orange will try to get looks inside for their big men. Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden will need to be disciplined with sliding back to their assignment after helping following dribble penetration in order to prevent easy baskets. Syracuse returns all five starters from last season and is led by Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett on the offensive end. Battle played 39 minutes per game last year and carried the offense on his back. This year, the Orange boast depth and a balanced scoring attack throughout the lineup. Although they have been inefficient this season—as exhibited in a putrid 59-point showing in a home loss against Georgia Tech Saturday—Syracuse has beaten solid teams this year, including then-No. 16 Ohio State, Georgetown and Notre Dame, scoring 72 points in each of those victories. Following the matchup against the Orange, Duke will host No. 4 Virginia in a marquee battle Saturday at 6 p.m.

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M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 Trent Forrest was the next to strike for Florida State, briefly knotting the score. However, Barrett responded with a stepback jumper of his own to keep Duke (14-1, 3-0 in the ACC) out on top. Two free throws by Mfiondu Kabengele tied it up again, and a poor dribble from Reddish out of bounds gave the ball back to the Seminoles. Then, after 29 seconds of lockdown defense, a last-second whistle on Reddish put P.J. Savoy at the line for three shots, and the guard knocked down two of them to take a 78-76 lead. Barrett drove the lane to draw a foul and made his first free throw with 5.1 seconds left, but missed the second, and the rebound went out of bounds off Florida State (13-3, 1-2) to give Reddish the last shot coming off a screen by Jack White and an inbounds pass from Jones. “We knew they were going to try and not let R.J. get the ball,” Jones said. “We set it up so if R.J. came up and wasn’t open, Cam was coming off as well. He had a great look and was able to execute.” Without Williamson, the Blue Devils had to rely on other weapons coming out of the locker room. Reddish looked like his past slump was completely behind him, knocking down five triples and notching 23 points through the contest. Meanwhile, Barrett put up one of his strongest shooting performances of the season. “R.J.’s a great player,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “A lot is said about Zion, and should be said, but R.J.’s as good a player as there is in the country and competitor. He and Zion are like brothers, so I think he even put it up a notch with Zion being out. There are so many cool things when you’re around young people, and when you get older like me, to be around people is cool. But Zion’s reaction in the locker room after the game,

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eventually took the first set 6-2. The second set against Rioux ended 6-3 with the same result as the first, a win for Mateas at the top of the lineup. “They’re both going to play a huge role in what we want to accomplish this year,” Ashworth said about Mateas and Bilokin. “We talked to them [Friday] about it being a different kind of pressure than they’re used to. Even in FROM PAGE 6 the fall with Maria, they’re used to playing for themselves. A match like today is invaluable in Bilokin, the current ITF No. 40 ranked our journey to May.” After the efficient doubles victory, Hamlin, in junior, joined the team this month and along the sixth singles position, was down 4-1 in the first with Mateas, knocked off Oklahoma State’s top set before coming back to take the opening frame doubles pair 6-4 after being down 2-3. 7-5 from Arnold. The Blue Devil senior clinched With the doubles point on the scoreboard, the dual match with a 6-3 second-set win for the the Cowgirls (0-1) grabbed the momentum as team’s third singles win of the afternoon. No. 40 Guinart defeated Bilokin 6-3, 6-1 and With the match result already decided, No. No. 73 Blanco beat No. 58 McCarthy 6-2, 6-2. 37 Chen and Oklahoma State’s No. 21 Katie After Oklahoma State took the 2-1 lead, the Stresnakova sent their match into a deciding Blue Devils (1-0) were perfect the rest of the 10-point super tiebreaker after Chen took way and swept the first three courts as well as the first set 7-6 (1) and Stresnakova won the the sixth court for the neutral-site victory. second frame 6-3. No. 10 Chi and the Cowgirls’ Thamchaiwat After saving a match point in front of her played a very even opening set. Chi led 2-1 team on the adjacent court, Chen knocked off before Thamchaiwat won the next two games to her ranked opponent 12-10 in the decider to take the 3-2 lead. The Duke junior led 6-5 before conclude the international match. taking the first set in a 7-4 tiebreaker decision. Duke will return home to face Elon Jan. 23. Chi quickly controlled the second set and won No. 3 North Carolina defeated the Phoenix 6-1 6-1 to even the match score at two apiece. Saturday. The Blue Devils swept Elon last season “Meible is as clean of a ball striker as we 7-0 in their season opener. But before that match have. When she’s getting balls in her strike zone, she’s really tough to beat and if she’s serving takes place, there are areas where Ashworth can see well, she’s really tough to beat,” Ashworth said. improvement with over a week of practice. “Our conditioning has to get better. I don’t “More than her winning, but her coming back after they lost a tough doubles match.... That think we’re physically ready and able to play was a great win and a win that Meible should three matches in three days at a tremendously high level,” Ashworth said. “Finish points when be really proud of.” In her first career dual match, No. 8 we have opportunities. We did a good job of controlling the beginning of points, but then we Mateas was go Times from the first serveSales Theready New to York Syndication Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 let the foot off the gas a little bit.” as the freshman jumped out to a 4-1 lead and

he’s almost crying.... He was so happy for his guys that he was that emotional.” Unfortunately for the visiting team, Williamson’s presence in the paint was sorely missed, leading to the Seminoles clobbering the Blue Devils with 10 dunks. To make matters worse, Duke’s role players, previously the differencemakers when it needed a spark, struggled to produce when the Blue Devils needed them most. Duke only found six points off the bench, with uncharacteristically poor shooting from White costing the Blue Devils key opportunities. Phil Cofer, who had missed a majority of the season so far due to injury, made his presence known against the Blue Devils, pouring in 21 points and seven rebounds. Kabengele added 24 points and 10 boards. Through the first half, the Blue Devils uncharacteristically struggled to finish in the paint. Although Duke ended the half with 22 points down low, the Blue Devils were held to 16-for-40 shooting from the field and struggled to match the Seminoles’ rebounding. Williamson, normally a freight train barreling through opponents’ backline defenses, was held to just 50.0 percent shooting in the opening period. Although the Spartanburg, S.C., native more than made up for it in terms of rebounding and second-chance points, the Seminoles’ 7-foot-4 Christ Koumadje and Kabengele made life especially hard for the young Blue Devil. After a blow to the face sidelined Williamson for the rest of the game with double vision, Florida State used the opening to go on an 8-0 run in the final minutes of the half to take the lead heading into the locker room. Duke will continue its ACC campaign back at home against Syracuse Monday. “In our first [ACC] game against Clemson, we were playing a team that returned four starters from the Sweet 16,” Krzyzewski said. “We play

[Florida State], they were in the Elite Eight and they had most of their guys back. Monday we’ll play Syracuse, they’re Sweet 16... We’re playing old teams, veteran teams. When you have a league that has that, it’s pretty difficult.”

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On R. Kelly and how we fail black girls

arlier this month, two million viewers tuned in for the premiere of Lifetime’s six-part documentary series, “Surviving R. Kelly”. The docuseries chronicled the R&B musician’s reported legacy of alleged abuse, predatory behavior and child pornography charges throughout the late 90s and early 2000s. Episodes prominently featured the testimony of R. Kelly’s victims, as well as clinical specialists and activists like #MeToo founder Tarana Burke. Among this wide swath of voices, a common observation was situated at the center of nearly every interview. Survivors and commentators alike remarked that Black women and girls aren’t seen as victims in situations of sexual violence as a result of societal misogynoir. This documentary reveals a disturbing pattern of racist institutional failings endemic to the American criminal-legal system—failures only further complicated by the state violence that Black citizens routinely face from the same law enforcement officials that claim to protect the public from abusers like R. Kelly. Rising to prominence in the 90s with a slew of major hits such as “Honey Love” and “Bump N’ Grind,” R. Kelly captured popularity due to his musical prowess and intimate lyrics. It wasn’t long after he gained notoriety for his talent that R. Kelly became embroiled in controversy. In 1994, he illegally wed protégé songstress Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old. While the wedding was annulled a year later, this wouldn’t be the last time he

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was in headlines for alleged involvement with minors. Kelly’s scandals came to a head when he was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography. The artist strategically delayed his trial for several years, releasing one of his most popular songs, “Ignition Remix,” while awaiting trial. Ultimately, the charges were dropped as the judge presiding over the case ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove the allegations. Other victims who came forth in the docuseries, spoke of numerous other repeated alleged instances of Kelly’s coercion of minors,

Editorial Board involving either sexual or physical abuse. The fact that R. Kelly’s career thrived both during and after his abuse and sexual misconduct allegations were exposed, speaks to the systemic devaluation and perceived disposability of Black women and girls. One cause of the racially disparate attention paid to survivors is that black women and girls are viewed as promiscuous or less innocent. This fabricated notion of hypersexuality and adultification has its roots in European colonization and historical figures like Sarah Baartman—known in the 19th century as Hottentot Venus. Colonists overtly sexualized African women’s bodies and constructed racist theories of sexual primitivism that still linger to some degree in the modern public imagination. In 2017, the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law released a report, “Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood,” that analyzed adult perceptions of black youth. Findings showed that, compared to white girls of the same age, survey participants perceived of black

girls as knowing more about adult topics and sex. These racially-influenced perceptions have dire implications for the outcomes of Black women in the criminal justice system if they seek to report sexual assault or abuse. Black women also face an additional burden when dealing with sexual violence: police brutality. In the era of Black Lives Matter and social media, the violence and discrimination faced by Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement around the country can’t be denied. In 2015 alone, 1,146 people were killed by police; the same data set also found that young Black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by an officer. With this reality staring down survivors, the risks of reporting abuse can often outweigh the unlikely potential benefits. Finding a solution for dealing with perpetrators of sexual abuse are complicated by the realities of state violence as well. While imprisonment is the common call to action for bringing people like R. Kelly to justice, prisons are racist, violent institutions that employ punitive measures which often fail to deter future criminal behavior, leaving the root problem unaddressed. It’s clear Kelly’s alleged actions were heinous and his victims deserve long overdue justice. The harm he caused is incalculable and many—understandably— feel an instinctive desire to demand incarceration. However, if we truly are invested in preventing sexual violence, we can’t rely on contemporary flawed and racist models of punishment. We must develop new, effective modes of confronting violence in our communities and homes. This was written by The Chronicle’s Editorial Board, which is made up of student members from across the University and is independent of the editorial staff.

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or most Duke students, Thanksgiving was a much needed break from academic demands, internship applications, and general responsibilities that define our lives on campus. But apparently there is no rest for the wicked. On November 23rd, the day after Thanksgiving, the Chronicle reported that posters from a group called “Identity Evropa” appeared on Duke’s campus. Part of the broader alt-right movement, Identity Evropa is one among many organizations who hope to apply lipstick to the pig of white nationalism. Calling themselves “identitarians,” members of the group aim to infiltrate college Republican organizations in order to inject white supremacist ideas into the mainstream. Sadly, this is not the

Reiss Becker COLUMNIST first instance of hateful people announcing their presence at Duke. Less than a week before the Identity Evropa incident, a swastika was painted over a mural devoted to victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting. That too was but the most recent incident in a spate of anti-Semitic attacks that have repeatedly marred Duke’s campus. In response to these hateful events, various student groups, from the Chronicle Editorial Board to DSG to the Graduate and Professional Student Council to the People’s State of the University, have all called on the Duke administration to implement a “robust hate and bias policy.” As someone of Jewish heritage, these acts on campus pain me and I empathize with the good intentions of those proposing the hate speech policy. But even though I understand how they feel, I still don’t think censorship is the answer. Let me admit this: censoring people who are clearly evil always sounds good in the abstract. After all, it is difficult to dispute that white supremacists are bad people and that we shouldn’t listen to their speech and that therefore we are justified in censoring. My issue with censorship as a policy is rarely with the target of the censorship (pretty much everyone at Duke would prefer not to have white supremacists here) and more with the inherent danger of establishing the power to forcefully silence others in the first place. Implied in the notion of a “hate and bias” policy is the fact that some person will have to define what they find “hateful” and which actions are “biased.” So here’s an open question: who should decide what the terms hate and bias mean? I understand that those who

support a speech code believe that it will be crafted by a well-intentioned, woke, progressive activist who will come up with the perfect set of punishments for hateful speech. However, given that the Duke administration would be responsible for enacting and enforcing this policy, it’s far more likely that someone like Larry Moneta would draw it up. Just to remind everyone, this is the same man who had two coffee shop employees fired for playing what he called, and here’s a keyword, “inappropriate” rap music. You don’t have to cross the Grand Canyon to make the short leap from “inappropriate” to “hateful.” Do we really want Larry Moneta’s standards for what is “appropriate” regulating what students can say and do on campus? Because that will be the result of a codified hate speech policy. Furthermore, I don’t understand how these calls for the Duke administration to censor students are coming from groups like the Editorial Board. In their editorial, “Fascism and the impulse to surveil,” the board implies Vincent Price and the Duke administration are fascists, accuses universities like ours of “being active facilitators for white supremacy,” and says the gesture of surveillance is most likely meaningless without a“robust hate and bias policy.” To be totally clear, the Chronicle Editorial Board wants an organization that they regard as complicit with fascism and racism to enact a censorship policy for all students at Duke. The Editorial Board has a radical tendency in everything they write and in this case they are radically incoherent. My proposed solution is simple, but not particularly satisfying—no one should get to regulate how other people speak. What is and is not offensive is a wholly subjective argument and any attempt to enforce subjectivity in the form of policy opens up rampant potential for abuse. I have no confidence that the Duke administration would regulate speech in a non-abusive manner because I have no confidence that anyone can regulate speech in a nonabusive manner. Instead, we as a community should call out hate where we see it, shun and ostracize those who perpetuate it, and work together to create an inclusive discourse at Duke. The power to create a better Duke lies in our hands and we, the students of Duke University, shape the conversation at our school. We should use our collective social influence to discourage bad ideas and promote good ones rather than trying to relegate the ability to shape discourse to the Duke administration. We have more power than we give ourselves credit for. Reiss Becker is a Trinity sophmore. His column usually runs on alternate Mondays.

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New year, new me: New Duke?

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SNAKE FROM PAGE 1 Given my lack of familiarity on the subject, I decided to research snakes. Did you know that snakes can swallow large prey through their mobile jaws? I didn’t, and reading that fact only made me more convinced that this snake entered my room to eat me in my sleep. But my Eve-like curiosity prevailed, and I couldn’t stop myself from biting the metaphorical apple that the internet’s snake facts presented me. I continued reading. Soon, I learned that there are five types of venomous snakes common in North Carolina, including the Copperhead, Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin), Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Pigmy Rattlesnake, and Timber Rattlesnake, any of which could have been the poisonous monster that found shelter in my dorm room rentfree. In studying the biblical history of serpents, I found out the hard way that the first search result for “Adam and Eve” is not a Wikipedia page but a link to a sex toy shop. Go figure! After some light perusing, I delved back into

Jordan Diamond COLUMNIST my research and soon picked up enough proficiency in Genesis vocabulary to write the intro to this piece. They say that ignorance is bliss. Part of me wishes I had never been told about my third, reptilian roommate from last semester and I could comfortably walk to the corner of the room where the snake was found. But what I’ve realized is that life outside Eden isn’t so bad after all. In the choice between ignorance and knowledge, I’m glad to be aware of the truth. Like Eve, aware of her nudity, I clothe myself in consciousness—and not just because it’s freezing outside and I have great taste in Winter wardrobe. I’ve found a new paradise, basking in the divinity of my own curiosity. Am I any less scared of snakes now? No, but have I read the Wikipedia page for snakes? Yes. And I’m going to celebrate that personal growth, just like we should all celebrate the remarkable growth rate of juvenile green anacondas. This is Jordan Diamond, signing off. Jordan Diamond is a Trinity sophomore. His column, “Diamond in the Rough,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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hile tapping through the 300th “Best of 2018” Instagram story on my feed, I stopped to reflect on the year as a whole. As anyone with two brain cells knows, 2018 was not a golden year for the United States, let alone the rest of the world. As any good Duke student knows, 2018 for Duke, quite frankly, sucked. Between the student health insurance fiasco, horrific security issues, and some tragic campus losses (R.I.P. to the walk-up line), I spent the last days of winter break staring at my phone, wondering, “Did anything good happen at Duke this year? Is there even a point to hope for improvement in 2019?” Rather than drowning in my own ennui, I decided to sit down with President Price and find out exactly how Duke plans to change for the New Year. Here’s a sneak peek of what you have to look forward to this semester. Vincent Price: Before we get started, you’re not one of those People’s State of the University organizers,

Monday Monday NOT NOT TRUE right? My New Year’s resolution is to avoid working with them as much as possible. Monday Monday: No, I write for The Chronicle. VP: Oh—great! So, I think you’re really going to enjoy what Duke has in store for 2019. I don’t want to give too much away, but I think our administration selected a bunch of projects that really address student needs. Again, I can’t say too much, but I know you’re going to be quite excited. MM: Since you obviously can’t reveal everything, I’ll start with a question. How do you plan on fixing the university’s abundant transportation issues? More specifically, what steps will you take to improve the Duke Van service? VP: I’m so glad you asked! Duke Transportation has been working on a plan that should silence student transport complaints once and for all. We’re partnering with the owners of Devine’s to extend the Duke Van range of service to include Devine’s! Even more exciting, fraternity party buses will serve as Duke Vans on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. MM: That is certainly a… creative solution, but what about students who currently cannot rely on Duke Vans to get home safely? Wouldn’t resources be better allocated to address real student needs rather than perceived student wants? VP: First of all, Devine’s is a need. Second, isn’t insufficient transportation kind of the students’ own fault? I mean, if you choose to live off-campus, you subject yourself to the associated burdens: either pay for a parking pass or pay for an Uber—it’s not that hard! MM: But Duke’s insufficient, overpriced housing forces some students to live off-campus and subsequently deal with the lack of sufficient transportation. It’s also not just off-campus students— students who live on campus still suffer from Duke

Vans’ inconsistent service. VP: I’m sorry Monday Monday, but we’re doing all we can to fix the transportation issues! The university isn’t exactly made of money. MM: I just think that with an $8.5 billion endowment… You know what? Nevermind; let’s shift gears to something more important. What is the university doing to introduce a hate speech policy? VP: Well, that is a pretty complicated question. Hate speech is a huge issue on college campuses, especially this one, and it must be condemned. But who can condemn it or enforce a policy? Aren’t we all a little bit guilty of hate speech? After all, “he who hath no sin may throw the first stone!” MM: Well, I think it’s pretty easy not to be racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, transphobic, or an a**hole. I’m not really understanding how this is a difficult concept to pin down. VP: In the words of one of my fellow administrators, you should try reading a book about it. I’m sure you’ll find it quite informative! Anyways, let me tell you about a new initiative that will definitely be a big change for the new year. Daily maid service is now included, free of charge, in Room & Board costs for all East and West Campus dorms! MM: That seems a bit excessive—if there’s anything we learned this year, it’s that Duke’s housekeeping staff is already doing enough! VP: I’m not sure I understand; wasn’t that exactly what Duke Students for Housekeeping Reform asked for? MM: That isn’t even a student group… There’s Duke Students for Housing Reform and a separate group advocating for the fair and just treatment of Duke’s housekeepers. This initiative completely undermines everything they spent the semester fighting for. At this point, I’m just shocked at how out of touch the administration seems to be with actual student needs. VP: I’m so sorry you feel that way, but I can assure you, this is exactly what Duke’s campus needs. You students just don’t have the foresight to know the best direction for the university. MM: Anyway… thank you for participating in this interview. I’m sure my classmates will be thrilled to see what’s to expect from the semester. VP: One more thing, and I hope this can satisfy you: we’re bringing back Quenchers. MM: Fantastic! That’s exactly what I wanted to hear. And just like that, our interview came to a close. Any glimmer of hope I had for the university to change quickly disappeared, yet I felt a strange set of comfort. Though our world is tumultuous and unpredictable, we can always rely on Duke administrators to stay the same. Monday Monday’s editor would like to make it clear that President Price never said any of these things, and that they did not actually interview him at all. Monday Monday, much like the university, has several New Year’s resolutions, all of which they will talk about extensively yet never pursue. Specifically, Monday Monday plans to take a much-needed hiatus from social media. They spent their break brainstorming ways to use a winter break’s worth of photos for a semester’s worth of Instas. Anonymous columnists: they’re just like us!

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RECESSION FROM PAGE 1 government would be a big help, but maybe that’s wishful thinking,” Graham said. Businesses can also take action to improve the economic climate by continuing to hire and invest, paying suppliers sooner and allowing customers longer time to pay, thereby increasing liquid capital within the economy. However, Graham emphasized that companies are unlikely to take such action. “As a private sector, the thinking is ‘I’m going to see how the world is acting and I’m going to react to that.’ They are less interested in seeing ‘what I can do to help my competitors and everybody else be better off,’” Graham explained. Graham also offered advice to Duke students and American consumers, who may prepare for the impending

COOPER FROM PAGE 3 the release says. “According to the [forecast], ice accumulations of a tenth of an inch or less is expected with little to no snow accumulation.” The release also noted that the forecast called for only “ice accumulations of a tenth of an inch or less.” At around the same time last year, Duke canceled classes from Jan. 17 to Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. in response to another snow storm. On Jan. 16, 2018, Duke’s severe weather and emergency conditions policy was enacted in response to a

recession and job insecurity by saving more and spending less. Students may consider continuing their education rather than entering the job market during the recession. “When I graduated college a very long time ago, the United States was in deep recession, and it was really hard to get a job,” Graham said. “So you may want to stay in school if you are able to afford it, then you would have that credential that would make you more hirable down the road.” The Fuqua School of Business created the Master of Management Studies program in response to the last recession. “Duke students were having a hard time getting a job, so we started kind of a fifth-year college program where students can get business background and have a better chance of getting a job when they are out on the other end,” Graham said. forecast of four inches of snow. The next day, the policy was extended until Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, notified students in an email on Jan. 17, 2018 that the updated weather forecast predicted even more snow than before. “Clearly the forecasters missed the mark by just a bit...like, by 8 or more inches of snow! I haven’t shoveled this much in 20 years...and I was much younger,” Moneta wrote. “But, kudos to the many people who have toiled all day trying to keep up with road and walk conditions, provide nourishment and ensure warmth and light.”

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