August 29, 2016

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Safe space to open at Duke

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DSG-funded sexual health center slated for October debut Kenrick Cai The Chronicle The controversial Peer Advocacy for Sexual Health Center is slated to open to the student body in October. Duke Student Government Senate voted to fund the PASH Center last April in a push led by junior Riyanka Ganguly—vice president for equity and outreach—and Executive Vice President Ilana Weisman, a senior. The center will provide peer counseling as well as sexual health and pleasure products to students. Funding toward sexual pleasure products drew initial criticism from members of the student body and heavy debate within DSG. The meeting after the PASH budget was passed, a second bill reduced funding for sexual pleasure products. That bill was eventually struck down by the DSG Judiciary, restoring the initial funding. Since then, progress toward opening the center has since gone smoothly, its organizers said. “When there was misconstrued information from toxic forms of social media, I think that’s why there was a

Han Kang | The Chronicle The PASH Center will be located at Griffin House on West Campus until the Student Health and Wellness Center is completed.

lot of student frenzy and pushback from not understanding the point and message behind [the PASH Center],” Ganguly said. The PASH Center will temporarily open

at Griffin House on West Campus until construction is completed on the Student Health and Wellness Center, expected to be finished in January 2017. It is looking to differentiate itself

from other resources on campus by operating “after hours,” Ganguly said, to be more convenient for students. This does depend on student schedules, however, as staffers would be volunteers. “But I would love for it to be from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m,” she said. Ganguly and Weisman will staff the center with the help of 15 peer educators trained through the house course “Condoms and Counseling,” which they taught last Spring and plan to offer again this Fall. Information taught in the course includes anatomy, reproduction, sexuallytransmitted infections, gender and domestic violence, Title IX, stigma and counseling services. “[The peer educators] are trained to provide a confidential and helpful resource that explains things to students and tells them their options out loud,” Weisman said. “It’s something that gathers all the information we have about campus or about Durham.” Students will be allocated a to-bedetermined monetary credit per semester, See PASH CENTER on Page 15

QB Thomas Sirk suffers season-ending Achilles injury Staff Reports The Chronicle

Khloe Kim | Chronicle File Photo Thomas Sirk suffered his third major Achilles injury Thursday and will undergo surgery.

Redshirt senior quarterback Thomas Sirk partially tore the left Achilles’ tendon that ruptured in February Thursday and will miss the 2016 season due to another surgery, the team announced Saturday afternoon. The news was first reported by the Durham Herald-Sun’s Steve Wiseman Friday evening. Duke’s leading passer and rusher last season, Sirk had been making a speedy recovery in an attempt to play much of the season. Now the Blue Devils will turn to redshirt freshman Daniel Jones to lead the offense. Jones has been getting most of the

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first-team repetitions in practice in fall camp and threw two touchdowns in the team’s Aug. 19 scrimmage. Jones was listed as the team’s projected starter Sunday evening for its season opener Saturday. Sirk’s injury is his third significant Achilles’ tendon injury since becoming a Blue Devil. He missed the 2013 season after tearing his right Achilles, then suffered a left Achilles tear in February during a team conditioning drill. Under NCAA rules, the Glen St. Mary, Fla., native could apply for another year of eligibility if he loses two seasons due to injury. When Sirk missed time last season, redshirt junior Parker Boehme filled in. Boehme has also worked a bit with the first team in practice behind Jones, a 6-foot-5 Charlotte native.


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