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NYT article Grad student union election to begin Jan. 31 reveals Duke’s economic inequality Staff Reports The Chronicle The New York Times recently reported a new study which found that 38 colleges in the United States have more students from the top one percent of the income scale than from the entire bottom 60 percent—and Duke is one of them.

Nearly a fifth of Duke students come from families that fall within the top 1 percent of the income scale, with families earning more than $630,000, and 69 percent have families falling in the top 20 percent. However, only 16.5 percent of students come from the bottom 60 percent, which captures families earning less than $65,000 per year.

The article stated that the median family income for Duke students is $186,700.

“There are many ways to measure access, affordability and mobility, and this study provides a lot of valuable new data that will help us better analyze both the impact of our financial aid and recruitment policies on socioeconomic diversity and the value of a Duke education,” wrote Micheal Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

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Chronicle File Photo The Duke Graduate Student Union has been pushing for formal recognition since August.

Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle Graduate students will be able to vote in a union election throughout the month of February.

In response to a push by the not yet legally recognized Duke Graduate Students Union to formally unionize, the University contested their ability to do so with the National Labor Relations Board. However, the NLRB ruled Wednesday that the students could in fact unionize, setting the stage for an election next month.

Scott Barish—a Ph.D. student in cell and

molecular biology and member of DGSU— wrote in an email that the mail-in ballot election will start Jan. 31 with ballots being counted Feb. 21.

“We are very excited that the NLRB affirmed that graduate student workers at Duke should be considered employees as well as students, therefore allowing us to move ahead with our election,” Barish wrote. “We are also pleased that the election will take place as a mail-in ballot as this will allow the largest number of graduate student workers to vote including those on field study who are away from campus.”

DGSU formed last August in response to a nationwide NLRB decision that “student

assistants” at private universities could unionize, overturning prior rulings to the contrary. The University has criticized this ruling, arguing that unionization would be detrimental to student interests.

“The NLRB decision doesn’t recognize the fact that students who engage in research and teaching as part of their programs of study are very different than employees,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations, at the time of the NLRB’s August decision. “They are vital members of the academic community with quite different relationships to their professors than an employee has to a supervisor.”

Although he did not take a position on the union itself, Marcus Benning, president of the Graduate Student and Professional Council, said it is not surprising the unionization push is happening at this time. Benning argued that communication issues—both between administrators as well as between administrators and students—led to the movement.

“It’s my opinion that this is the administration’s own doing,” he said. “The first reason is that administrators have neglected the graduate student experience for so long that they’ve left them with no other option than to seek a third-party advocate.”

The University, however, has emphasized that providing opportunities to graduate students is a priority.

“Duke has made significant investments in stipends, insurance and other benefits to enhance their educational experience, not for the purpose of hiring or retaining them as employees,” Schoenfeld wrote in August.

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When students said hello to West Union, many also said goodbye to their food points.

Throughout the semester, students have raised concerns about the steep prices for food in West Union. Brian Taylor, Trinity ’16 and chair of the Duke University Student Advisory Committee, noted that his committee has heard numerous complaints from students about the costs of eating in West Union. “[Most concerns are] in relation to the ability to find a lunch option at the same price point as the freshmen equivalency,” he wrote in an email.

Junior Bryan Higgins said that West Union prices are particularly high for the quality and amount of food served.

“If I were using my own personal finances instead of my food plan, I don’t know if I

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would frequent West Union,” he said.

He explained that by finals week during the Fall semester, he had run out of food points. Although he initially went to West Union because it was “new and exciting,” he will not continue to do so this semester, he said.

First-year Sara Idris said she also ran out of food points last semester because of West Union. This semester, she plans to go there less often this semester to save money.

But not everyone is upset about the cost of eating in West Union—for some, the increase in options and wide range of food are worth the extra dollars.

“The quality at West Union is pretty good so [that’s] why it tends to be pricier,” sophomore Julie Uchitel said.

However, she noted that prices vary by vendor, with some giving adequate food for

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Growth in student health plan Academic Council debates expected if ACA repealed changes to faculty handbook Caroline Brockett

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As Republican legislators press forward with plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the University hopes to address student concerns about access to insurance.

Student health care currently operates through both private insurance plans and the Student Medical Insurance Plan, said Kelan Beacham, insurance manager for the Student Health and Wellness Center.

It is still unclear when the Affordable Care Act will be officially repealed, at what point the repeal will actually go into effect and what the contents of a potential Republican replacement might be. But Beacham indicated that the University expects enrollment in the student plan to jump.

“There are roughly around 15,000 to 16,000 students in the Fall, and this year I think we’re right around 7,700 or so [that are] actually enrolled in the student plan,” he said.

Duke currently mandates that all students maintain “adequate medical insurance” while enrolled, either through SMIP or their own provider. If students fail to demonstrate adequate insurance through another provider, they will be automatically enrolled in the student plan.

Beacham argued that the student plan— which costs $2,525 per year—is more costeffective than a private plan through the Affordable Care Act. “It averages out to about $210 per month, and it’s [equivalent to] a platinum plan on

During its Thursday meeting, Academic Council heard a proposal for a new master’s degree program and debated changes to the faculty handbook.

Robert Calderbank, Charles S. Sydnor professor of computer science and director of the Information Initiative at Duke, and Tom Nechyba, professor of economics and director of the Social Science Research Initiative, presented their proposal for a new master’s degree in interdisciplinary data science. The degree aims to address the surge in worldwide demand for data scientists.

“We want to offer it in partnership with schools across the University,” Nechyba said.

The program was inspired by a 10-week summer program called Data+—offered through the Information Initiative—in which teams of undergraduates create data science projects, Nechyba explained.

The program will emphasize strong English language skills because of its teambased nature, he said.

Members of the council will vote on the proposal at their February meeting.

Judith Kelley, Kevin D. Gorter professor of public policy, and Kevin Moore, vice dean for faculty affairs, engaged the Council in a discussion about potential changes to the faculty handbook regarding non-tenure track and regular-rank faculty.

Currently, procedures for appointing and promoting non-tenure track and regularrank faculty are located in appendix C of the handbook, while this information for tenure-

Chronicle File Photo All Duke students are able to use the Student Health and Wellness Center, regardless of their insurance plan.

the exchange,” Beacham said. “Usually platinum plans, from my experience, have started around three or four hundred dollars a month on average.”

Beacham said he hopes that program coordinators will schedule orientations about University-provided insurance, especially for students who matriculated from smaller schools and may not be aware of these opportunities.

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track faculty is in chapter 3. Kelley and Moore argued for consolidating procedures for all kinds of professors in chapter 3.

Only rules in the actual faculty handbook can be altered, so moving the procedures for non-tenure track and regular-rank faculty from the appendix to the handbook would allow for alterations, Kelley explained—a necessary move because the recommendations for promoting non-tenure track and regular-rank faculty have not changed since the 1990s.

This change would “better recognize the value of all faculty under the provost,” noted Nan Jokerst, J. A. Jones professor of electrical and computer engineering and chair of the Academic Council.

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Journalists contemplate America’s political polarization Samantha Neal The Chronicle Even on the eve of Inauguration Day, some are still debating how Donald Trump ultimately won the presidential election.

Philip Bennett, Eugene C. Patterson professor of the practice of public policy studies and journalism, led a conversation about the current state of political polarization with Dan Balz, chief correspondent for the Washington Post, and Jason Zengerle, a political correspondent for GQ magazine. The discussion centered around clips from a new PBS documentary, “Divided States of America,” which was produced by Bennett and featured Balz and Zengerle.

Although the documentary opened with the 2008 presidential campaign, Balz noted that the polarization began even earlier.

“By one measure, Barack Obama was the most polarizing president we’ve ever had based on his approval rating among Democrats versus Republicans,” Balz said.

“But George W. Bush was probably the second most, and Bill Clinton may have been the third most. It was much more out in the open during the Obama presidency.”

The documentary emphasizes the important role of Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate during the 2008 election, as the first political outsider to come so close to the presidency.

“We knew Palin was a very unusual choice, but we interpreted it at the time as essentially a Hail Mary,” Balz said. “We learned soon after that she had a constituency that was sizable and remarkable and a challenge to the establishment.”

Zengerle noted that very shortly after

Neal Vaidya| The Chronicle The event centered around clips from a new PBS documentary, “Divided States of America,” which focuses on political polarization.

Obama reached the White House, he was faced with Republicans that were unwilling to work with him. However, Republicans did not acknowledge the divide stirring within their own party.

“I think that a lot of Republicans thought that [Palin] and what she represented were a passing fad and didn’t have a lot of staying power,” Zengerle said.

Another clip from the documentary focused on Obama’s initial avoidance of speaking about race as president, specifically in discussing the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

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more comfortable talking about racial issues, especially after the Charleston shooting, the grassroots’ backlash was again overlooked.

“There was this sense that when he became president that we had moved into ‘post-racial America,’ which sounds absurd now, but people were quite serious about that,” Zengerle said. “There was this idea that this was a huge achievement because it was a real sense of progress for the country, and Obama himself acknowledged it. But I think that there were some people that really didn’t think this was going to herald a new era.”

Zengerle added that Trump’s role in the birther conspiracy theory, which claimed that Obama was born in Kenya, led to his rise as a political figure and gave a prominent voice to rhetoric that already existed in some conservative circles.

A third clip from the documentary focused on then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s 2014 loss to Tea Party candidate David Bratt in the Virginia Republican primary. Bennett noted that this could have signaled to Trump that an upset victory over the establishment was possible.

“It’s not like when Cantor lost, people suddenly thought Donald Trump’s candidacy was going to be plausible,” Zengerle said. “There was still a good deal of denial not only among Republicans but among reporters, among Democrats that the equivalent of David Bratt could win the presidential nomination and that’s basically what Donald Trump was.”

Even though Obama will be leaving the Oval Office, Zengerle predicted that he would remain a prominent Democratic figure during the Trump presidency.

“Even if it were Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz succeeding Obama, I think Obama would take a very traditional post-presidential role and fade into the background,” Zengerle said. “I think because it’s Trump and because of the threat that people like Obama think he poses to the country and its institutions, he’ll be much more involved than we’re used to.”

A question and answer session with the audience addressed far-reaching topics including a comparison of Obama’s 2012 campaign to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the polarized political climates in countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

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New study finds drastic decrease in ring-tailed lemur population Claire Xiao The Chronicle With their striped black-and-white tails, ringtailed lemurs are one of the most iconic and easilyrecognizable lemur species. Yet a recent Duke study reveals that there are only about 2,000 ring-tailed lemurs left across 32 sites in Madagascar—a 95 percent decrease in their population since 2000.

“It’s a wake-up call. If we don’t act now, they may be gone,” said Tara Clarke, one of the study’s authors and visiting assistant professor at Duke.

The researchers visited 10 sites in Madagascar. For 22 other significant sites the researchers could not visit, they communicated with other researchers and examined recent literature to determine the population of ring-tailed lemurs.

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investigator Marni LaFleur looked for signs of life— such as poop or spur marks.

However, Clarke said the group had trouble finding much evidence of a lemur population. The researchers noted that this dramatic decline stems from a combination of factors.

“Habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, hunting lemurs for bushmeat and illegal in-country pet trading [are major culprits of the lemur population drop],” said Andrea Katz, animal curator at the Duke Lemur Center.

Clarke noted that the pet trade has been an emerging market in Madagascar. Although the pet trade is outlawed in the country, people use lemurs for photo-ops, and hotels even advertise lemurs because tourists want the “lemur experience.”

Ring-tailed lemurs are not the only lemur species facing extinction—59 lemur species are either endangered or critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red

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List. Clarke added that lemurs are the most endangered vertebrate group in the world.

The researchers also emphasized that lemurs play a vital role in their ecosystems.

“Lemurs eat roots, they disperse seeds…they’re incredibly important in maintaining the health of the forest,” Katz said. “If you remove [lemurs], the forest changes and becomes less healthy over time.”

Potential solutions?

Both Katz and Clarke stressed working with the locals in Madagascar to stop the population loss.

“Certainly it’s going to take a multifaceted approach,” Katz said. “Increasing the level of protection for forest fragments where ring-tailed lemurs are is certainly an important part of the strategy.”

Calling for a community-based approach, Katz recommended efforts to improve the social and economic qualities of life for people living on the island.

“If you can’t provide alternatives to the need for food and for wood resources—if you can’t address those human needs at the same time—your chances of long-term success of protecting lemur habitats are going to be less,” Katz said.

Lemurs are also threatened by the pet trade, a source of income for some in Madagascar.

Clarke suggested that poverty alleviation could help combat the pet trade and that there needs to be a clear plan in place for how to rescue and rehabilitate illegally traded lemurs.

Few facilities in Madagascar are ready to house lemurs, Clarke said, noting that they need additional resources, equipment and training. She added that zoos help the situation, managing breeding programs and informing the public about lemur conservation.

Katz explained that the Duke Lemur Center aims to educate the public about lemurs, their habits and the dangers they face. Duke also sponsors conservation efforts in Madagascar.

The Center is currently home to 227 lemurs—34 of which are ring-tailed lemurs, according to Katz—the most lemurs anywhere outside Madagascar.

Looking to the future Although Clarke acknowledged the difficulties of enforcing regulations and providing protection to lemurs, she remains optimistic about the future of ringtailed lemurs.

Clarke said she hopes to enlarge the study to examine more lemur sites and continue counting their populations. She also wants to continue working with the local community and educating the public.

Greater promotion will help bring attention to the plight of ring-tailed lemurs and secure more funding for conservation, she explained. “[Ring-tailed lemurs are] one of the species that everyone knows. It could be a flagship species for conservation,” Clarke said. “If the ring-tailed lemur can drop so dramatically in a decade…then what does that mean for other species that might be more sensitive to climate change or habitat fragmentation?”

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said the landscape is still too chaotic to accurately predict what will happen to health care moving forward. However, she hypothesized that a new Republicanplan might see reduced provisions for marginalized populations and reduced access to women’s health options.

“I think definitely we’re going to see removal of a lot of those provisions that were very beneficial to certain populations that are typically underserved by our health care system with the repeal of Obamacare,” McClean said. “We’re going to see a rollback on a lot of the protection that we’ve seen under the ACA preexisting condition protection, which is a big deal for a lot of people who had not previously been able to have insurance prior to the ACA and will likely lose the insurance options that they now have after the repeal of the ACA.” Both McClean and Beacham agreed that the repeal of Obamacare would likely result in an increased enrollment in Duke’s student insurance plan. But for students nonetheless concerned with their insurance moving forward, Beacham also stressed that every student—except for online students and those studying abroad—is charged a health fee every semester.

This fee allows all students to make use of the Student Health and Wellness Center for routine visits such as physical exams as well as injuries and illness without using their insurance plan. The fee also covers counseling and sexual assault support services.

“The biggest misconception is if [students] don’t have the Duke’s [student health plan], they cannot be seen here,” Beacham said. “Anyone can be seen here that pays the health fee, whether they have Duke insurance or not.”

After the union election was officially filed, the University attempted to argue to the NLRB that DGSU should not be able to unionize, finally leading to Wednesday’s ruling. In an email to the graduate student body, Paula McClain, dean of the Graduate School, noted that, although the University disagreed with the NLRB’s ruling, every eligible voter should make an effort to participate.

The election’s outcome will be determined by a majority of those who vote rather than a majority of those eligible to vote, she explained, adding that all current and future graduate students will be impacted by the decision.

Last November, students gathered outside of the Allen Building to protest Duke’s hiring of Proskauer Rose, LLP, which they claimed was University interference with the unionization process. In response, Schoenfeld insisted that there would be no interference with the ability to vote, but that the University was still entitled to express its viewpoint on the matter.

Opposition to the unionization drive from some graduate students has also emerged. The group Students Against Duke Unionization has argued that the “bargaining unit” encompasses too many disparate disciplines and that student unionization has not been fully studied.

During the course of the NLRB hearing, the “bargaining unit”—or those actually eligible to vote in the election—changed.

Although DGSU was initially planning to include master’s students in the election, they dropped that demand in response to University concerns. Now, only doctoral students are eligible to vote and take part in the union, Barish noted.

“We do however support the right of master’s students to organize if they wish to do so,” he wrote.

The study—which was based on millions of anonymous tax records—also showed that the median individual income for Duke students at age 34 was $87,500. About 1.6 percent of students who went to Duke came from a poor family but became wealthy as adults.

Moore noted that non-tenure track faculty have become much more diverse in the past two decades—spanning performers and musicians to former employees of the World Bank.

“One set of criteria for appointment and promotion can’t fit all of them,” he said.

Kelley noted that she and Moore tried to come up with a common set of rules for the updated chapter of the handbook that would still provide some flexibility for different departments to use their discretion in promoting faculty. They consulted with institute directors, met with Jokerst and Provost Sally Kornbluth and asked for feedback from schools across the University. Faculty will vote on the proposal at their February meeting.

PRICES from page 1 the price and others unnecessarily up-charging.

“The times that I have been [to West Union], Ginger and Soy is usually what I prefer because of how much you get, but first semester I went to CaFe a lot, and my food points just disappeared,” Idris said.

Robert Coffey, director of dining services, explained that Duke Dining works to make sure campus prices at West Union are comparable to local market pricing.

“The menu and pricing for West Union was vetted with much student involvement with DUSDAC and three years of West Union focus groups run by [Duke Student Government],” he wrote in an email to the Chronicle.

Taylor also noted that each independent restaurant sets prices at its own discretion according to “what they feel is an appropriate price for the market and allows them to run a successful business.”

Duke Dining does not determine the prices of West Union vendors, he explained.

And there is not much Duke Dining can do to help students who may not be able to afford West Union food. Taylor noted that Duke Dining has little control over either West Union prices or food plans.

“As we do not determine West Union pricing, there would be no way for us to adjust food plans up or down in response to the various price points offered by the vendors,” he said.

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In other business: Kerry Haynie—associate professor of political science and African and African American studies and chair of the Academic Council nominating committee—presented two candidates for the next Academic Council chair, who will take office July 1.

Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns professor of bible and practical theology, and Don Taylor, associate professor of public policy, were both nominated.

Jokerst will send out a survey in the coming month for members to vote. The new chair will be announced at the Council’s February meeting.

“I call it Sophie’s choice, but there are only good options in this case,” Jokerst joked.

President Richard Brodhead addressed council members’ questions about the recent reported performance of the University Endowment, which posted a 2.6 percent loss on its investments during the 2016 fiscal year.

He noted the need to look beyond a single year’s returns, explaining that the University’s strategy is to invest for long-term purposes.

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Brown erupts as Blue Devils suffocate No. 17 Hokies Emily Davis The Chronicle After shooting just 27.0 percent and going 4-of-31 from 3-point range in their last three games, Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell returned home hoping to rediscover their early-season form.

With Brown setting the tone, the Blue Devils’ leading scorers did just that to finally get Duke’s offense in gear against an ACC foe.

The No. 15 Blue Devils dominated No. 17 Virginia Tech 84-59 at Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday evening, using an 18-0 start to the third 59 quarter to pull away VT DUKE 84 in their cleanest conference game of the season. Brown scored 18 of her gamehigh 29 points to help Duke turn a five-point first-quarter deficit into a six-point halftime lead, and the Blue Devil matchup zone forced the high-octane Hokie offense into 17 turnovers that led to 23 Duke points.

After Brown got it going early in the contest, Greenwell also found a rhythm with the Blue Devils creating offense off their defense. The redshirt junior added 18 points as Duke convincingly bounced back from an ugly 55-52 loss at then-No. 23 N.C. State.

The Blue Devils’ 84 points were their most since Nov. 27.

“Players had great intensity on defense and complete disruption of them offensively and then we fed off of that. We made good choices, pushed the ball, controlled the tempo,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie

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said. “The guards were really blocking their hand-offs and causing confusion for them.

That confusion led to deflections, steals and turnovers and then of course some excellent play on our part in terms of moving the ball and finding shooters.”

Although the Blue Devils (16-3, 4-2 in the ACC) eventually pulled away, they got off to another slow start defensively. Duke allowed Virginia Tech (16-2, 3-2) to carve up its defense with penetration to the tune of 21 first-quarter points.

But with Brown—who made 10-of16 shots and 3-of-4 from long range— rolling, the Blue Devils got back to the

offensive execution that led to threetop-20 wins in December.

The Maryland transfer scored nine points in the opening quarter on 3-of-5 shooting and and added two early assists to carry the team’s offense before her teammates picked it up.

“The past couple games haven’t been my best games mentally or scoring, passing, sharing the ball, rebounding—all of those things have been a little absent in my opinion,” Brown said. “I had some really nice talks with my teammates and Coach P [on] how to get in the gym a little extra this past week but my teammates gave me all the

confidence in the world in the first quarter and I just took that and went with it.”

The other Blue Devils got into the act in the second quarter, with Duke making six of its first eight shots to start the period and frontcourt players stepping up on both ends of the court to put the Blue Devils back in control. Duke posted a season-low three turnovers in the opening 20 minutes, then came out of the locker room with even more energy to put the game away.

The Blue Devils did not allow a point for the first five minutes of the second half to break the game open, finishing 7-of-12 from 3-point range and a perfect 17-of-17 from the freethrow line to improve to 11-0 at home.

After a slow start inside, senior Kendall Cooper and freshman Leaonna Odom combined for 16 points and 11 rebounds with senior Oderah Chidom relegated to the bench for the third straight game.

Even as Duke’s scoring pace slowed toward the end of the game, the Blue Devil defense did not let up to keep the margin near 25. Duke held Virginia Tech’s leading scorer Chanette Hicks—who was coming off a 29-point effort against Wake Forest and averages more than 17 points per contest—to four shot attempts and forced her into six turnovers.

“We had to make sure she didn’t get any layups. She had six turnovers and zero steals. Offensively, we were aware of her when she was in the vicinity,” McCallie said.

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Duke hopes to end January struggles after week off Drew Johnson The Chronicle After the completion of a road trip full of disappointment and two difficult opponents, many Blue Devil fans are likely breathing a sigh of relief that the team’s next game is in Durham against an unranked team.

Miami But recent history— coupled with memories vs. of Miami’s last visit to No. 18 Cameron—point to Duke signs that Saturday’s SATURDAY, 8:15 p.m. game could be another Cameron Indoor Stadium tough test for Duke rather than an easy bounce-back win.

The No. 18 Blue Devils will face the Hurricanes at 8:15 p.m. Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium likely still without head coach Mike Krzyzewski and likely still devoid of co-captain Amile Jefferson, who interim head coach Jeff

Capel described Monday on the ACC’s weekly teleconference as “still day-to-day” with a right-foot bone bruise. After backto-back losses against Florida State and Louisville, Duke has had a week off to prepare for its effort to return to .500 in conference play after falling below that mark through at least five games for the first time since 2007.

“We’re coming off of two straight losses to two very good teams on the road in hostile environments against a very good Florida State team and a very good Louisville team,” Capel said. “I think we’ve done some things to get better. It hasn’t equated in wins but it’s part of the process of growing as a team. We have to do a lot more.”

This year’s Miami squad brings a balanced attack without flashy stars, as the team does not have a single player ranking in the top five of any major ACC statistic.

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Duke crushes Elon, set for road test at Kentucky Winston Lindqwister The Chronicle After spending a week in Hawaii, the Blue Devils returned to Durham to open the spring season against Elon.

Despite losing the doubles point, Duke recovered to start 2017 on the right foot.

Following losses in two of three doubles matches, the Blue Devils came back to win six all singles matches Monday against Elon for a decisive 6-1 victory at the Sheffield Tennis Center in Duke’s first home match of the year. The ELON 1 Blue Devils were DUKE 6 without junior star Nicolas Alvarez— who missed the match with an undisclosed injury—but got strong play from freshmen Nick Stachowiak and Spencer Furman to knock off the Phoenix.

“We didn’t play our best, but we didn’t play horrible,” Duke head coach Ramsay Smith said. “They played well. We just didn’t execute in a couple areas. Instead of hanging our heads, the guys did a really good job of refocusing and putting the doubles behind them. [They] got off to really good starts in the singles and were able to carry that through.”

Stachowiak and Furma were the Blue Devils’ lone bright spot in doubles, notching a 6-4 victory against Elon’s Taylor Foote and Peter Tomic. Duke’s

freshman duo commanded the early stages of the match, taking a fast 3-1 lead and sealing the win on a Stachowiak ace.

The freshman tandem improved to 6-0 on the year in doubles.

But while the duo was pulling away in No. 2 doubles, sophomores Vincent Lin and Catalin Mateas were playing from behind. Elon’s Felipe Sarrasague and Marico Paccini broke a 2-2 tie by reeling off three straight games, eventually holding off the Blue Devils’ comeback for a 6-4 win. On Court 3, senior TJ Pura and sophomore Jason Lapidus also dug themselves an early hole.

Pura and Lapidus fell behind 2-0 before tying the match at 2-2 and holding serve opposite Elon’s Neal Port and Salvador Mijares to force a tiebreaker. The Phoenix duo continued delivering with the doubles point on the line, going up 4-1 and eventually winning the matchup 7-6 (7-3) to take an early advantage.

Despite the poor start, Duke’s confidence did not waver.

“We were all super positive going into singles because we are super confident as a team in our singles,” Mateas said. “We knew they were going to be great players in doubles and everyone knew they were going to have to fight…. It was all about mentality.”

Lin came off the court early after making quick work of Tomic to even the team score on Court 3. The Schaumburg, Ill., native commanded the first set to a 6-1

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Vincent Lin and the Blue Devils lost the doubles point but managed to bounce back and win all six singles matches.

victory. From there, he broke a 2-2 tie by winning four of five games for a routine 6-1, 6-3 victory.

The Blue Devils then quickly took the lead when Furman knocked off Mijares in No. 4 singles 6-3, 6-1 by winning eight straight games at one point to improve to 7-1 this season.

Duke continued rolling with a 6-3, 6-2 win by Pura against Port on Court 6.

Like Furman, Pura used a streak of seven

straight games to break open a match that was tight early on.

With Alvarez out, Mateas was pushed into the No. 1 singles spot, but the Braintree, Mass., looked very comfortable in a 6-2 6-4 win against Sarrasague. Mateas trailed 2-1 early in the second set before finding his footing to bring the team score to 4-1.

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Duke came into Tuesday looking for its first win of the season against a ranked opponent.

In fact, an unranked Appalachian State handed a ranked Blue Devil team a loss just a season ago, and it would have only been fitting if Duke could get revenge.

But any hopes for the Blue Devils were dashed right after intermission, with Duke trailing 10-8. The 25 Blue Devils gave up APP 11 15 of the next 18 DUKE points, as the No. 20 Mountaineers defeated Duke 25-11 at Card Gymnasium in one of the Blue Devils’ four home matches of the season.

“They went right through us,” Duke head coach Glen Lanham said.

“Those guys just beat us up. That’s disheartening for us. I know our guys are tougher than that.”

Certainly, there were a few highlights for Duke. No. 6 heavyweight Jacob Kasper landed a dramatic victory against No. 12 Denzel Dejournette with just 15 seconds left, sending Duke fans—many of whom were present thanks to the incentive of Krzyzewskiville’s attendance policy—into a roar.

Kasper trailed Dejournette when he tried grabbing the Mountaineer competitor’s left leg, then successfully took him down and held on in the waning seconds for the win. It marked Kasper’s

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Redshirt junior Jacob Kasper continued his winning streak against another ranked opponent Tuesday, but the Blue Devils only won three of 10 matchups against Appalachian State.

14th consecutive win, moving him to 5-0 against ranked opponents this year.

“I was real light-headed, but stepping on that line I told myself, ‘If it’s going to kill me, I’m going to get this,’” the redshirt junior said. “It’s why I was able to pull it in and finish the match. He was broke out there at the end.”

Duke’s other ranked wrestler did not share nearly the same success. No. 15 Connor Bass, facing Nick Kee at 174 pounds, looked gassed by the first intermission. The senior eventually fell 12-2 in a major decision, sending him

to a 15-6 record and 4-3 clip against ranked opponents.

“He’s been sick. But it’s like, ‘If you’re sick, don’t wrestle. But if you’re going to wrestle then wrestle,’” Lanham said. “There’s no excuses. He just got beat up.”

The Blue Devils were unable to upset any ranked Mountaineers, but they did land three total victories during the evening.

Redshirt junior Jake Faust secured a 4-2 win at 157 pounds after nearly pinning Gavin Londoff. Faust earned two points for the takedown, then held on to earn his fourth win of the season.

Redshirt sophomore Zach Finesilver’s effort was also a positive for Duke, as he bounced back from a 16-0 technical fall loss against second-ranked Kevin Jack of N.C. State last week with a 19-3 technical fall victory of his own against Irvin Enriquez at 141 pounds. At multiple points it seemed like Finesilver might earn a pin, but he still led 8-2 at the end of the first intermission before securing 11 more points.

“He was in a slump offensively on his feet. He broke through tonight, that’s from hard work,” Lanham said. “His reshots looked really good.”

Duke nearly earned a fourth victory, but with the remaining crowd hollering in the night’s final match, the Blue Devils dropped an overtime decision to end the evening. Junior Alec Schenk was tied 5-5 at 184 pounds heading into the fourth period, and David Peters-Logue quickly went on the attack and earned a takedown to end the match with 25 seconds left.

As a team, Appalachian State jumped out a 3-0 lead after Randall Diabe defeated Luke Farinaro 3-1 at 197 pounds. Kasper tied the score at three, only for Vito Pasone to grab an 11-3 major decision against Thayer Atkins at 125 pounds and Colby Smith a 5-0 decision against Cole Baumgartner for a 10-3 Mountaineer advantage.

Matthew Zovistoski extended Appalachian State’s lead from 10-8 to 14-8, which was followed by Faust’s victory to halve Duke’s deficit.

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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Sophomore Luke Kennard and the Blue Devils have had six days off since their latest loss to work on limiting turnovers and protecting the paint.

M. BASKETBALL from page 5 But Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga— who picked up his 600th career win last week—has been known for strategizing his way to upset victories despite being outmatched in talent. During Larrañaga’s last trip to Cameron two years ago, his team combined hot shooting with a solid gameplan to defeat the eventual national champions in a 90-74 rout.

Saturday’s mid-January matchup also falls during a time in which Duke (14-4, 2-3 in the ACC) has historically played its worst basketball as of late. The team is just 2-7 in games held between Jan. 10 and Jan. 21 since 2015.

Leading the Hurricanes (12-5, 2-3) will be a trio of guards that are the team’s only double-digit scorers. Senior Davon Reed is the team’s best offensive player, averaging 15.2 points per game, and is followed closely by junior Ja’Quan Newton and freshman Bruce Brown, who average 14.7 and 10.9 points per game, respectively.

The team makes up for its lack of offensive depth inside, though, with its team-wide emphasis on lockdown defense.

Miami is the second-best in the ACC and 12th-best in the nation in terms of points per game allowed, giving up an average of just 61.5 points per contest.

The Hurricanes held Pittsburgh to just 46 points during a blowout win Saturday

after losing a tough battle against thenNo. 20 Notre Dame during which they held the Fighting Irish—who average 81.1 points per game—to just 67 points. In its most recent game Wednesday, though, Miami fell victim to a streaky shooting night at the hands of Wake Forest and ended up allowing 48 points each half— more than the Panthers scored in 40 minutes last week.

“My coaching staff has been delivering the message of how important defense is to winning and our players have been very receptive,” Larrañaga said Monday.

“There’s no question our two seniors [forward Kamari Murphy and Reed] have been just absolutely terrific at the defensive end of the floor.”

Jefferson’s anticipated absence will likely prolong the Blue Devils’ recent struggles inside.

Highly-touted recruit Marques Bolden has failed to score a field goal in his last 23:02 of play, sophomore Chase Jeter has not scored from the floor since Dec. 10 against UNLV and freshman Javin DeLaurier saw unexpected playing time Saturday against Louisville after missing about a month due to injury.

Rookie forward Harry Giles has shown some improvement in recent games, but most of the No. 1 recruit’s scoring opportunities have come on uncontested dunks rather than Giles’ playmaking or paint skills.

What this means is that in order to find success against the Hurricanes, the bulk of the burden will yet again be on Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard, who scored 40 of the Blue Devils’ 69 points against the Cardinals and have carried the team

offensively so far this season.

Miami does not possess nearly the same interior firepower on offense as Louisville or Florida State, but it does excel in one area that Duke’s last two opponents exploited with great success—offensive rebounding.

The Cardinals and Seminoles combined to outrebound the Blue Devils 25-17 on the offensive glass—leading to 32 secondchance points—and the Hurricanes are well-poised to only add to Duke’s frustrating rebounding tendencies. Led in the post by Murphy—who averages 7.8 rebounds per game—and backed by four more players averaging at least four boards per contest, Miami is third in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game and tied for the 20th-best rebounding margin in the country at +7.4.

On defense, the Jefferson-less frontcourt quartet has been caught missing switches and leaving opposing post players wide open on the baseline, resulting in 92 points allowed in the paint during the team’s last two matchups. Duke’s defensive sluggishness was on full display Saturday against the Cardinals, when the Blue Devils allowed center Anas Mahmoud to nearly triple his season scoring average and notch a career-high 17-points.

Following six days off, Duke hopes practice pays off and it can feed off the home environment after ESPN’s “College GameDay” to bounce back.

“We have to be stronger. We have to be mentally tougher,” Capel said.

“Hopefully we have a great crowd Saturday night against a very good Miami team that’s coming off of a really good, really impressive performance.”

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can affect someone’s poise, that is a strong statement defensively and we were able to do that at times.”

The Blue Devils are back in action Sunday afternoon at Boston College, where they will look to improve on a 5-3 road record that has largely been defined by inconsistency. If Duke can find a way to take its home efficiency on the road, the Blue Devils could pose an even bigger threat in the ACC moving forward.

“We bring amazing intensity at home, just getting after it. We need to play that way anywhere we go—it shouldn’t matter where we are,” said sophomore guard Kyra Lambert, who added 10 points and six rebounds. “We plan to bring this on the road along with our defensive intensity.”

that point, but Stachowiak took out Felipe Osses-Konig 6-4, 7-6 (5) and fellow freshman Robert Levine pulled out a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win against Paccini to score the last two points of the day.

Smith’s team attributed their singles rhythm to their annual Hawaii winter break trip, in which they took on Hawaii, Ole Miss and LSU to prepare for the season and had several opportunities to bond as a team as well. “[The trip] was awesome,” Mataes said.

“Because we played those matches, [Elon] didn’t feel like a very first match, which was great for everyone.”

The Blue Devils, who were just outside the top 25 in 2017’s first rankings, will next hit the road to take on No. 15 Kentucky Friday in what should be a big test for Smith’s young team.

Meredith Cash contributed reporting.

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Han Kang | The Chronicle Brown’s partner-in-crime Rebecca Greenwell also got going Thursday, finishing with 18 points and five rebounds.

But from there, it was all Mountaineers.

Forrest Przybysz defeated Garrett Neff 9-0, Kee beat Bass 12-2 and Peters-Logue won 7-5.

The Blue Devils are back in action Sunday on the road at Navy, one of four straight matches away from home.

“I have to apologize to the crowd, because our guys are like, ‘Oh, we can’t get people in.’ And then the people come, you’ve got to wrestle better than that,” Lanham said. “I told our guys, ‘If they don’t come back, that’s on you. You’ve got to wrestle better.’”

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle With star Nicolas Alvarez’s status for Friday’s matchup at No. 15 Kentucky still uncertain, sophomore Catalin Mateas and company hope to step up and pull the upset.

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oday, the man who promises to “make America great again” becomes our president. The inauguration of an individual who plans to shake-up or overhaul the status quo is not unprecedented, even in recent history. Barack Obama’s main campaign theme was change. Ronald Reagan proposed a major shift in the country’s course. However, both of these men had clear ideas about the institutional and ideological pillars of American greatness. In the “A More Perfect Union” speech, Obama portrayed his life story, possible “in no other country on Earth,” as a manifestation of America’s exceptionalism.

Reagan spoke passionately about what made America the “shining city on a hill.” Donald Trump, for all his talk about returning the country to greatness, shows little appreciation of what made America exceptional in the first place. Unfortunately, he is far from alone.

The West—encompassing North America, Europe, and Australia—is undergoing a crisis of faith. Commitment to our institutions is

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they liberalized their markets. Towards the close of the century, many countries in Latin America moved from dictatorship to democracy, improving the region’s prospects.

But as the West has lost faith in itself and what it still has to offer the world, its challengers have been emboldened. Vladimir Putin and Bashaar al-Assad have repeatedly violated the norms of the international order led by the west (though primarily the U.S.). Recep Tayyip Erdogan—breaking from Atatürk’s vision— seems more interested in making Turkey a leader in the Islamic world than in integrating his country into the West. Though China has moved towards a capitalist economy and Xi Jiping has recently been lauded for his defense of globalization, the authoritarian Communist party remains steadfast in its rejection of Western political institutions such as the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

This loss of faith is most dangerous not because it emboldens our enemies, but

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waning. Trump’s threats to a free press, such as “opening up libel laws,” did not sufficiently disturb Americans so as to prevent his ultimate victory. Younger generations see living in a democracy as less essential than their parents and grandparents did. The financial crisis of 2007-09 and the loss of manufacturing jobs to automation and globalization have shaken people’s faith in capitalism, even in the United States where the free market has long enjoyed a sacrosanct status.

Western values are eroding as well. The belief in an open and free society is under assault. Openness to immigrants and tolerance of foreigners is in decline in both the United States and Europe, allowing populist parties to gain influence and power. In many environments, most notably the American university, free speech and ideological diversity face serious challenges.

At the end of the Cold War, many believed that the Western model of liberal democracy and free markets would rapidly proliferate until the “end of history” was reached. Over the course of the 20th century, the societies that had moved towards this model prospered and those that chose competing alternatives—such as that of the Soviet Union— fell behind. In the early century, Kemal Atatürk established a secular, westernized state from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Later, the Asian Tigers made enormous gains in living standards as

because we run the risk of abandoning the ideas and institutions that have underpinned the remarkable success of Western civilization.

500 years ago, few people would have predicted that the Europeans and North American continents would be home to the most powerful and influential countries on earth.

China and the Middle East were equally if not more advanced. However, over a long period of time, the West developed a particular set of ideas and institutions that provided blueprint for prosperity unlike any other and soon its living standards surpassed other regions of the world.

This semester my column will explore these ideas and institutions: how they came about, why they have been important to Western success and, perhaps most importantly, why they are fragile and require effort to be preserved. I will also examine why some of these ideas and institutions failed to take hold in other parts of the world. My goal is to help restore faith, to the extent that my readers had lost it, in the dynamism and boundless promise of a society of free individuals.

Julian Keeley is a Trinity senior. His column, “individuals and institutions” runs on alternate Fridays.

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hen I was in grade school, I learned the difference between democracy and authoritative government. In a democracy, that shining city upon a hill, the people have a voice in politics.

They choose their leaders in free and fair elections, and their concerns are addressed by caring politicians. In an authoritative regime, those in power are manipulative and tyrannical, stopping at nothing to preserve their seats.

I was taught that authoritative regimes existed exclusively in the developing world and in the past. Places like Iran and Venezuela lacked the true democracy that was unconditionally protected here in the United States. I learned nothing to suggest that my rights, let alone democracy itself, could be threatened right here in my home state.

Yet, it did not take long before I discovered otherwise. By 2010, a vast republican majority was elected just in time for the redrawing

pay. A representative from the Republican Party asked me, “Why does a teacher need a living wage when her husband is probably the breadwinner?”

By 2014, our per-pupil spending was over $3,000 below the national average. Kids sitting in classrooms right now are being stiffed of the education they deserve. Kids like me have watched their classrooms deteriorate and morale from mentors dissipate. There is no feeling of discouragement stronger than watching hope leave a place of learning.

And yet, beyond dangerous social and fiscal policy, even beyond House Bill 2, North Carolina is faced with pressing illegality of the General Assembly’s recent special sessions.

The first of these special sessions occurred just days before Governor Roy Cooper officially took office. The bills in question had been in the work for weeks on the Republican side, but Democrats were called to session and given a mere few hours to review House Bill

t the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1 2016, I was cast into a time vortex that spiraled me back into time to the Jurassic Period. So next time you say 2016 was bad, let me tell you it’s not that bad. Yes it does suck that Donald Trump is in charge of the country, but you know who is in charge of the Jurassic? The f*****g Tyrannosaurus Rex. Perhaps you’ve heard of him from the famous hit TV series “Barney the Dinosaur” or from the Universal Studios “Jurassic Park” ride.

I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but right as the ball dropped and I went in for my New Year’s Eve kiss, I surged through time and space in an inter-dimensional rift that spat me out sometime in the Jurassic Period in North America. My childhood knowledge of dinosaurs allowed me to discern the approximate age, as a pack of Velociraptors chased me through the underbrush and bit my left ring finger and pinkie finger off. Contrary to popular belief, Velociraptors are

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of the North Carolinian districts. Instead of chartering a nonpartisan map, the General Assembly chose to charter themselves into unconditional power. By population, North Carolina is the most evenly split state in the nation; Republicans and Democrats are nearly perfectly matched. Yet, if we judged only by the heavy tide of reactionism stemming from the legislature, we have assumed that the entire North Carolinian electorate were strict Tea Party-ers. The shapes of our precincts defy reason. They stretch to include a single house or a single street, snaking around the state to mathematically ensure a constant Republican majority within the General Assembly. No election is fair nor free if the people cannot change its outcome.

Today, the Republican Party has an absolute, veto-proof, overwhelming supermajority in both houses of the General Assembly. What’s more, the N.C. GOP has waged a war against perceived “voter fraud.”

They have cracked down on everything from pre-registration to early voting hours to restrictive ID laws. Any barrier to the polls will fall unevenly on minorities, the poor, and young people; all groups who traditionally vote Democrat. On the day I got my full license in 2015, I pre-registered to vote at the local DMV. In the past, this had been the legal tactic of increasing registration among young people. I walked out, beaming with pride, thrilled at the idea that I would be voting in the next presidential election. Two days after I filled out my form, the legislature decided to do away with pre-registration. An envelope arrived in the mail for me, with a photocopy of my documents, stamped “DENIED” in red.

If voter manipulation weren’t enough, the N.C. legislature slashed education budgets across the state. Over the course of my high school career, I watched no less than 18 faculty members leave, all of them searching for higher pay. I knew teachers who worked three jobs and teachers whose children received free-and-reduced-lunch.

In 2015, I protested funding cuts at the state legislature, holding a sign about teacher

17 and dozens of other power-stripping bills.

Some have called the fourth special session of the McCrory government the “North Carolinian Coup,” because the ratified bills effectively stole and diverted the power of the incoming Democratic Governor. Under these laws, Cooper’s cabinet will be subject to approval by the legislature, Cooper will be allotted 425 agency positions to appoint in contrast with McCrory’s 1,000 and Cooper will have no say in the appointees to the State Board of Elections. An additional session was called to repeal House Bill 2, the infamous “Bathroom Bill.” Democrats were promised a clean repeal of the embarrassing discriminatory bill, but instead Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger proposed a conditional bill that included legislation such as a “moratorium” on any future locally proposed nondiscrimination ordinances. This partisan move ended in the ultimate failure to repeal House Bill 2, meaning that North Carolina continues to codify discrimination.

The next few years will be a whirlwind. It is difficult for me to be optimistic when even now, Republicans are blocking Governor Cooper’s attempts to expand Medicaid. This matters not just for those of us raised in this state, but it matters for every single Duke student. We are lucky to share Durham over the next four years as our home. We owe it and its people our steadfast dedication and support, not only because our institution has its roots in this state, but because our degrees are worth more when they come from a true democracy.

With unbounded tyranny and disregard for popular voice, the North Carolina General Assembly is tainting the reputation of its state and all of its institutions; including Duke. We learn about foreign policy and international comparative studies, always considering the best path to democracy abroad. Perhaps it’s time to consider the path to ensuring democracy right here in Durham.

Leah Abrams is a Trinity freshman. Her column, “cut the bull” runs on alternate Fridays.

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much smaller than in Jurassic Park, which I took note of when the small dinosaur snapped his razor sharp teeth around my two fingers severing them completely. As the small beast began devouring my digits, I jumped into a river where I swam to safety. So if you tell me it was “super crazy” how many celebrities died this past year, I’ll tell you how super crazy the oxygen levels were in this time period leading to dragonflies the size of seagulls, and beetles the size of golden retrievers.

Many of my friends back in 2016 had their “like worst year ever,” as they spent so much time posting on Facebook about Hillary Clinton and tagging their friends in memes. But I didn’t enjoy the luxuries of modern technology and an expanding social network, as I had to sneak into a Pteranodon nest and smash its eggs for any semblance of fast food.

Any time I did go hunting for eggs, I ran the risk of a flying monster scooping me up and tossing me over a cliff a half-mile in the air. Thankfully nothing like that ever happened.

Oh, wait, yes it did, every single f*****g meal. You do not know how many times I had to stab a dinosaur in the gut with a shiv fashioned out of a Deinonychus tibia. Imagine every meal you ever ate you also probably fell 16 stories into either dinosaur infested waters or dinosaur infested trees, so

I apologize for not being sympathetic that a gorilla in Cincinnati died. You know if that kid fell into a cage with a Deinonychus, he would have been eaten alive.

And sure my year was not all that bad; I was super independent and worked a lot. Partially because no humans would come into existence for another 140 million years, and if I didn’t work to survive, I would have been killed by pretty much everything that was alive at the time. However, I know now how to make a fire from extinct plants and I know which of those plants I can eat.

(I won’t even go into the notion of prehistoric poisonous plants and the prehistoric gastrointestinal issues that follow eating such plants, I’ll just let you know that it’s super stressful using the bathroom when there are dinosaurs weighing 198-thousand pounds who simply wouldn’t notice if they pulverized you by accident). I also am capable of downing a Ankylosaurus in less than 45 minutes, a world record for humans,

which I think is impressive or at least more impressive than any Candy Crush score you got in the line at Starbucks.

So yes, I did have some good times in the Jurassic, but most of them were shadowed by the looming fact that actual DINOSAURS surrounded me at any given moment.

Now, many people have never had to fend off a Triceratops in heat with a sharpened stick and a burning branch, so they don’t know the hardships of the Jurassic. However, it does get old to hear about how the world “will totally end” when Donald Trump is president, when I quite literally saw the meteor that ended all life on Earth crash down in the Gulf of Mexico. Once the massive heat wave and debris hurtled towards my cave dwelling at the end of the year, the time vortex sucked me back up and placed me at Jan. 1, 2017. I’ve read through the “hilarious memes” of 2016 and went through the SNL presidential debates, but nothing really intrigues me after I saw an Allosaurus devour an entire nest of Stegosaurus babies.

Next time you feel like complaining about the woes of 2016, let me be the first to tell you it could have been WAY worse.

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