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The Chronicle T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017
DUKECHRONICLE.COM
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 3
Grad student President Price speaks at first Convocation details rape allegations in updated suit Staff Reports The Chronicle New allegations have emerged in an amended complaint submitted last Thursday by the graduate student suing Duke for allegedly mishandling her claim that a Women’s Center employee’s partner sexually assaulted her. The Women’s Center employee and her partner are also listed as defendants of the lawsuit. In the amended complaint, the graduate student claims that she was raped by the employee’s partner. The student then confronted the partner and informed him she was reporting his conduct. According to the complaint, however, the partner then See STUDENT on Page 11
Chronicle File Photo The lawsuit claims that the alleged rapist was able to access the student’s information through the Women’s Center employee.
Ian Jaffe | The Chronicle President Vincent Price, who took office July 1, spoke at his first Convocation Wednesday.
Bre Bradham The Chronicle The class of 2021 packed into the Duke Chapel on Wednesday for convocation, where the first-years were welcomed to the University by another “first-year ‘Dukie’”— President Vincent Price. In his first convocation, the University’s tenth president took the opportunity to tell the 1,740 first-years to appreciate the “bewilderment” they may find during their time at Duke. He was joined in welcoming the students by Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, and Duke Student Government President Riyanka Ganguly, a senior. “As your fellow first-year ‘Dukie,’ I am proud to start my career alongside you,” said Price. “In the long history of Duke, the class of 2021 is truly remarkable. A record number of students—34,480, to be exact— applied for a seat in this magnificent chapel, and fewer than one in 10
were admitted.” Price noted that among those firstyears seated in the chapel were national champions in kayaking and archery, a volunteer firefighter and a European champion chess master. Comparing the students’ unique differences to pieces in the chapel’s stained glass windows, Price told the first-years that they would come together to “make the class of 2021 the beautiful mosaic that it will become.” However, the president warned the first-years that the next four years would bring challenges—from professors asking questions they do not know the answers for to navigating the bus system to get from East to West campus. “You will find that—as recent events surrounding this very chapel illustrate so well—you are not isolated from the cares, needs, demands and controversies of our nation and world,” said Price, referencing the recent removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from the front entrance of the chapel. “Indeed, you are called upon to engage in thoughtful, and
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sometimes very difficult, conversations about our history, our present and— most important—the course of our futures together.” Price told the first-years that everyone loses their footing at times, including their classmates, parents, professors and himself. He said that what essayist Wendell Berry called “the bewilderments of the human condition” is a universal experience, encouraging the first-years to embrace that part of their Duke experience. “It is with years of experience that I am going to let you in on a secret: the freedom to feel bewildered is the greatest gift that Duke offers you,” Price said. “Every member of this community—the faculty, staff and your fellow students—is dedicated to giving you the opportunity to explore truly challenging ideas and to try things on without fear of judgment. I hope you will take advantage of everything this University has to offer.” Price closed his first Duke See CONVOCATION on Page 9
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