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Does Duke have a presidential line of succession? By Nathan Luzum Managing Editor

It’s the fodder of many doomsday movies— once the president goes down, how does the government continue to function? It turns out Duke has a plan in place too. If there were to be an unanticipated vacancy in the president’s office, the provost would step in to fulfill the duties, according to Richard Riddell, senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees. Currently, this would place Provost Sally Kornbluth in line behind President Vincent Price. “Generally speaking, the provost would be expected to step in for the president if there’s an unexpected vacancy,” Riddell said. “That’s just the normal succession in a temporary manner.” Duke boasts five executive leadership positions, including the president, provost, chancellor for health affairs, executive vice president and Riddell’s role. Because the provost is generally perceived as the No. 2 position at research universities, he noted that the individual in that position would be a natural fit to temporarily take the reins. “Typically, if you put the medical center off to the side and you put my position off to the side, you’ve got the provost and the EVP,” Riddell See SUCCESSION on Page 12

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Charles York | Photography Editor The luxury apartment complex at 300 Swift has seen floors sink in several centimeters since it was first constructed.

By Ashwin Kulshrestha Senior News Reporter

There’s trouble in paradise. The luxury apartment complex at 300 Swift, purchased by Duke in December 2016, is beginning to show some wear and tear. Students living in the building— currently numbering more than 400— have reported a number of problems with the facility. In their August 2019 training,

resident assistants were told that the floors in the Swift complex had fallen a few centimeters from the time they were built. Joe Gonzalez, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life, confirmed the floor problems in an email to The Chronicle. “We are aware this has occurred in a couple of apartments and will make repairs after the spring semester ends as the work is disruptive to the apartments involved,” Gonzalez wrote.

Although the University has not provided an explanation for why the floors have fallen, students have suggested one possible explanation: the volume and size of parties that occur within. “[Swift is] a great building that has undergone unplanned abuse from college students who view the space as temporary and pay little consequence for damages See FLOORS on Page 12

Ibrahim Butt elected next Young Trustee By Carter Forinash University News Editor

Special to The Chronicle Butt helped spearhead the Duke LIFE student group.

Undergraduates have elected senior Ibrahim Butt as the next Young Trustee. In an undergraduate student-body wide election held from noon Feb. 11 to noon Feb. 12, Butt was chosen from a fourperson field—all of whom were seniors. He won on the third round of instant voting. In the first round, Butt received 36.7% of the vote, ahead of Leah Abrams, who earned 29.9% of the first-round vote. Tim Skapek and Maryam Asenuga finished third and fourth in the first round with 21.1% and 12.3% of the vote, respectively. In the second round, Butt climbed to 40.3%, with Abrams at 33.7% and Skapek at 22.9%. 3.1% of ballots did not have any of those three candidates. In the third round, Butt won with 43.8%, besting Abrams at 37.7%. 18.5% of ballots did not have either Butt or Abrams

on them. Sophomore John Markis, attorney general for Duke Student Government, sent the results. “In a year with three other superb candidates, Butt stood out as the candidate who could most clearly have an impact on the Board of Trustees,” Markis told The Chronicle. “I look forward to what he will accomplish during his term.” Butt, who grew up in Blackburn, U.K., emphasized his experience overcoming barriers at Duke and seeking out campus involvement as a low-income, first-generation student. Butt helped spearhead Duke Low-Income, First-Generation Engagement, organizing its first conference and serving as co-president of the organization this year. He also brings experience with the Board of Trustees to his new position—he currently sits on the Undergraduate Education Committee. He picked up endorsements from Duke Catalyst, Duke See TRUSTEE on Page 12

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Prosecutors won’t charge McCabe Avenatti convicted of extortion By Maria Morrison Health and Science News Editor

Justice Department prosecutors decided not to charge former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, Trinity ‘90, for allegedly lying to investigators, The New York Times reported Friday. The decision ended a nearly two-year-long case stemming from allegations that McCabe misled investigators in 2016 about whether he improperly leaked information about the FBI’s probe to Hillary Clinton. A 2018 inspector general report alleged that McCabe violated the agency’s media policy and then repeatedly misled other FBI agents about his decision. McCabe’s lawyers denied that he intentionally lied to investigators, according to the Times, and a key witness testified that he had no motive to lie because he was authorized to speak to the media in the first place. “We said at the outset of the criminal investigation, almost two years ago, that if the facts and the law determined the result, no

Michelle Tai | Features Photography Editor Andrew McCabe spoke at Duke in April 2019.

charges would be brought,” the prosecutors said in a statement. “We are pleased that Andrew McCabe and his family can go on with their lives without this cloud hanging over them.” The decision came days after senior Justice Department officials intervened in the case of Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser, to recommend a more lenient sentence than the prosecutors assigned to the case had suggested. That move sparked concern that the department was caving to pressure by Trump, who had criticized the initial sentencing recommendation on Twitter. McCabe stepped down from the deputy director role in January 2018 but remained on the FBI staff. He was fired in March 2018, a day before he would have been eligible to receive a pension, after which he sued the FBI and the Justice Department for documents related to his dismissal. Trump has repeatedly attacked the former deputy director. He tweeted about McCabe’s retirement benefits in December 2017, writing that McCabe was “racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!” McCabe took aim at the president in a Friday interview on CNN. “I don’t think I’ll ever be free of this president and his maniacal rage that he’s directed towards me and my wife since October of 2016 for absolutely no reason whatsoever,” he said. As a Duke alum, McCabe has been present in campus life, most recently speaking at an event in April 2019. “Norms have been shattered one after another, in ways that I think are deeply damaging to our democracy,” he said at the event. “The thing that troubles me the most is that… this president doesn’t either understand or respect our democracy in the way that we understand it. To considerably hold himself above the law cuts against the absolute tenet of our society.”

By Leah Boyd Staff Reporter

Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti, known in part for his accusations about Duke men’s basketball, has been convicted of extortion and fraud charges. In a verdict delivered Friday by a Manhattan federal jury, Avenatti was convicted of attempting to extort Nike. The charges include “felony charges of transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion and honest services wire fraud,” according to ESPN. Avenatti, who pleaded not guilty, did not testify in his own defense during the threeweek trial. Federal prosecutors held that, unless Nike paid him up to $25 million to conduct the investigation on his own, Avenatti planned to hold a news conference where he would expose Nike executives for paying young college basketball players and their families. At the time, he was more than $11 million in debt, which prosecutors believe motivated the scheme. Avenatti is being held without bail and could potentially face up to 42 years in prison on his combined charges. He will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gardephe June 17. Scott Srebnick, Avenatti’s lawyer, plans to appeal the verdict. Avenatti came into the limelight two years ago when he represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump. His name became associated with Duke a year later, when he alleged that Nike officials bribed Zion Williamson to play at Duke. Last April, Avenatti tweeted at the official Duke men’s basketball account requesting that they “please ask Zion Williamson’s mother Sharonda Sampson - whether she was paid

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Avenatti made accusations that Nike paid Zion Williamson to come to Duke.

by @nike for bogus “consulting services” in 2016/17 as part of a Nike bribe to get Zion to go to Duke?” In August 2019, he claimed in court filings that Nike officials exchanged text messages in 2017 agreeing that the company should pay Williamson more than $35,000. Duke officials outside the athletics department held an investigation into the allegations. They found “no evidence to support any allegation,” Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vice president for public affairs and government relations, told The Chronicle in September. After the University announced its findings, Avenatti claimed that he “never heard from anyone associated with Duke in connection with [his] allegations or any investigation.” Avenatti is currently facing additional charges for defrauding Daniels of up to $300,000 in book proceeds. That trial is set to begin on Apr. 21. In May, the lawyer will also face trial in Los Angeles for charges of defrauding other clients for millions of dollars.

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Bernie Sanders urges systemic change at Durham auditorium By Ben Leonard Features Editor

A nearly 16,000-square-foot ballroom couldn’t fit all of Bernie Sanders’ supporters at the Durham Convention Center Friday. The room got so packed that the fire marshal pushed hundreds of the 3,100 in attendance to an overflow room that was larger than a football field, which practically filled up too. The Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont senator spoke to the overflow room first. “The good news is we had a standing-room crowd,” Sanders said. “The bad news is you could not get in.” Ahead of the March 3 N.C. primary, electric enthusiasm filled the air for Sanders in Durham, a progressive stronghold in a key Super Tuesday state that Sanders sees as crucial to winning the nomination. In front of a jubilant crowd that danced to Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” the avowed democratic socialist railed against the establishment and President Donald Trump as he touted his signature social programs. “If we stand together as one people, we will not only defeat Trump, we will transform this country,” Sanders said. “We’re making the establishment a little bit nervous.” After Sanders suffered a heart attack in October, some wrote off the 78-year-old. But he is fresh off winning the popular vote in the Iowa caucuses and a one-point win in the New Hampshire primary. After trailing former Vice President Joe Biden for nearly the entire campaign, Sanders has pulled to the front of a crowded Democratic field in national polls. As of Feb. 14, Sanders leads the RealClearPolitics national polling average at 24%, followed by Biden at 19%, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at

14%, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 12.4% and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 10.6%. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who finished third in the New Hampshire primary this week, sits at a distant 5%. In North Carolina, Sanders trails Biden by seven points (with Bloomberg in third) in the RealClearPolitics average, but the polls were taken before Biden’s fifth-place finish in New Hampshire on Tuesday. FiveThirtyEight’s more recent election forecast data gives Sanders a 42% chance of winning North Carolina, ahead of Biden’s 26%. “I’m getting a very strong feeling we’re going to win in North Carolina,” Sanders said to roaring applause.

‘An economy that works for all of us’: Sanders discusses vision for spending

As many Democratic candidates have on the stump, Sanders tore into Trump. “The American people, regardless of their political views, know that we cannot continue to have a President who is a pathological liar, is running a corrupt administration, does not respect our constitution or democracy, thinks he is above the law, is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe and a religious bigot,” Sanders said. “This is the most consequential election... in modern American history.” Sanders also touted his bevy of social initiatives that would dramatically increase government spending to levels never before seen during peacetime, according to a CNN estimate. “We believe in an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1%,” Sanders said. Among his proposals include raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour. He called the current minimum wage a “starvation wage” that “nobody can live on.”

Henry Haggart | Assistant Sports Photography Editor Bernie Sanders said he would sign an executive order legalizing marijuana at his rally Thursday.

He also called for universal health care in the form of Medicare for All, free public college for all, eliminating student debt and redirecting military funding to boost education spending. His platform also includes a federal jobs guarantee and the “Green New Deal,” a plan to transition fully to renewable energy that would fundamentally shake up the energy economy. He also railed against what he sees as the outsized influence of money in politics. “We may be old fashioned, but we believe in one person, one vote, not billionaires buying elections,” Sanders said. He has accused Bloomberg—who has spent hundreds of millions on advertising and also visited Raleigh Thursday—of trying to “buy” the election. Sanders got some of his most booming applause when he touted his pledge to legalize marijuana via executive order and expunge all

past marijuana-related convictions. He asked the crowd to raise their hand if they knew someone who has been arrested for marijuana possession. Hundreds of hands shot up. “We’re going to end the destructive War on Drugs,” Sanders said. Local officials endorse Sanders Several local leaders and candidates for office stumped for Sanders including Durham Mayor Pro Tempore Jillian Johnson, who has recently sparked controversy by writing an oped critical of Durham Police Department’s use of force. Johnson, a state co-chair of Sanders’ campaign, endorsed Sanders Wednesday before taking the stage Friday. “The work in front of all us is to be an active part of the only presidential campaign that is bringing millions of people into the brave and See SANDERS on Page 12

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Here’s who will be on the ballot for NC’s Super Tuesday primary By Rose Wong

Holmquist, small business owner Sharon Hudson and Paul Wright, former N.C. Superior Court Judge. Meanwhile, five Democrats—state Sen. Erica Smith, former state Sen. Cal Cunningham, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Trevor Fuller, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Atul Goel and Bunnlevel native Steve Swenson—will be on the ballot. Smith, Cunningham and Fuller—the three Democratic frontrunners—each have slightly different stances on healthcare, according to the News and Observer. Whereas Fuller supports moving toward Medicare For All and views the Affordable Care Act as the first step toward that goal, Smith’s focus would be on improving and implementing the ACA. Cunningham’s website states that he wants to expand the ACA and Medicaid, while protecting employer-sponsored coverage. U.S. House of Representatives Durham is split into the 1st and 4th Congressional Districts. In North Carolina’s 1st District, incumbent Democrat George

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North Carolina may be a presidential battleground state, but the U.S. senatorial, congressional and state races are shaping up to be battles of their own. Early voting and same-day voter registration for the N.C. primaries has started on campus in Brodhead 068 and will end Feb. 29. Aside from the presidency, here’s who you may be voting for at the North Carolina primary March 3, and what their responsibilities will be if elected. U.S. Senate Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the 100-seat chamber, but that may change in the upcoming election. Three Republicans are competing against incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis for the party nomination: Businessman Larry

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Butterfield will remain the party’s nominee. Three candidates are vying for the Republican nomination: Family business owner Sandy Smith, small business owner Ethan Baca and Michele Nix, former Vice Chairwoman of the N.C. Republican Party. Incumbent Democrat David Price of the 4th District will appear on the ballot alongside web designer Daniel Ulysses Lockwood. On the Republican ballot are attorney Robert Thomas and small business owner Steve Loor. Also on the ballot are Debesh Sakar, N.C. Department of Transportation employee, and Nasir Shaikh, marketing director of a health technology company. Governor Democrat and Army veteran Ernest Reeves is challenging incumbent Democrat Roy Cooper for the state’s highest-ranking office. On the Republican side, N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and N.C. House Rep. Holly Grange are hoping to become the state’s chief executive as well. Forest was a strong supporter of House Bill 2—commonly known as the “bathroom bill” —which required people to use the bathrooms that correspond to the gender indicated on their birth certificate. Meanwhile, Grange co-sponsored HB186, which would essentially limit the law to public facilities. Ultimately, Cooper signed HB142, which repealed HB2 but still drew criticism from those who saw the new bill as allowing discrimination against transgender people, according to CNN. Lieutenant Governor With incumbent Dan Forest moving on to the gubernatorial race, the next lieutenant governor—who will lead the state senate and assume governorship in the case that the governor cannot serve—could be anyone, and the competition is crowded. Running for the Republican nomination are attorney John Ritter; former N.C. Rep. Scott Stone; state Sen. Andy Wells; entrepreneur Buddy Bengel; former Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran; former U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers; Greg Gebhardt, N.C. National Guard executive officer; Mark Johnson, state superintendent of public instruction; and Mark Robinson, former medical specialist in the Army Reserves. Democrats hoping to succeed Forest include Hoke County Commissioner Allen Thomas, attorney Bill Toole, state Sen. Terry Van Duyn, state Rep. Chaz Beasley, state Rep. Yvonne Lewis Holley and Durham Police Department investigator Ron Newton. Treasurer Three Democrats—Charlotte City Council member Dimple Ajmera, Duke professor Ronnie Chatterji and Matthew Leatherman, former policy director in the Department of State Treasurer—are competing against incumbent Republican Dale Folwell for the opportunity to manage state funds, provide financial assistance to local governments and control the public employee retirement system. Labor Commissioner Republican incumbent Cherie Berry’s photo will soon no longer be in every elevator, as she is retiring after 20 years in office. Wake County Commissioner Jessica Holmes, who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary, said that the next labor commissioner needs to do a better job of defending worker’s rights and ensuring safe working conditions, criticizing Berry for what she called a “laissez-faire approach.” Republicans on the ballot will include state Rep. Josh Dobson, former state Rep. Pearl Floyd and Chuck Stanley, Columbus County construction company manager. None of the candidates have decided whether to follow Berry’s lead and have their photo accompany everyone’s elevator rides, which former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker called “selfpromotion by a career politician,” according to the Herald Sun. Read the full version online at www.dukechronicle.com

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Blue Devils upset No. 18 Florida Duke takes care of business State in Cameron thriller vs. overmatched Notre Dame By Joe Wang Sports Editor

Sunday afternoon is the time people flock to Pitchforks, getting their tasteful brunch of the day. The 14th-ranked Seminoles stepped into Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday afternoon, drowsy and unenergetic, much like the Pitchforks-inhabiting students. What Florida State didn’t realize was that instead of being a customer, it was the daily special on the menu. The Blue Devils weathered the storm and came out victorious fin a 66-64 nail biter to climb to the third 64 spot in the ACC FSU Haley DUKE 66 standings. Gorecki tallied 21 points, 14 of them coming from the charity stripe, while Leaonna Odom scored an efficient 18 points. “This [Blue Devil] team has been in the tunnel and totally focused,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “They haven’t been doing anything but focusing on the game in front of us, and everybody, they have come together to play. That’s part of our thing right now, it’s us focusing on us and anything can happen, and that’s exactly the position we want to put ourselves in.”

It’s been almost two years since the last Blue Devil victory against a ranked opponent, and Florida State’s awakening in the final minutes only made this victory that much more memorable. With less than five minutes left on the clock See W. BASKETBALL on Page 8

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The Blue Devils had good reason to celebrate Sunday afternoon.

By Evan Kolin Assistant Blue Zone Editor

With the NBA’s All-Star weekend taking place over the weekend, an abundance of former Blue Devils made their way to Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday for Duke’s matchup against Notre Dame. The team made sure not to disappoint its fellow members of The Brotherhood. In front of a packed crowd that included Zion Williamson, Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook among others, the seventh-ranked Blue Devils took down the 60 Fighting Irish 94-60. ND DUKE 94 Vernon Carey Jr. and Tre Jones led Duke with 21 and 19 points, respectively, but it was the combo play from two players infamously known for their inability to play well together that sparked the game-clinching run. With 13 minutes remaining in the game and Duke already ahead 59-41, Alex O’Connell knocked down a trey. Less than a minute later, Joey Baker swished a three of his own. A few quiet minutes ensued before O’Connell and Baker fired in yet another sequence of backto-back threes, stretching the Blue Devils’ edge to 72-44. Baker waved his arms to fire up the crowd, and the Crazies responded with perhaps

the loudest Cameron has been all season. “I thought the crowd was unbelievable,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And the energy. It’s more like Cameron of old. Since we said we’re going to be old-fashioned, this [was] like an old-fashioned Cameron game.” See OVERMATCHED on Page 9

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Vernon Carey Jr. bested John Mooney Saturday in a battle of premier ACC centers.

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Zion, Tyus and more legends cameo at Cameron By Glen Morgenstern Assistant Blue Zone Editor

different Saturday. “Z walked in, and they went crazy,” sophomore point guard Tre Jones said of his former teammate’s theatrical entrance. “Timeout got called, they announced all the players. We came out, made a crazy run and blew the roof off. There’s no better place to play when it’s like that.” Williamson had just played in the NBA’s Rising Stars game at All-Star Weekend in Chicago Friday evening. His surprise appearance in Durham prompted quick

action from the Crazies. They chanted, “Zion, sit with us” and “We want Zion” with reckless abandon, causing the broadshouldered 19-year-old to bury his head in his arms in embarrassment. That “Sit with us” chant got the Crazies in some hot water with Krzyzewski when directed at Pittsburgh head coach and former Blue Devil Jeff Kapel last month. Krzyzewski admonished them, yelling “Shut up” to the student section. He had thought they insulted his former player and assistant coach.

“The crowd and the team were one.” So said Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski following a raucous, resounding victory against Notre Dame. The statement was true in multiple ways. First, the decibel level in Cameron Indoor Stadium flew off the charts. The 469th consecutive sellout game saw glitter and Crazie chants galore in what largely became a blowout. Why? Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook, both members of Duke’s 2015 national championship team, returned to Cameron to enjoy the afternoon game against the Fighting Irish. So did Gene Banks, a throwback two-time All-American for the Blue Devils. Then, the big fish. Just a few minutes into the second half, a timeout was called. It didn’t matter who called it, because here came Zion Williamson ambling in front of the Duke bench, surrounded by shouts of joy on all sides. As his image graced Cameron Indoor’s Jumbotron, the screams reached heretofore unknown levels, rendering team strategy discussions on either side useless. It had been nearly a full calendar year since the beloved rim-breaker last took to Coach K Court. It was not a pleasant image then: a broken shoe, a knee injury and a Jackson Muraika | Associate Photography Editor dispiriting loss to North Carolina in front of A sensation in his one season at Duke, Zion Williamson made his return to Cameron. a former U.S. President. The scene was vastly

Krzyzewski apologized for his misunderstanding in a secret meeting with the students the next day. Williamson sat next to Cook, a Los Angeles Laker, in the row directly behind Nolan Smith. During all of their team huddles, the current Duke players got a face full of their Blue Devil forerunners. “I just saw [Zion] smiling behind the bench with Quinn [Cook],” Krzyzewski said. “Two of the great smiles in the history of Duke basketball, those two guys. It says a lot that they come back. For Zion—he played last night. I love the fact that they want to maintain their relationship with this great university. And that’s one of the reasons they came here. Not just to play, but to be a part of it and to get that welcome.” Tyus Jones, now on the Memphis Grizzlies, also received heaps of praise. The video that plays on Cameron’s Jumbotron before every game includes footage of Jones’ 3-pointer to secure the 2015 national championship. When the clip played, the Crazies acknowledged Jones’ presence with a hearty yell. Surprisingly, his brother Tre, Duke’s current star point guard, did not have advance notice of his brother’s attendance. “I love playing when he’s able to come,” Tre Jones said. “Obviously, with how busy he is, how much he has to travel and things like that, it’s been tough for him to get to games. When See LEGENDS on Page 8

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Duke routs Army Sunday to take season-opening series By Jake Piazza Staff Writer

When it rains, it pours. After a gritty, mistake-filled Friday and Saturday of baseball, it was a perfect storm for the Blue Devils Sunday for the rubber match. Head coach Chris Pollard and his squad hosted the Army Black Knights at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park for a three-game series to open up the season. The first two games were split at a game apiece, with Army eking out a 3-2 win Friday and No. 15 Duke walking it off Saturday for a 9-8 victory. Sunday marked the first time the Blue Devil squad played up to par, as Duke defeated Army 7-0. “I thought we came out a little bit soft [Saturday] to be ARMY 3 honest with you,” 2 Pollard said Sunday. DUKE “We played a little ARMY 8 bit timid and we got 9 better as the game DUKE went on and I like the ARMY 0 fact that we stayed in the fight. But today 7 we came out and we DUKE played tough and we played aggressive.” There was the usual amount of cobwebs for an opening weekend, but everything clicked in perfect harmony Sunday. The pitching outing from Cooper Stinson and offensive pop from catcher Michael Rothenberg and first baseman Matt Mervis undoubtedly stuck out from the eventful weekend. “It’s going to be hard to keep him off the weekend [rotation] if he throws like that,” Pollard said. “Early in the year you’re looking for guys

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Junior catcher Michael Rothenberg provided some pop at the plate for the Blue Devils. to make some statements and certainly that was a big statement by Cooper Stinson today….I thought the stuff was really live.” Stinson went 5.2 innings on the bump, flirting with perfection until an infield single ended the hopes in the fifth inning. Despite his whole arsenal working, nothing was more important than his first pitch strike ratio. Out of the 19 batters faced, he threw 17 first pitch strikes, allowing the Norcross, Ga., native to flip

his slider in on command and finish with six strikeouts on the day. “I can wake up and throw that pitch for a strike any day of the week,” Stinson said. The other half of the starting battery for the Blue Devils (2-1) began his season off on the right foot, too. Rothenberg hit .429 on the weekend, showing his swing is locked in and ready to handle the production that is expected out

of one’s number three batter. His weekend was highlighted by a wall scraping home run to right field from the left side of the plate. Army pitcher Ray Bartolli fell behind 3-1 to the switch-hitting catcher, allowing Rothenberg to jump on a middle-in fastball and deliver the knockout punch to the Black Knights. The guy who takes the field just 90 feet up the first base line from Rothenberg had the “Mervis” touch this weekend, with nearly all of his at bats resulting in golden outcomes. Mervis blasted a grand slam on Saturday afternoon that brought the Blue Devils within one run of the Black Knights, ultimately setting up the walk-off. After tallying four hits in the first two ball games, the co-captain did not get many pitches to hit Sunday, as he drew three more walks to raise his on-base percentage to a whopping .600. “That’s a tough three and four combination right there,” Pollard said. “That’s a tough punch right there in the middle of the lineup for us right now.” The Black Knights (1-2) made for a rough first game of the Duke season, as pitcher Logan Smith dazzled for seven scoreless innings and ten strikeouts on Friday night. The Army hitters made for a tough out in the first two games as well, totaling 18 hits in two games. After a sloppy start to the weekend, Duke seems to be settling in nicely to its No. 15 rank. While there are still some serious lingering questions, there is no doubt that this Blue Devil team is a legitimate contender. Tuesday will be a true test of the depth of its pitching staff as it will host a midweek contest with the College of William and Mary.

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Blue Devils put away top-10 Denver on road By Winston Lindqwister Associate Sports Editor

Facing an opponent 1,600 miles from home and one mile above sea level, the Blue Devils hit the road looking to take on an opponent in both hostile and physically treacherous territory. Thanks to an early scoring explosion, Duke was able to brave the altitude and head home flying high on the heels of a top-10 win. No. 13 Duke took down No. 9 Denver 15-13 Saturday afternoon at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in Denver. Thanks to a quick 7-2 lead in the DUKE 15 first quarter coming 13 from six different DEN scorers, the Blue Devils had enough space to hold the Pioneers off down the stretch to come away with a much-needed win. “It was a total team effort,” head coach John Danowski said. “It wasn’t about beating your man and scoring your goal, it was about making the right play. We had seven different guys scoring goals, and guys were very unselfish and were making the right play.” After freshman Dyson Williams knotted the score 2-2 in the opening five minutes of

play, the Blue Devils (2-1) put on an absolute clinic of near-perfect ball movement to leave the home team reeling with a hit it could not recover from. Taking advantage of sluggish legs from Denver’s defenders, junior Nakeie Montgomery fired the Duke offense up with a hard role and dive to net, blazing past his man to set up an overthe-top rocket right past the goalkeeper. Sluggishness continued to haunt the Pioneers, as immediately after the Blue Devils found the back of the neck, Duke’s backline swarmed and forced an easy turnover. From there, senior Joey Manown opted to try his own hand at an isolation play with a bomb of his own, splitting Denver’s defense to give Duke a two-goal lead. Over the last five minutes of the quarter, the Blue Devils were relentless, taking advantage of man-up opportunities and efficient team ball to keep the momentum going. Sophomore Owen Caputo, who was the first Blue Devil to add a tally to the ledger, was largely responsible for the early burst, notching two back-to-back assists to help build Duke’s five-point cushion. Though the Blue Devils certainly looked more than ready to play in the opening quarter, Duke needed every point from its early cushion to hold off a Denver squad that refused to be embarrassed on its home turf.

The second and third quarter were backand-forth affairs, with Pioneer junior Jack Hannah spearheading a lethargic Denver offense. Hannah ended the evening with six goals on 11 shots, near singlehandedly keeping the Blue Devils from running away with the game. “We’ve got to keep playing,” Danowski said. “The game is about 60 minutes, it’s not about what’s on the scoreboard. Your opponent is going to keep fighting, which they did.” However, whether it was the thinner atmosphere or simple exhaustion from a high-energy start, the Blue Devils’ incredibly hot hand began to cool off quickly, giving the Pioneers the opening they needed to come just shy of an improbable comeback. Denver (1-1) opened the final 15 minutes with two quick goals, both assisted by Ethan Walker. As the Blue Devils scrambled to maintain their lead, Manown and Caputo both came up huge with crucial individual plays to ice the game. Both players played an incredibly aggressive stretch of offense, going straight at the net to connect on their own isolation drives. Although Denver was able to put the ball in the net two more times down the stretch, it was too little too late to match up with the Blue Devils’ hot start. “It’s a terrific win for these guys,” Danowski

said. “On the road, cross country, altitude, all those things that can be distracting didn’t appear to be today.” The Blue Devils will have nearly a week off before taking on Penn at a neutral site in Charlotte Saturday.

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Junior Nakeie Montgomery sparked the Blue Devil offense early Saturday.

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W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 6 in the final quarter and Duke (15-10, 9-5 in the ACC) up by nine, the Seminoles seemed to have it together for a brief stretch. Nicki Ekhomu and Sammie Puisis tallied four consecutive field goals for the visitors, three of which came from beyond the arc to give Florida State (20-5, 9-5) a two-point lead. In a moment of crisis, a familiar situation that has happened time and time again this season, Odom and Gorecki took over the game and put the nail in the coffin. “We just knew we needed a bucket at the time,” Odom said about her tandem play with Gorecki. “So, we’ve just got to create and we’re [some] of the couple of playmakers on the team, so we just had to do what we normally do.” Odom first hit a signature pull-up jumper from mid-range to tie the score, following that shot up with an alley-oop finish at the rim to reestablish Duke in the driver’s seat. Ekhomu, the Seminoles’ leading scorer Sunday, responded with an acrobatic offbalance floater which earned herself two chances at the free throw line. She hit both and tied the game once again with 1:22 on the clock. The game remained tied until Gorecki, the star of the afternoon, finished with a clutch performance despite shooting an uncharacteristic 21.4 percent from the field. The superstar guard maneuvered her way into the congested paint for a layup to give Duke the lead again as the clock ticked down to 13 seconds. After Ekhomu made a quick layup, Gorecki drew a whistle for her

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15th and 16th trip to the charity stripe. She converted both, leaving only three seconds for Florida State. Ekhomu’s impressive run came to an end as Gorecki perfectly defended her last-second 3-point attempt to terminate the Seminoles’ final hope for a lucky escape. Apart from the last five minutes of the game, Florida State couldn’t match the intensity level of the Blue Devils the entire afternoon, with sloppy possessions and an uninspiring outing on the boards. The team started off the game with a horrible 2-of-9 shooting spurt and had two four-minutelong scoring droughts in the second and third quarters. Points in the paint amounted to half of its total scores in the first half and prevented a total collapse. On Duke’s end, Kyra Lambert shared the load of ball handling with the dynamic Gorecki-Odom duo, and her two treys in the first quarter helped Duke jump to an early first-half lead. Despite getting injured in an accidental bump with Odom in the second half, the gritty point guard contributed a team-high three steals, one coming in the last minute of the game. Onome Akinbode-James and Jade Williams combined for 19 points on 9-of13 shooting against a very aggressive Florida State frontcourt. Akinbode-James continued her tremendous work on the boards from the Blue Devils’ last game with five offensive rebounds, finishing consistently through contact. Duke hopes to ride this wave of success against Virginia Thursday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium, looking to capture its first five-game winning streak since the 2017-18 campaign.

LEGENDS FROM PAGE 6 he does, it’s always so much fun.” The appearance of those Blue Devil legends seemed to ignite an intense fire under No. 7 Duke. The Blue Devils outscored the Fighting Irish 52-28 in the second half, thanks to a flurry of 3-pointers from just about everyone. The younger Jones brother, in particular, put on a show worthy of his elder brother. Tre Jones scored 19 points, dished out six assists and pulled down seven rebounds. He did this with remarkable efficiency, shooting 9-of-13 from the field and coughing up only two turnovers. “Look, we go the way of our leader,” Krzyzewski said. “Tre was magnificent, not good. The kid is a special, special guy.” After the game, Williamson, Jones and Cook

ventured back into the locker room where they recovered in years past and celebrated the victory with the current squad. Every Blue Devil had something to say about the experience, but perhaps it was sharpshooter Alex O’Connell who put Williamson’s triumphant return into words the best. “It’s amazing to have Zion back,” O’Connell said. “It just goes to show you what The Brotherhood is about. No matter how many years you stay, what you do while you’re here, you’re always loved. Everyone always cares for you. You’re always part of the team.” With all the legends soon to be embroiled in a hectic NBA schedule once again, the Cameron Crazies probably won’t get to see Zion’s face for quite some time. But the invitation is always open. After all, the team and the crowd are always one. If the Crazies could speak as one, they’d offer the following proposal: Sit with us.

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A member of the 2015 national championship team, Tyus Jones cheered on Duke Saturday.

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Entering the season, Mooney was one of only two returning players from any of last year’s All-ACC teams, and he made sure his presence was felt in his last-ever game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Orlando, Fla., native finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Durham poured in 21 points of his own. Meanwhile, Duke’s ferocious perimeter defense held Fighting Irish senior guard T.J. Gibbs scoreless on 0-of-7 shooting from the floor. Notre Dame finished 5-of-21 from three. “Our goal was to take away as many 3-pointers as possible,” Krzyzewski said. “And we did that.” The final few minutes saw the back of the Blue Devils’ bench receive action for the first time in a while, with Justin Robinson adding two points and a block and Mike Buckmire scoring his first two points of the season as well. With Louisville’s loss to Clemson Saturday afternoon, the win also moves Duke into sole possession of first place in the ACC regular season standings. Next, the Blue Devils travel to N.C. State to take on the Wolfpack Wednesday at 9 p.m., with

O’Connell finished with 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the floor, with Baker adding eight points on 3-of-4 shooting as well. Overall, Duke shot 10-of-22 from beyond the arc, including a 7-of-14 mark in the second half. “Well no-one’s going to be able to shoot like that,” Krzyzewski said of how his team can consistently shoot the way it did Saturday. “For that period of time, that was crazy. That’s not coaching. How are you going to do that again? Basketball gods, will you let us do that again?” But the Blue Devils’ sharpshooters weren’t the only players to set off a dominant Duke spurt. The start of the contest was unfamiliar territory in comparison to Duke’s recent matchups. Rather than one team breaking out ahead, whether that be the Blue Devils (22-3, 12-2 in the ACC) or their opponent, the game remained close in the early goings: Duke led just 20-19 with eight minutes left in the first half. It was then that the Blue Devils went on their first run. Wendell Moore Jr. started it off with a steal and beautiful pass to a cutting Jones to put Duke up three. Then Carey took over. The freshman big man scored seven straight points, capping off a 9-0 Duke run with his sixth triple of the season to put the Blue Devils ahead 29-19. Carey hit his first six shots of the game and finished the first half with 16 points. “I mean, I was just playing,” Carey said. “I wasn’t really thinking. Coaches tell me to just play distinctive, so that’s just what I felt like I was doing, and it just worked out well for me.” But Carey wasn’t the only big man who went to work Saturday. Notre Dame (15-10, 6-8) entered the game with the most 3-pointers per game of any team in the ACC, though it was the Fighting Irish’s bigs who carried the team’s offense. Senior forwards Juwan DurhamThe andNew John Mooney Jackson York Times Syndication Sales Muraika Corporation| Associate Photo Editor 620 Eighth Avenue, New York,O’Connell N.Y. 10018 finished with 12 points Alex combined for 40 of Notre Dame’s 60 points, For Information Call:on 1-800-972-3550 5-of-12 from the field. including 32 of its first 37 points.For Release Friday, February 14, 2020

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community editorial board in the coming year. However, the chance of healthy reflection seems to be constantly overshadowed by inevitable fights over whose individual triumphs have had the greatest impact. Candidates for Young Trustee or DSG President fill their campaign websites with examples of their leadership, the policy changes that they’ve pushed on campus and their unique knowledge of the trials and tribulations that Duke students, staff and faculty face. Rarely if ever do candidates seem to eschew

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this individualistic approach and emphasize instead coalition-building, collaboration, community. This year alone, two of the Young Trustee candidates had corrections made to their Chronicle profiles directly related to the characterization of work that they had done on and off campus. Duke teaches us that we should all be “leaders” without providing context for what communities we must be accountable to. This sentiment was reflected by a series of notable nonendorsements from student groups such as Diya, the Asian Students Association, and Mi Gente. Diya and ASA released a joint statement explaining their lack of endorsement of a Young Trustee candidate, saying “instead of highlighting their personal achievements to seek endorsements, candidates should instead be empowered to focus on uplifting student voices.” The push towards a recognition of individual achievement may be natural in campaigns but it is in direct conflict with many of our purported values as a university. Duke’s “collaborative spirit” is incorporated into its branding well before students enroll. Campus tours emphasize the role of the housing system in maintaining a sense of community over the course of students’ four years. They describe the academic and social environment as being conducive to strong collaboration and idea-sharing. High school seniors choose to apply to and enroll at Duke because of the very same. This sentiment permeates Duke’s sports culture as well. The support of Duke’s (male) athletic teams is pitched as a rallying point for students of all academic disciplines and identity groups. However, despite all the effort put into building an image of collaboration, the push for individual achievement is ingrained into us early in our time at Duke. For the Class of 2020, Convocation included Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, recounting the sometimes absurdly outstanding achievements of individuals in the incoming class: Student Ambassador to the Japanese Government, member of the Ghanaian House of Chiefs, internationally competitive hula dancer, etc. While the speech’s purpose was ostensibly to emphasize the new shared identity of the incoming class, the simultaneous emphasis on the individual betrays the University’s unwillingness to commit fully to an ethos of community and shared accomplishment. This isn’t a Duke specific mentality of course, and nor is it entirely the fault of administrators or students working within a system that bestows prestige only in very specific ways. One need look no further than the

scramble over nationally competitive scholarships that consistently reward only those with existing accolades, or even the US News and World Report Rankings that privilege the income of alumni and donation rates. It isn’t just coincidence that the collective reminiscing of our communal “Duke experience” is facilitated by the Senior Giving Challenge, a committee dedicated to making sure that Duke’s senior donation rate remains high. Still, these are not systems that we have to participate in. Reed College, among others, has actively protested the flawed rankings methodology of US News and World Report. The statements from Mi Gente, Diya, and ASA similarly choose abstention over involvement in a process that fails to represent their values or validate their work. More insidiously, Annie Yang’s column “‘Effortless perfection’ and neoliberalism at Duke,” details the ways in which this push for individual action reflects a larger, neoliberal understanding of worthiness present throughout higher education. This narcissistic mindset not only attributes a person’s value to their salary or the prestige of their post-grad plans, but actively allows for personal success at the expense of others’ wellbeing. None of this is to say that ambition should be penalized, but rather that to exclusively value individual achievement and to dismiss the role that support networks and larger structures have played in that achievement breeds narcissism and minimizes harm. When we don’t check these impulses, we promote behavior that “trivializes the efforts” of groups that actively work to make this campus better and undermines the coalition-building that goes into this work. We also endorse the blind ambition which leads students to work for corporations like McKinsey or Amazon or Palantir even while knowing the atrocities that they commit. Breaking this mindset is not an easy task. It requires both monitoring your own actions as well as those of the people around you. At a personal level, take care of your friends and take some time to be grateful and reflect especially if you find yourself reaching for prestige, for positions of power how you might do so in a way that is not at the expense of all those that have supported you. As a campus community, let’s commit to a form of collective accountability that checks ambition for ambition’s sake and prioritizes the work of groups, even—or especially—when it occurs quietly. The members of the Community Editorial Board are independent from the editorial staff of the Chronicle.

The way we talk about sexual violence is violent Content warning: This column includes an account of sexual harassment. “You mean you have a lot of friends who have experienced sexual violence? Did you ever encourage them to report it?” This is not what I wanted to be thinking about.

Liddy Grantland FEEL YOUR FEELINGS On Valentine’s Day, surrounded by hearts and roses and love, I was in a position to offer feedback about Duke’s administration to a group of outside observers when the conversation inevitably turned to sexual violence. My body did what it always does when the conversation turns to sexual violence, when Harvey Weinstein or Brett Kavanaugh or Jeffrey Epstein’s faces flash across my screen, when another friend tells me about something terrible that happened to them. My fingers tremble. My palms and armpits sweat. My face and my jaw tense up. My stomach hurts. It’s happening as I write this. I have never experienced sexual assault, at Duke or otherwise. That does not mean that I have never

experienced sexual violence. And it does not mean that my experience of Duke was free from the fear, shame and horror that comes with living in a culture marred by sexual violence. 48% of female-identifying students and 13.5% of male-identifying students at Duke surveyed last year said that they had been assaulted while students here. That means I’ve sat with more than a few people I loved while they told me that it happened to them this time. We’ve cried. We’ve gone to the Women’s Center. I’ve sent links, talked about “No Contact” directives, talked about the five confidential resources, talked about emailing their dean or their professors. I told them what I knew about what their options were. Did I do something wrong by not pushing my friends to report, even when they had made it clear that they didn’t want to report? That question relies on the assumption that, if more students would report their experiences with sexual violence, less sexual violence would happen. I don’t know that I believe that that’s true. Sexual violence happens at Duke because Duke students commit sexual violence. Reporting it when it happens certainly gives leadership at Duke a better understanding of what sexual violence looks like. Theoretically, it could stop a perpetrator from committing another act of violence, See VIOLENCE on Page 11

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here’s your dream world, and then there’s the world that you live in. It is 9:30 p.m. The day people have gone home; even the once-a-week movie-class crowd has left. The third floor of the Language Building is dark except for one lone office. Under a buzzing fluorescent light, an argument is going on. The air crackles: why do human beings hurt one another? How can God be allpowerful and all good, and yet allow suffering? Who is to blame? What is to be done? Fyodor Mikhailovich rages, sputters, waves his arms in the air. I too sputter and rage. Excuse me, sir, but have you considered the idea that reading long books itself may cause suffering? If so,

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how can you justify writing them? I flip the pages, scribble notes on my legal pad. I scan the room, leap up, grab another book off the shelf. I google. The answers don’t come. From his shelf, Anton Pavlovich observes indulgently. He says nothing. Ultimately, though, his patience gives way. He speaks. Guys, you’re not going to come up with an answer. It’s not about the answers anyway; it’s about the questions. Give it up. Go have something to eat. It works, as it always does when Chekhov tells me something. Reluctantly I straighten up the items on my desk, which the struggle has thrown into disarray. I gather supplies for the night—crumpled yellow paper with the day’s notes, a new batch of quizzes, a set of purple pens, a couple of books, some chocolate for the road—and head for the door. Sounds. I am not alone! Next door, in the seminar room, a light, a gentle fluorescent buzz. Voices are murmuring. I peek through the glass: on one side of the seminar table sits a nervouslooking girl in a cocktail dress, with tasteful jewelry and perfect hair. Opposite, two guys in full-on Wall Street suits and ties sit side-byside, emanating authority. Students, yes, the age seems right, but definitely not classroom garb. Nor classroom demeanor: all three are intent and grim. The girl’s hands tremble. All this flashes by as I round the curve to the staircase. Doesn’t look like studying. Their world, not mine, though; it’s none of my business. On the stairs, another impeccably dressed and coiffed young man passes on his way up. I notice his shoes: black, with a fresh gleam. There is a whiff of cologne in the air. Onward,

VIOLENCE FROM PAGE 10 although only a miniscule number of cases resulted in a perpetrator being found responsible. But by the time a student is sexually assaulted on campus, chances are that they have already learned that half of the women they saw at orientation would be assaulted by the time they got to graduation. Why would they then subject themselves to the trauma of reporting, with no faith that it would change the outcome of their own lives, or the lives of their peers? When we limit the focus of our strategies to reporting, we make it seem like the only people who can fix sexual violence are sexual violence survivors. We make it seem like someone has done something wrong when they choose not to report. We implicitly blame not only one singular person, but all people who experienced sexual assault and did not report it, for the violence that dwells on our campus. That blame is, on its own, a violence. Blaming the very group of people who were victimized for being victimized ignores the fact that sexual assaults have perpetrators. Those perpetrators arrive at orientation and leave

downward. At ground level, two more students stand by the staircase similarly arrayed (a male and a female). Curiosity gets the better of me. “What’s going on up there?” And the answer is, “We’re interviewing for the STDWM [Something To Do With Money] club.” Sometimes you get a glimpse into an alien world. Admittedly, just about anything is going to seem fresh after decades arguing with Russian writers. Faculty may romanticize our own student years: we stayed up all night debating the great ideas (no, honestly, we did!) It was fun! We think everybody wants to spend their entire life in a small room with Dostoevsky. And we like to think that that’s what our students do. They come to class, learn cool things, and then rush home to the dorm to ponder these exciting things and argue about them with their neighbors. Recently, though, my assumptions have started to crumble. This is the application season. Ahead loom summer programs, internships, jobs, grants, research opportunities, graduate school. Some of this trickles across the divide: you apply, we write letters of recommendation. It’s our job, sort of; don’t feel guilty. I get that you have to study and excel and whatnot. I also get that you have to apply for internships and graduate school. Things get murkier, though, when you have to apply for things right here at your own university. Obviously you’re good at it, having overcome considerable barriers to acceptance at Duke through sheer brilliance, energy, and mastery of the art of filling out applications. You guys have proven yourselves many times over. But you’re in now! Shouldn’t the application stage of life be over? Isn’t it time at last to plunge fully into the life of the mind? Or is student life, too, just more of the same—a sequence of efforts to get into things? (At this point Dostoevsky interjects: Could it be that all of life is like this?) For each program, you have to log in to a sequence of websites, type stuff into a series of little boxes, write a compelling essay, send in a transcript, and ask your professors (ahem) for recommendations. Who is to blame? Duke is to blame. Here’s a proposal, Duke. Tell students to email whatever program they want to join, throwing their name into a pool. The person (or matrix thing) in that particular office can just go down the list, accepting everyone until all the slots are filled. Honestly, why is this a radical idea? How could any Duke student be unworthy for any Duke program? And think: if you didn’t have to spend your time applying for things, you’d have tons of free time that you could devote to after graduation having committed a heinous crime, not because someone didn’t report it, but because they were not stopped from committing violence against someone in the first place. I was fourteen years old when an older boy that I knew sent me pictures of his erect penis and of his naked body to me via Snapchat. I remember opening the first one standing in the doorway between my 8th grade science room and my choir room. By the end of the day, he had sent more. I saw them all. I deleted my account. And I didn’t tell anybody. Did I do something wrong by not reporting it? I feel like I did.

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conversations about Russian literature. Jobs, OK. Graduate School, OK. But clubs? How is this even possible? Are all clubs this way? Aren’t clubs here for students to meet other students with common interests? Or not? One student told me that students wouldn’t be interested in participating in a club that didn’t require them to go through an application procedure. Meaning, only losers would join a club like that! Eventually you reach the breaking point. Not too long ago I was invited to participate in a Duke program that brings students and faculty for conversation. Sounds great! Some committee does all the work. They recruit students, order food, arrange transportation, and manage all the funding and communications. All you do is bulldoze the junk out of your house, open the door at the appropriate time, a bright bunch of students piles in, and presto, food and conversation! I’m in. And thank you, committee; it was lots of fun. And the food was good too. A couple of days before the big day, a student comes up to me in the hall. She goes, I applied for your conversation, I filled out the form and did the essay, but haven’t heard

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whether I’ve been accepted or not, and... Wha-a-a-a-a? Seriously, WTF? She had to apply to talk to me? Do they actually reject students? If they do, what are the criteria? And if they don’t reject students, then why do students have to apply at all? Who decides? Who even reads that application that they worked so hard to fill out? Hello out there. If you want to come talk with me (aka traditional Duke professor), come to my office, 310 Language Building, at 5:00 any Tuesday evening. The door will be open and the light will be on. We’ll sit and talk, and if we’re lucky, some of the guys up on my bookshelf will join in the conversation. Maybe the seminar room down the hall will be open too. If you want to go in there and talk about STDWM, or whatever, feel free. But you’ll have to apply. Carol Apollonio is Professor of the Practice of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke. Her column, “rants from the podium,” runs on alternate Mondays.

Letter: Why I sued

magine walking into the polling booth November 3 and the walls were covered with images of children being held under ICE custody. While as Duke students, the vast majority of us would agree that children should not be in cages, we can also agree that such an election would not be fair. Polling booths should be politically neutral.

letter TO THE EDITOR Now, imagine a slightly different example: instead of printed photos, as you walk into vote, the polling worker tells you to “remember that important issues are at stake such as the fate of undocumented children.” This too would clearly be wholly unacceptable. Yet, unfortunately the actions of DSG Attorney General John Markis in the Young Trustee election were not too different from this second hypothetical. In the official email to vote—essentially the entrance to the polling booth—Mr. Markis specifically identified issues such as “cost of tuition” and “fossil fuel investment” at stake without mentioning any other issues. Mr. Markis contends that because candidates did not fully campaign on either of these two issues, his messaging is acceptable— I didn’t. On Valentine’s Day, surrounded by hearts and roses and love, I was a ninth-grader with a back brace again walking to choir rehearsal again. When I moved into my dorm on Central Campus, late on a cold night in January, remembering that haunting DukeAlert, I was that ninth-grader again. When I was in Shooters last fall, sober, my eyes darting from friend to friend to friend to make sure that they were safe, I was that ninth-grader again. Even though it has been years since I thought so viscerally of what happened to me then— how I saw that man many times afterwards and never said anything, how he’s a real person with a Facebook profile and I never said anything, how he could have done this to other fourteen-year-olds and I never said anything—I feel like I did something wrong. I feel that way because I live in a culture that has said it is not only my fault for being harassed, but my fault that this violent person faced no consequences. You don’t have to have

Blaming the very group of people who were victimized for being victimized ignores the fact that sexual assaults have perpetrators.

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and in fact a positive by “ensur[ing] that voters understand the gravity of the Young Trustee position”. However, any casual observer of the election would note that since candidates cannot directly run on a platform, they instead heavily insinuate their position on such issues and others through their messaging without verbatim mentioning an issue. Moreover, in a campus election, most voters have knowledge far beyond official campaign materials and could have a strong sense of the candidates’ positions on these issues through other means. Thus, Mr. Markis’ email favored candidates with more established positions on these issues at the expense of candidates who chose to emphasize other issues. Yet, even if the positions of the candidates on these issues were truly unknown, Mr. Markis’ conduct would still be inappropriate as it would have primed voters to think about the particular issues deemed salient by Mr. Markis rather than who would make the best overall Young Trustee. As a strong believer in free and fair elections, I was outraged. While I respect the Judiciary’s opinion to dismiss, this sets a nerve-wracking precedent. Nothing in the election bylaws directly prohibits the AG from next time just saying “Vote for X.” Jason Scharff is a Trinity junior. been one of the people who leaves Duke affected by an assault to leave Duke affected by assault. Shame, stigma and victim-blaming are in the very air we breathe, from move-in day to graduation day. It’s why so few people report. And it’s why so many people assault. If we’re going to stop sexual violence on campus, or at the very least make sure it happens to fewer people, we certainly must make reporting easier, must make sure people feel seen and heard every step of the process. But it is going to take far more than a better reporting process for students to feel safe on this campus. It is going to take a fundamental shift in whose responsibility we believe it is to keep people safe. Because I know that what happened to me was not my fault. What happened to the people I love was not their fault. And if you’re reading this and your jaw is tight, your palms sweaty, your stomach sick, it is not your fault either. You haven’t done anything wrong. I will say that over and over again, the next time it happens and the next, until I believe it to be true for myself. Liddy Grantland is a Trinity senior who misses Rebecca Torrence so much. Her column, “feel your feelings,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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TRUSTEE FROM PAGE 1 Disability Alliance, Duke Political Union, Baldwin Scholars and Duke Honor Council. Of the 6,879 eligible undergraduate voters, 2,797 participated in the election, which was held electronically with a voting form sent out by Markis. There were 29 blank ballots. The total participation rate of 40.2% was down 5.6% from last year’s 45.8%. The results were delayed from Wednesday to Friday after the DSG Judiciary issued an injunction to Markis on the basis of a complaint issued about the election. The judiciary dismissed the complaint that Markis used priming language in his email with the link to the ballot that he sent to the undergraduate population, according to Chief Justice Georgia Lala, a senior. Editor’s note: Markis is also a senior news reporter for The Chronicle. Abrams is the opinion editor of The Chronicle. Jake Satisky contributed reporting.

FLOORS FROM PAGE 1 which they produce,” sophomore Kat Beben wrote in a message. Some students’ rooms have even sustained damage after upstairs neighbors partied a little too hard. “One Friday night, my bathroom ceiling started leaking because of the apartment upstairs, and we still have water damage,” sophomore Camden Nelson wrote in a message. “Several times during the year, excessive jumping above me has caused the lightbulbs in my kitchen to stop working.” Sophomore Anna Markey explained that the complex can sometimes have a distinct Greek vibe.

“Living in Swift feels like living in the middle of a frat party at times,” she wrote in a message. There are currently five Greek organizations living in 300 Swift, two selective living groups and one independent house. Greystar, the company managing 300 Swift, restricted balcony access in 2018 after voicing concerns regarding the safety of the support railings. Access was restored a year later after the University worked with an outside engineering firm to confirm the safety of the railings. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask confirmed to The Chronicle that the 300 Swift building—which was built in 2014—has suffered since Duke acquired it in 2017. “300 Swift is not a long term option. There are issues with the balconies,” Trask wrote in an email. “And it was built by a developer to flip; not to Duke standards.” Between the balconies and issues with the floors in the apartment complex, Trask pointed to a five to 10 year timeframe for replacing the building—although there are no set plans for which existing or new dorms will accommodate the students currently housed there. Purchased in an effort to relocate students displaced by construction in Craven and Crowell Quads, the University has made it clear that the complex is not a permanent component of the campus housing system. “300 Swift was never intended to be a long term option for undergraduate housing, but is unclear how long we will need to use it as such,” Gonzalez wrote. “Different possibilities exist for the long term use of the facility, but nothing has been decided yet.” Administrators have expressed interest in moving all upper-class students to West Campus, citing the proposed construction of two additional dorms as a possible solution. These problems are coming in the same year as the announcement that residents of 300 Swift—formerly paying the same rate as their

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important, difficult work of deciding to be leaders,” Johnson said. Nida Allam, a Durham County Commissioner candidate and third vice chair FROM PAGE 1 of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said she backs Sanders because he is committed to explained. “The provost is understood to be the fighting systematic oppression. North Carolina Senate candidate Pierce chief academic officer, and the EVP to be the chief finance and business officer. And because it’s an Freelon backs Sanders because he’ll raise taxes academic institution, there’s just a tradition that on the wealthy so they’ll pay their “fair share,” if the leader isn’t available, the chief academic he said. officer would make sense to temporarily step in.” Lisa Jordan, who serves as the president’s Duke students supporting Sanders With many Duke students standing behind executive assistant, wrote in an email that there’s no written policy detailing presidential her on the stage, Sanders organizer Katherine succession, but Riddell’s description is “the Gan, a junior, opened up the rally, calling for a “political revolution.” process that would be followed.” “We’ve been working together for months The president develops succession plans for multiple executive roles, asking high- to build and transform this country with a ranking administrators who would be the best multiracial movement for everyday working interim replacement in case of unanticipated people to get Bernie Sanders in the White House,” Gan said. “Bernie is surging because circumstances, Riddell added. This plan is then shared with the Board he’s the right person to lead at this moment, of Trustees and updated “periodically” especially here in North Carolina.” Gan also pushed for people to participate in afterward. “It’s something that the president discusses early voting, which began Thursday. Junior Teagan Smith was among the Duke with the Executive Committee, in that the Executive Committee is the part of the board students behind Sanders and Gan on stage. A that oversees executive compensation, executive group of 10 or 15 asked the staff for wristbands to get on stage and the staff was happy to hand planning,” he said. Although Riddell couldn’t recall such a them out to about half of them. “It felt like a basketball game,” Smith told plan ever being enacted, he stressed that the University has an understanding in place in the The Chronicle. Smith backs Bernie “fully” on every point event of unforeseen vacancies. “If something happens suddenly and of his platform, perhaps save for Sanders’ you had to activate someone to temporarily opposition to the North American Free Trade step in according to this plan that had been Agreement. “It’s about time we had a candidate who has approved, the Board would then gear up to decide what to do about a more permanent compassion for and belief in the people,” Smith replacement,” he said. “They would be more said. “He is the only candidate, in my eyes, who is involved in a search.” fighting for systemic change for the disadvantaged.”

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