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The Chronicle answers FAQs about Young Trustee position

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 35

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UPSCALE CUISINE IN A DORM?

By Matthew Griffin University News Editor

The list of candidates in this year’s undergraduate Young Trustee election has been released. Before voting begins, The Chronicle answered some common questions about the process behind electing the newest Board of Trustees member.

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What is a Young Trustee?

Since 1972, the graduate and undergraduate Young Trustees have had the opportunity to serve on Duke’s Board of Trustees, a post that today sees them sitting alongside figures like Apple CEO Tim Cook and Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker. Young Trustees each spend one year as a nonvoting observer before becoming a full voting member of the board for one or two years, alternating yearly.

All photos from Alex Leo-Guerra | Contributing Photographer Sophomore Rishabh Jain prepares dessert for his hungry patrons at The Black Tile, the pop-up restaurant he runs in a 300 Swift apartment.

economy and liberalize its politics. In a fit of Panglossian arrogance masquerading as political science, many leading Americans truly believed that China, a civilization that was ancient before Columbus arrived on Hispaniola, would march to the beat of our drum. The opposite has occurred. In the last year, dozens of American multinational corporations have revealed that they are multinational first and American second. Infamously, the NBA apologized to the CCP and chastised See KUNSHAN on Page 10

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What are their responsibilities?

As board members, the Young Trustees are charged with caring for the long-term health of the University. The Board is Duke’s governing body. It is charged with making sure Duke’s “strategic direction, educational policy, finances and operations” align with the University’s mission, and it oversees the Duke University Health System and Duke University Management Company through affiliated boards. Young Trustees are “fiduciaries of the whole university, not advocates for any particular agenda or issue,” wrote Richard Riddell, senior vice president and secretary to the board, in the email to undergraduates in which he shared the application for undergraduate Young Trustee. The website of the Graduate & Professional Student Council, which is charged with selecting the graduate Young Trustee, lists some of that position’s responsibilities, which include serving on one of the Board’s standing committees and strategic task forces.

debate and speculation. But for those in the know, the Black Tile is the one place where all questions of “best” are erased. All you need to do is book a reservation and head to 300 Swift to Jain’s restaurant. Jain always had an infatuation with cooking. One can say that he’s been building up to this concept for years. In high school, he often invited family over to try out recipes and taste a variety of dishes whose flavors he believed were worthy of sharing. His upbringing was a large influence in developing his passion— being inspired by his mother’s cooking and approach to cuisine, he decided to experiment in the kitchen. He learned cooking techniques in high school by watching YouTube videos from Gordon Ramsay, Binging with Babish, Bon Appetit, Munchies and more, all of which would help him refine his craft. Yet all throughout first year, he found himself not cooking at all. So in order to keep in touch with this passion, he decided to revamp his multi-course dinners for students this year, allowing his creativity to flourish once again. Jain inquired about using a friend’s kitchen at 300 Swift for his cooking, and once he was given the OK, he began to make magic. After he hosted his first dinner in September and was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, he decided to make them a weekly occurrence. The beginnings of the The Black Tile were in motion. I arrived at 300 Swift a half-hour before our meal began to help Jain with some preparation. In the time I spent assisting him, I got a glimpse into the mind of a truly devoted chef, and one who has a fond appreciation and respect for food and the power manifested within it. Watching Jain approach mise en place with a distinct tenderness and precision allowed me to recognize how much care he brought to this endeavor—he wanted to be certain that everyone was given an equal experience, each course rooted in

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Four courses prepared with the precision of an esteemed chef for $15, a rotating menu with profits going to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, merely six seats per dinner and all of it in an apartment at 300 Swift—meet The Black Tile. Duke’s own Rishabh Jain, a sophomore, has managed to cook up his own take on the dorm restaurant through his own pop-up concept, The Black Tile. The use of dorms as a means of expressing culinary passion isn’t unheard of—Jonah Reider’s Columbia University dorm restaurant as well as Alex Chang and Robert Kronfli’s underground dining operation at the University of Southern California are both prime examples of students using their dorm’s kitchens for a greater purpose than microwaving ramen. They set in place a foundation begging to be built upon. There’s no question that meals at Divinity Cafe, Sazón or other venues can be considered superior to those of other universities, with the best meal on campus subject to heated

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Duke Kunshan University is a trojan horse By Reiss Becker Columnist

It’s worse than anyone ever thought possible. Snatched from the foul, frothing maw of China’s depraved security state, the Xinjiang Papers reveal the extent of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crimes against the Uyghur Muslims of East Turkestan. Haunted by the legacy of Soviet leniency that he blames for the USSR’s ultimate collapse, Chairman Xi Jinping commanded his apparatchiks to “use the organs of dictatorship” with “absolutely no mercy” as they extirpate the “virus” of “religious

extremism” embedded in East Turkestan. To accomplish Chairman Xi’s directive, the CCP has placed anywhere from 800,000 to 2 million Uyghurs in labor, concentration and prison camps where they are, in typical doublespeak, being “reeducated.” Loyalty pledges, religious persecution, mass surveillance, forced abortions, medical experimentation and sexual assault are common practice. Although the Uyghurs are the primary victims of the CCP’s brutality, a secondary victim is a seductive theory—the notion that tighter Sino-Western ties would both augment China’s

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2024 Early Decision numbers are a mixed bag for Duke and peers By Leah Boyd Staff Reporter

With Early Decision Blue Devil Days having wrapped up this past weekend, The Chronicle decided to look into how Duke fared in Early Decision compared to its peers. Duke, among other elite universities, experienced higher Early Decision acceptance rates to the Class of 2024 than the year before. Duke accepted 21% of the Early Decision applicants to the Class of 2024, offering admission to only 887 high school seniors out of the 4,300 that applied. This marks the first time since the Class of 2021 that the acceptance rate has increased from year-to-year. With only 18% of applicants

accepted from the Class of 2023 Early Decision pool, last year’s application cycle experienced 552 more applications than this year’s. Brown and Johns Hopkins both experienced more selective rates, while the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell and Dartmouth—like Duke—did not. Additionally, Cornell, Brown and Johns Hopkins saw higher application numbers than last year. Duke, UPenn and Dartmouth saw their application numbers drop in 2019. Becoming less selective for the first time in almost a decade, UPenn accepted 19.7% of Early Decision applicants this year, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. There was a 9% decline in total Early Decision applications from the prior year, decreasing from 7,109 applications to the Class of 2023 to

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6,453 applications to the Class of 2024. Cornell University also saw their Early Decision acceptance rate increase for the first time in four years, admitting 23.8% of ED applicants, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. However, Cornell also experienced the highest number of Early Decision applications in its history. According to the press release, early decision applications for the Class of 2024 rose by 7.4 percent when compared to the Class of 2023 and 4.6 percent over the Class of 2022. Some universities saw their acceptance rates hit record-lows. With 4,562 applicants, Brown University was both the most selective and had the highest number of Early Decision applications in its history. Brown saw an 8% increase in the size of their Early Decision applicant pool from last year, according to The Brown Daily Herald, and only 17.5% of applicants were admitted. Johns Hopkins University also experienced record application numbers for the Class of 2024, with the number of Early Decision applicants to the Class of 2024 increasing from last year’s 2,068 to this year’s 2,345, according to the Office of Communications at Johns Hopkins University and College Kickstart. Johns Hopkins accepted 28% of the Class of 2024 Early Decision applicant pool, more selective than the prior year’s 31%. Not all universities sifted through larger numbers of applications this season. Only 2,069 high school students applied Early Decision to Dartmouth’s Class of 2024, a decrease from the 2,474 applicants to the Class of 2023. About 26.4% of these students were admitted this year, an increase from the 23.2% accepted the prior year. Dartmouth did not have more than 2,000 Early Decision applications until the Class of 2021. Other universities, such as Emory, also routinely see small Early Decision numbers, with only 1,812 students applying to Emory under this year’s Early Decision I application cycle, amounting to an acceptance rate of 40.3%. In 2019, the University of Virginia began to allow students to apply Early Decision for the first time since 2006, and 35% of the applicants were admitted. The program was originally ended to remove a “barrier for low-income students to access a top-tier education,” according to The Cavalier Daily.

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‘Cleaner and brighter now’: Thoughts on Pitchfork’s renovation We recognized the need for a nearby, enlarged, 24/7 dining facility.

By Lara Hansen Staff Reporter

Just in time for the new semester, Pitchfork’s opened its doors with a new look. For the Spring semester, the restaurant opened up a new addition to fit more people. The glass structure encasing a nearby terrace now offers 70 additional seats for people dining at the restaurant. Located on floor zero of McClendon Tower in Keohane Quad, the 24/7 restaurant is more notable as a spot for late-night dining after a night out than an all-day social space. However, with the Spring semester renovation and a bright new seating area, the restaurant may have become more inviting for all kinds of students, both those seeking a quiet place to study and those on the hunt for a meal. The additions are the second part of a largescale renovation at Pitchfork’s. Last summer, the eatery upgraded its interior, expanded its kitchen and added a second cash register. “We were able to increase the food preparation space over the summer, and the dining and seating area for the start of spring semester,” wrote Director of Project Management Paul Manning in an email. The driving impetus to renovate the restaurant came in response to the opening of Hollows Quad on West Campus at the beginning of the Fall 2019 semester. The new dorm now houses an influx of 700 students that came to West with the closing of Central Campus after the 2018-19 academic year. “We recognized the need for a nearby, enlarged, 24/7 dining facility,” Manning wrote. For senior Manish Kumar, Pitchfork’s used to be solely a late-night joint. With the new space, his perception has changed. “It has become a place where you can come and actually sit down to study,” he said.

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welcoming environment for students because there is more space, there is more capacity and it’s a place where people can go and interact in larger groups now,” he added. “Hopefully it’ll become another focal point on campus that we can all enjoy and share.” In addition to new spaces in the dining area, food trucks will continue to rotate on a nightly basis Monday through Thursday to serve the residential communities in the area, according to Coffey. A grand opening for Pitchfork’s is planned Aaron Zhao | Features Photography Editor for Jan. 29. The new area in Pitchfork’s can hold up to 70 additional seats for diners. He usually wouldn’t have studied at the restaurant in the last semester, “but it’s cleaner and brighter now.” Additional “back-of-house capacity” was annexed to allow Pitchfork’s to handle more customers more efficiently, wrote Robert Coffey, executive director of dining services, in an email. And instead of calling out names, the restaurant now hands out server pagers to its customers to align with its new professional appearance. While most students embraced the restaurant’s new look with expanded seating options and social spaces, some complain they don’t quite feel at home anymore at the new Pitchfork’s. “I think the place is not ready for the

amount of students it receives. I used to go anytime of the day and just get food quickly and now I have to keep waiting and waiting— more than it would be acceptable,” senior Lucia Mees said. In response, she now prefers going to other venues. “If I’m going out, I’m probably just going to end up there but if I have a choice during the day, I don’t think it’s worth it,” she said. Other students agree there is room for improvement regarding how quickly the restaurant serves food. “The enlargement might not necessarily increase the speed of service,” senior Nico Cort said. On a different note, “it makes it a more

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undergraduates vote for whomever they think should be the next Young Trustee. The finalists will campaign aggressively, often making websites, campaign videos and personalized profile pictures that will flood Facebook timelines. However, the finalists won’t be campaigning on a platform. Instead, they will try to convince their fellow undergraduates that they are the most qualified to sit on the Board. According to a letter from Riddell to the student body, this year’s election will be held online from noon Feb. 11 until noon Feb. 12. The process of selecting the graduate Young Trustee, on the other hand, is not as democratic. A Screening Committee evaluates applications for the position on behalf of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, and GPSC’s General Assembly chooses among several finalists. William Brody, Fuqua ‘18, was elected to the position last year.

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How are Young Trustees chosen?

The Young Trustee Nominating Committee, chosen by the university secretary and the Duke Student Government president from a pool of undergraduate applicants, oversees the selection process for the undergraduate Young Trustee. Each academic year, the process begins when the committee approves an application, which the Office of the Secretary distributes to all undergraduates. Any undergraduate can apply to be the undergraduate Young Trustee, according to the Young Trustee By-Law, other than the current Duke Student Government President. Last year’s winner was Trey Walk, Trinity ‘19. After applications are in, the YTNC selects eight or more semifinalists, whom the committee interviews before selecting two to four finalists. In a break from tradition, the committee What makes a good Young Trustee? did not release the names of this year’s semifinalists, citing Students have to decide for themselves which candidate is privacy reasons. best for the job of undergraduate Young Trustee, but the Young Once the finalists are selected, the process is simple: Trustee By-Law provides some guidance.

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According to the by-law, a Young Trustee should meet several criteria, from being able to “think broadly about the University” to demonstrating a “commitment to making Duke a better place and helping further its mission.” Despite the need for objectivity in their work, Young Trustees should have a vision: The by-law states that they should “be able to articulate a worldview about issues with a breadth of understanding.” Riddell provided his own words of wisdom in the email to undergraduates. “Young Trustees, like other trustees, demonstrate an ability to think broadly about the University, understand the role of the University in society, are curious about institutional issues facing Duke, and respect how universities are administered and governed,” Riddell wrote.

BLACK TILE FROM PAGE 1 exceptional attention to detail and the belief that power lies not in extravagance, but in the quality of ingredients and their preparation. The meal was, for something on a college campus, worthy of praise and the attention of every student attending Duke. Sitting among five other students and conversing with them built a sense of friendship with strangers even before our journey began. Once we all noticed Jain plating our first course, we knew that it was time to buckle up for the ride. Sure enough, our first course was stunning, an incredible means to begin the experience. To outsiders, it might seem a bit too simple: beet, feta cheese and dill oil. I can assure you, however, that it was so much more than that: it was a celebration of simplicity, a dance between ingredients that drew out their quality. It was a semblance on the power of a beet and its earthy flavor. Paired with the blue cheese, it became a dish that asks for you to concentrate on texture and the essence of each individual component. Each bite gave off some irresistible funkiness, with dill oil making the dish shine. After this came an impressive plating of oyster mushrooms and leeks, finished with truffle oil. Combined, they were an examination and dissection of different textures. There was a powerful synergy between the two, with preparations of the allium allowing for an exploration of how both raw and cooked iterations mix with their fungal partners. Once again, it was a celebration of the flavors manifested within these ingredients, and a thorough examination of the potential harnessed when placing them together. Up next was perhaps the most notable course of the night, and what I’d consider the main event: scallop with pureed butternut squash, a brunoise of butternut squash with broccoli microgreens and paprika. Here, Jain’s true finesse in the kitchen shone bright, with the scallop cooked until tender and perfectly browned, and the butternut squash providing a developed and complex contrast to an often underappreciated shellfish. It gave off a feeling of warmth, with each bite being better than the last, culminating in one ultimate hurrah where all of the components beautifully harmonized in nuttiness, fishiness, butteriness, and borderline luxuriousness. We closed the meal with a perfectly portioned cake with buttercream frosting, caramel and macerated figs. It was all you could ask for in a last course. More than anything, it was a victory lap. The cake was decadent enough to warrant its own bakeshop, with its complements acting as wonderful partners in accentuating its own flavor. The figs were the stars here, making juicy and developed complements to the cake. The caramel was glorious, excellently crunchy with a small tinge of opulence from the refinement of the process. When all is said and done, you’ll leave the table thinking that Jain was a chef who decided to go to college. You’ll be stunned that you went through this process in a kitchen at 300 Swift rather than a private dining club. You’ll realize that what you were given wasn’t merely a meal, but an expression of creativity, a passion for food and the process of developing flavor combinations that you’ll seldom find on a campus of any kind. The walk back to the C1 will make you feel like a changed individual, hungry for more and curious for what Jain will devise next. He changes one course every week, so you’ll never have the same meal twice. Although it’s not unusual to find yourself wanting to return to a restaurant after a great meal, Jain’s dinners invoke a much more intense sense of longing. Knowing that he’ll be on to greater things beyond Duke in just a few years makes experiencing The Black Tile all the more profound. You’ll want to return before you lose the opportunity to dine at his table again. You’ll want to invest in the Black Tile concept so even more people can experience its intimacy and magic. But, more than anything, you’ll want to relive the experience of sitting at that counter, absorbing the flavors and sensations manifested within the food, all in the good company of your fellow students taking a well-deserved break from the hustle of a Duke education.

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N.C.-based artists, page 7

‘tobaccoland’ Exhibit explores Duke and Durham’s connection to tobacco, page 7

awkwafina + appropriation Why the rapper-turned-actress’s Golden Globes win is bittersweet, page 6

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staff note “Did you like abroad better than Duke?” The question caught me off guard. Although many people have told me that their favorite times at Duke were spent away from Duke, I never really thought about it that way. People go abroad for all kinds of reasons: Some say that studying abroad, like tenting in Krzyzewskiville, is an essential Duke experience. Some just want to travel around with friends and enjoy that last bit of adolescent, carefree playfulness before moving onto some standardized, potentially soul-selling postDuke professional activities where mistakes would start to count and we all have to (finally) think about the consequences of life.

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For me, I knew that I wanted to study abroad in France since freshman year. At first, it was because I had fallen in love with the language the moment I tried to properly pronounce “bonjour” for the first time in my eighth grade French class. Later, it was also because a little part of me had hoped that the boy I had a crush on in my college French class would also study abroad in France, so that I could maybe get to know him better during the program (which he didn’t). (Of course, I chose to leave out the second reason in my interview for the study abroad application.) The funny thing is: I spent my entire freshman year reveling in the freedom of being away from parental control and able to do whatever, however, whenever. I dreamed about a perfect semester in Paris that would only enhance my overall Duke experience. But then

I spent my entire sophomore year mourning that supposed freedom, disillusioned by the realization that it was still limited by Duke’s strict social norms — that other people on campus, who may be completely irrelevant in my everyday life, somehow dictate what I should do for every weekend and what I should be sorry that I didn’t do. Eventually, all the stress, disappointment and confusion fused into one idea: I needed to get away from Duke. I needed to escape. Paris, as it turned out, gave me (for the most part) the unadulterated freedom I longed for (minus the last two weeks of my stay, when I’d have to walk at least an hour to get to anywhere due to a nationwide transport strike). Schools there are the total opposite of Duke; Once out of the academic building, you are immediately released into the City of Lights, which always boasts at least a hundred things for an idle adolescent to explore and discover. I was so comforted by the anonymity — nobody cared if I kicked a can all the way down a street like a child, spent a whole day by myself in a café reading or daydreaming, started tearing up in front of a painting in a museum or walked back home at 1 a.m. from a night of “Midnight in Paris”like encounters with young movie directors, beautiful cigarette-rolling girls, rebellious intellectuals debating philosophy and cinema and sweet boys who asked you if you are just “catching flights, not feelings.” Yes, 80 percent of those French stereotypes are true. There was nobody to impress. No social molds to struggle to fit into. No need to be aimlessly busy all the time — though my peers and I would sometimes (strangely) miss the fulfillment of seeing a packed weekly schedule, because, after all, we were still Duke students. At the peak of all this fun and freedom, perhaps that was what I found most surprising:

I started to miss Duke. I even missed the food back on campus, even though I was quickly reminded upon my return that it is still as gross as it used to be. But they were thoughts that would come out of nowhere. When surrounded by historic Parisian buildings, I would suddenly miss the feeling of pride while walking on Duke’s campus. Amid a hot conversation about French cinema, I would suddenly miss all the late-night life talks at Duke that were so powerfully personal, which may be the one thing that the French aren’t particularly good at. And while sitting in an international relations class taught in French, I would deeply miss the Duke public policy classes where I could effortlessly understand every word being said and contribute to the discussion based on common sense, without having to know what operations have been carried out in Mali in the past decade. Overall, I think abroad did change me. I came back more mature and independent. My mind is cleared up, and I am more certain about whom to just let go in my life and whom I regret having left behind. I now crave more to be known deeply and dearly rather than widely. I am more acutely aware than ever that there is a whole world out there, so much bigger than this campus that it’s not worthwhile to get caught up on the minor, trivial things that happen constantly in this bubble. Even after all this reflection, however, I still cannot give you a concrete answer to that question: “Did you like abroad better than Duke?” Paris is exciting (for most of the time). Duke is endearing (also most of the time). Paris is where I would love to live in the future. Duke is where I can feel hurt, defeated, betrayed and rejected but would want to come back nevertheless. —Eva Hong

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On Awkwafina, appropriation and Asian American identity By Hannah Miao Contributing Writer

On Jan. 5, Awkwafina became the first performer of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe award for lead actress in a motion picture. While her performance as Billi in “The Farewell” may have been the first time I have seen a character who looks like me authentically portrayed on the big screen, her win does not come without a bitter aftertaste. For many Asian Americans, myself included, her history-making recognition validates the importance of seeing ourselves represented in film. Yet we cannot ignore the fact that Awkwafina’s win also rewards a career-long exploitation of Black culture for personal gain. Many have rightly criticized Awkwafina for rising to stardom through an appropriation of Black aesthetics. From her viral rap song, “My Vag,” to her breakout role as Peik Lin Goh in “Crazy Rich Asians,” Awkwafina has made a career out of performing a caricatured interpretation of Blackness. Coopting African American Vernacular English (AAVE), speaking in a “blaccent” and playing characters that could be interpreted as minstrel-esque, Awkafina has worn Blackness like a costume, putting it on when it commercially rewards her (“Crazy Rich Asians” and “Oceans 8”) and taking it off when it does not (“The Farewell” and her newest project, “Nora from Queens”). From suburban teenagers on TikTok to Ariana Grande’s blackfishing, we usually view cultural appropriation as an offense committed primarily by white Americans. Non-Black people of color, however, also perpetuate anti-Blackness through cultural appropriation. It’s difficult not to, when appropriating Black culture has been and continues to be so central to our country’s creative production. From Broadway to rock ‘n’ roll, nearly all artistic traditions that we view to be uniquely American have origins in Black aesthetics. Asian America, as a cohesive coalition, is still reckoning with what our cultural identity could be without being defined by our proximity to the American default of whiteness or the cultures of our ethnic origin. Throughout history, Asian Americans have been either invisible in mainstream media or reduced to a few select stereotypes. In order to render ourselves visible and establish ourselves as distinct from these diminishing caricatures, many Asian Americans have turned to Black culture

Nina Wilder | Contributing Graphic Designer Awkwafina won a lead actress Golden Globe for her performance in “The Farewell,” becoming the first person of Asian descent to do so.

as a language with which they might rewrite their identities. Yet in attempting to fill this void of Asian American culture, they treat Blackness as an identity that is theirs to take, monetize or otherwise discard. It’s a pattern that has propelled not only Awkwafina but also contemporary Asian American celebrities such as Eddie Huang, Lilly Singh and Bretman Rock into fame and financial success, as writer Muqing M. Zhang points out. Awkwafina’s win comes in an awards season that has failed to fully recognize Asian and Asian American achievements in the industry. Is it possible, then, to celebrate Awkwafina’s Golden Globe acting win without celebrating Awkwafina’s personal choices? Can we separate the performance from the performer?

To ignore Awkwafina’s appropriation of Black aesthetics would be to perpetuate a system that rewards the exploitation of Blackness. Perhaps instead we can celebrate the award as a win for the character Lulu Wang has created in “The Farewell.” Although Wang has been shut out of nearly all writing or directing recognitions, she should be recognized for crafting a narrative that allowed Awkwafina to play a fully actualized Asian American character, nuanced and devoid of stereotypes. We need more characters like Billi. As more and more Asian American creatives find the courage and agency to tell our authentic stories, we may just progress a little further on our journey to building our own Asian American identity. And that I will celebrate.

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‘Tobaccoland’ reveals connections between Duke, Durham and tobacco By Skyler Graham Staff Writer

This year, smoking policies are changing on both the federal and campus level. Not only are there now greater nationwide age restrictions when buying tobacco products, but Duke is launching a Smoke-Free Campus initiative this summer. Looking at the history of smoking, its advertisements and its relation to Duke’s campus can help us understand the impact and intentions of these changes. “Tobaccoland” reveals the complexities of marketing both for and against the tobacco industry. The exhibit’s curators — Hartman Center Reference Archivist Joshua Larkin Rowley, Head of Technical Services Meghan Lyon and Assistant University Archivist Amy McDonald — created the exhibit using resources from the University Archives as well as books discussing the development of the tobacco industry. The photos, advertisements and artifacts of the exhibit show how Big Tobacco infiltrated both American media and life in Durham throughout the 20th century. It is known that cigarette advertising was once ubiquitous in the nation, but students often forget that Duke was founded on tobacco money. This exhibit displays the inherent connection between the Duke family, Durham and tobacco. Several defining pieces of Durham, including the American Tobacco Campus and the city’s mascot (descending from Bull Durham smoking tobacco) are indicative of the city’s success in tobacco manufacturing. “Duke University had a number of researchers, including Paul Gross [of Gross Hall], who were deeply involved in tobacco research,” McDonald said. “There were programs finding ways to farm

tobacco in a more effective and economic way, but then there were also a lot of faculty members and students studying the composition of tobacco smoke and carcinogens, and that research was being fed to the different tobacco companies. Duke was connected to a lot of it.” The university, however, was not consistent with its policies regarding smoking: Smoking was prohibited on campus in 1883, but by the 1920s, full-page ads for Old Gold cigarettes filled The Chronicle. The stigmas and rules regarding smoking have fluctuated throughout the university’s history, shifting as recently as this year’s move toward a smoke-free campus. Although the dangers of smoking are widely accepted today, preventative measures were often disregarded throughout the 20th century. The widespread ignorance of smoking’s negative effects wasn’t due to a lack of science, but rather the overwhelming influence of the tobacco industry in the media. The industry masterfully appealed to the salient demographics of a given era. Virginia Slims appealed to young working-class women by stating that women are “biologically superior to men,” L&M appealed to the Black Power movement by emphasizing African “roots to be proud of” and several companies attracted children with sugar sticks packaged as “candy cigarettes.” “There have always been concerns over what the children are doing, concerns over appearances, who should be allowed to smoke and what is cool,” Lyon said. “All these different pieces seem cyclical, all the way back to the early marketing that the Dukes didn’t necessarily invent [smoking cigarettes], but certainly did popularize [it].” And yet, as long as people have been smoking, people have been fighting against smoking. “Tobaccoland” demonstrates how the movement

Courtesy of Duke University Libraries “Tobaccoland” is on display in the Mary Duke Biddle Room in the Rubenstein Library.

against smoking is nothing new; as early as 1868, there were publications demonizing smoking as a “physical, mental, moral and social evil.” Several books, posters and advertisements in the exhibit focused on the immorality of smoking to deter people from the habit. It wasn’t until the 1980s, however, that the health implications of smoking entered public awareness. “I think the more that public health advocates made the connection between diseases stemming from cigarettes, the more people started to push back on smoking in public and smoking around children,” Lyon explained. “There’s been gradual public health campaigns that have gotten more funding based on litigation, but also general acceptance through the public.” Such public health campaigns now look at

the effects of e-cigarettes, such as the widely popular JUUL. “Tobaccoland” illustrates how the development of these “safer alternatives” has followed the development of traditional tobacco products; both were initially unpopular, both added flavors to increase popularity and both targeted the youth market with bright colors and advertisements on youth-based platforms. Unfortunately, the long-term effects of vaping have yet to be confirmed. By showing the advertising methods and secrets of the tobacco industry, “Tobaccoland” allows students to become more aware of how corporations manipulate the public for their interests. The exhibit suggests that by learning about the media of past corporations, we can protect ourselves from their modern descendants.

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Jam Pack: N.C. State’s Double Barrel Benefit concert benefits us all By Tessa Delgo Staff Writer

If you’re not keeping up with college radio in the Triangle, it’s time to tune in. N.C. State’s student-run radio station WKNC will host its 17th annual Double Barrel Benefit festival at the Raleigh venue Kings for two nights, Feb. 7 and 8. Each year, Double Barrel’s lineup highlights North Carolina-based artists — often those already found within the station’s locally-minded programming. “Introducing the Raleigh-Durham community to these musicians is really important, because if we don’t get North Carolinians supporting North Carolinians, nothing in North Carolina will grow,” WKNC’s general manager Laura Mooney said. “That’s something we really try to emphasize when putting [Double Barrel] together.” WKNC’s regular programming is divided into four main genres: Daytime indie, Chainsaw heavy metal, Afterhours electronic and Underground hip hop, with a daily ‘Local Lunch’ hour from 12 to 1 p.m., solely dedicated to North Carolina acts. This year’s Double Barrel, planned by Mooney alongside program director Henry Boyd and station adviser Jamie Lynn Gilbert, serves as a cross-section of the station’s schedule. Raleigh-based acts Pat Junior, a hip hop artist, and Truth Club, an indie rock band, will headline the first and second nights, respectively. “I think the lineup definitely meshes well together, even though it’s made up of different genres,” Junior said. “That’s one thing that I’m definitely excited about — you’ll get a different feel from each act, but I think the show is going to flow very well.” According to Gilbert — also N.C. State’s

student media associate director — Double Barrel began in 2004 as the brainchild of former general manager Jamie Proctor. At the time, the station was “heavily reliant” on student fees, a circumstance Proctor hoped to escape by finding a way to generate independent revenue. Currently, Double Barrel is the station’s largest fundraiser, accounting for 6% of its annual income. “Historically, the community response has been strong. Because the vast majority of artists that have performed at Double Barrel have been North Carolina bands, there’s a lot of support from the local music community,” Gilbert said. “[For artists,] I’d like to think it’s a little bit of a badge of honor — like, ‘I got to play Double Barrel.’” It’s a symbiotic relationship — for as much as WKNC does to promote local music, much

of the excitement for Double Barrel seems to stem from the love the community has for the station it benefits. Junior, who has maintained a relationship with the station for several years, is saving the first live performance of music from his 2019 album “I Thought I Knew” specifically for Double Barrel. “College students are one of the groups of people who listen to music the most, so I think ... a lot of new people end up finding out about our music through listening to college stations [like WKNC],” Junior said. “It’s beneficial not only to artists ... but it’s overall just beneficial to anyone who cares about the music scene in North Carolina.” The origins of WKNC date back to 1922. It was eastern North Carolina’s first regional station and the third overall to be registered

Swathi Karthik | Courtesy of N.C. State Student Media Daniel Sohn performs during the 16th annual Double Barrel Benefit on Feb. 1, 2019.

in the state. “WKNC prioritizes local music in a way that other [college radio stations] don’t ... and the best part is that people pay attention,” wrote Yvonne Chazal, a guitarist and bassist in Truth Club, in an email. “Walking around in a WKNC shirt means being stopped by at least one local old-head who’s like, ‘I DJ’ed at WKNC back in the ‘80s! I still play the station for my kids!’ I personally think it’s one of the things that makes our area such a great place to make music.’” In addition to the community it serves, the community of the station benefits its student staff. In nearly a century’s worth of existence, multiple generations of student DJs have come through. According to Gilbert, who has worked in student media at the university since May 2006, students often name their work at the station as “the best part of their college career.” “I had a set of DJs get married after I suggested they cohost with each other. They didn’t know each other, but I was like ‘I think those two would work really well together’ — which they obviously did,” Gilbert said. “They’re getting lifelong friendships, lifelong relationships, even.” According to Mooney, whose involvement with WKNC began during their first year at N.C. State, the station hopes to maintain an open environment for both student involvement and for the music it promotes. “Myself and my staff members really do strive to … welcome everybody with open arms,” Mooney said. “College radio is a grassroots movement that promotes the smaller people. [It’s] really amazing to be able to give back to them, for [all] they give to us.”

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Duke puts Hurt on Miami in reenactment win By Glen Morgenstern Assistant Blue Zone Editor

The truth hurts, claims pop star Lizzo in her eponymously-named smash hit song. And the truth is, however out of sorts No. 8 Duke may have looked in the past week, Miami never had a shot against the Blue Devils Tuesday night. The truth also Hurts. As in, dynamite freshman forward Matthew Hurt, who dazzled the home crowd with a Larry Bird-esque shooting display, a welcome occurrence 59 for a team that had just MIA DUKE 89 suffered two straight conference losses. Spurred in large part by Hurt’s otherworldly performance, Duke cruised past the Hurricanes 89-59 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “It took a little bit to get my shot off,” Hurt said. “But once I’ve got my groove, every shot I shoot, I think is going in.” Before the matchup against Miami, it had been a bad, bad week for Duke. A road loss to Clemson and a home loss to Louisville moved the Blue Devils (16-3, 6-2 in the ACC) down five spots in the AP poll. Freshman Wendell Moore Jr. had not

played in either game—he sat out while recovering from a broken bone in his hand. “We had a heck of a day yesterday with our team, from [7 a.m. until 10 p.m.] with a couple of practices, meetings… just good stuff,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I think we grew a lot as a team yesterday, and it showed today.” One Duke freshman seemed to have grown more than the rest. Hurt finished the night with 22 points, six rebounds and three blocks. His domination was ubiquitous and breathtakingly efficient—Hurt played only 24 minutes, fourth-most on the team. Hurt impressed on both ends of the floor with equal vigor and success. The 6-foot-9 freshman greeted the scoreboard with back-to-back 3-pointers to open the game. Later in the half, Hurt finished an and-one layup with ease. When Miami point guard Chris Lykes elevated for a secondhalf layup, Hurt rose with him to rip the ball away before the ball had left Lykes’ hands. Admittedly, Lykes stands at just 5-foot7, a fact his talent could not overcome throughout the game. See HURT on Page 9

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Blue Devil perimeter defense shines Tuesday By Derek Saul Sports Editor

Tre Jones’ defense can give just about any opposing point guard nightmares, but for Chris Lykes, he’s the boogeyman. In the point guards’ previous two matchups, Lykes mustered a combined 12 points on 3-of-30 from the field, with Jones locking down his 5-foot-7 opponent en route to two blowout victories for his Blue Devils against Lykes’ Hurricanes. Tuesday night would be much of the same, as Jones and fellow Blue Devil point guard Jordan Goldwire forced the normally prolific Lykes to sputter yet again, allowing No. 8 Duke to thrash Miami 89-59. The Hurricanes’ preseason AllACC second-teamer would finish with just nine points on 3-of-13 shooting, pushing his career field goal percentage against Jones-led teams to an ugly 14 percent. “[Jones] just tried to make it difficult for [Lykes],” Goldwire said. “And our bigs, whenever [Lykes] drove, our bigs were there to help make it tough on his shots. Just keeping constant pressure on him and just making it difficult for him is something that Tre did in [Duke and Miami’s Jan. 4 matchup] and today.” Despite being the only other point guard on scholarship for the Blue Devils, Goldwire is no longer just Jones’ backup, instead serving as Jones’ co-pilot on a flight that every rival guard

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Blue Devil point guard Tre Jones put the clamps on Chris Lykes, holding the Miami point guard to nine points on just 3-of-13 from the field. desperately wants to land. With freshman forward Wendell Moore Jr. still nursing a right hand injury, head coach Mike Krzyzewski has opted to start Goldwire and Jones together in the last four games. In both of Duke and Miami’s matchups this

month, the Blue Devils’ immovable perimeter defense stopped the Hurricanes’ unstoppable guards. Lykes, who normally averages an efficient 16.1 points per game, was not the only Miami guard that Duke stifled, as Dejan Vasiljevic and Kameron McGusty also could

not get it going, scoring below their respective season averages in both meetings. “It starts with us, so we try to set the tone and hopefully everybody follows,” Goldwire said. “So just trying to get after the other guards is something that we pride ourselves on.” Riding high after a 30-point conference victory is easy to do, but it’s not time to start polishing the Blue Devils’ ACC regular season crown just yet. Coming into Tuesday’s slaughtering, Duke sported a two-game losing streak, oftentimes looking sluggish in its losses to Clemson and Louisville. However, the Blue Devils came out guns ablazing against the Hurricanes, jumping out to a 14-6 lead less than five minutes into the game. “It starts with the energy that we had coming out tonight,” Jones said. “We had a lot of energy tonight. We came out hitting on all cylinders. Our talk was there, our defense was there and it translated into us hitting shots on the offensive end.” The Blue Devils have beaten Lykes-led Miami teams by 30 or more points in each of their last three matchups, but getting to put a player that can score from anywhere on the floor in the past is a welcoming sight for Duke. “We just played really good defense. Lykes is a heck of a player,” Krzyzewski said. “In the second half, he showed more, but we just had a couple good games against him. Glad we don’t play him anymore.”

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Frankly, the Hurricanes (10-8, 2-6) were the weather phenomenon of least concern for Duke fans. With temperatures dipping below 30 degrees, the Floridians couldn’t fight the frost. Their shooting, at least, looked ice cold. The Blue Devils held Miami to just a 30 percent clip from the field. “[Miami] is beat up. They’ve got kids playing hurt,” Krzyzewski said. “I feel bad for them. We feel good that we won the two games, but we hope they get healthy and can turn it around.” Meanwhile, Duke toasted Miami on the offensive end. The Blue Devils shot 53.1 percent from the field and 44 percent from beyond the arc. “It was open,” Krzyzewski said, before reversing course. “I think it’s fool’s gold to emphasize [3-pointers]. For us, that would not be a good point of emphasis.” Tre Jones and Vernon Carey Jr. again played major roles in Duke’s offense. Although Jones suffered another slow start, the star point guard finished with 16 points, six assists and

six rebounds. Carey registered 11 points while bringing down six boards. All of the Blue Devils looked to have the jump on Miami early Tuesday night. Even against Miami’s weak frontcourt, the Blue Devils hardly had to look inside for their scoring. Duke rocketed ahead to an early lead, hitting four of its first six long-range attempts. Of Duke’s 33 field goal attempts in the first half, 17 of them came from beyond the arc. Nine of them fell, a remarkable 52.9 percent rate. Hurt stole the show early and late. The freshman forward couldn’t miss in the first half. He shot 5-for-7 in the opening period, including 3-for-5 from deep, finishing with 15 points, five rebounds and a block. “We all love Matt,” sophomore forward Joey Baker said. “We know how good he is, playing like that and bringing energy. It just picks everybody else up, and everybody follows that lead.” Whatever competitive moments Tuesday’s game might have had, it could hardly have been called a contest. The truth Hurts, and Matthew needs something more exciting. Duke has a full week for recovery before its next matchup, a Jan. 28 home soiree against Pittsburgh.

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Jordan Diamond DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH My semester started off unassuming. I met some nice students in my kollegium (Danish dormitory for college students), and tried some local pastries. I swam in the canals, basking in the sun before the weather got too cold. I even picked up some Danish, like hej (hello) and mange tak (thank you very much). One night, about a month into the semester at a dance club in the Meatpacking District, I met a Russian scientist who injected my thigh with a green serum. Look at me, making friends from all over the world! Over the next few days, I grew to 300 meters tall (that’s 985 feet, for the Americans). After that point, the only Danish I

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picked up was hjælp! (help) and red mig! (save me). Unlike a normal semester at Duke, studying abroad isn’t all about the classes. Sure, I took a fascinating course on European art history and a great creative writing class, but most of my learning last semester took place in museums, in broken English conversations with strangers about our cultural differences, and over massive footsteps across European countrysides that destroyed farmlands, vineyards and ancestral homes alike. One cultural difference I picked up on quickly is that Europeans generally dislike the demolition of their private property, even if by accident. How exotic! Yes, study abroad changed me. I flew into Copenhagen from New York nervous and uninformed about the world. I left Denmark by trampling into Germany and then France and over the Atlantic Ocean back to North America in a daring leap with a body covered in green scales and sharp teeth that can break through any building or bone. Do I feel more cultured after touring through Europe? Yes, absolutely. Have I terrorized villages, and razed cities? Also, yes. I recognize some privilege in being able to study abroad. Not everyone can fit a semester at another university into their schedules, and not everyone can afford the costs of spending a semester in another country, either. There’s probably also some privilege in being a hideously enormous and destructive monster— when I traveled to Paris, for example, my view of the Eiffel Tower was unobstructed, until I fell into rage at the shouting Parisians, grabbed their beloved monument, and used it to impale all that stood in my way. But I really didn’t feel too privileged when the member states of NATO promised to free their citizens of my reign and set their militaries towards me, with

KUNSHAN FROM PAGE 1 Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey when he dared voice support for the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The NBA is not alone, either: there are plenty of American tongues slobbering the CCP’s boot. Apple’s iOS helped China track down Uyghurs for internment. According to Delta, United and American airlines, Taiwan does not exist. Even Disney, a company that has traditionally been critiqued for perpetuating the superstructure of American imperialism, has found a new Chinese master. Is Duke next? In 2013, Duke entered a partnership with Wuhan University to create Duke Kunshan, a fullfledged American liberal arts and research university based west of Shanghai. Duke Kunshan is premised on a dead consensus, on the dubious notion that Duke can, as Professor Alexander Rosenberg put it, “establish an institution that expresses the values that we are committed to in a country that may, or may not, need [that] kind of exemplar.” A lovely sentiment, if only Duke were entirely in control of whose ends Duke Kunshan serves. But as Apple, the NBA and Disney demonstrate, American institutions are just as, if not more, likely to import illberalism as they are to export American values. Of course, Duke has received certain guarantees. Kunshan students have open access to the worldwide web without fear of the Great Firewall’s censors. There is also open academic inquiry and discussion on campus. But as Law Professor Lawrence Zelenak argued, Duke Kunshan could easily be a “boiled frog problem” whereby China initially permits certain abnormal freedoms and privileges only to later slowly retract those concessions once Duke is inexorably invested. What then? Will Duke stand on principle and abandon Duke Kunshan? I doubt it. Instead, the Duke administration will probably spread out the balance sheets, evaluate the growth projections, consider the millions of dollars in sunk costs and cringe at the massive damage to Duke’s prestigious brand that a retreat would entail. Then they’ll give in. Two major Board of Trustees Members, Apple CEO Tim Cook and NBA commissioner Adam Silver, would evidently endorse that general strategy. In a recent Chronicle article, Duke Kunshan’s outgoing executive vice chancellor, Dennis Simon, expressed that the Kunshan administration “always, always, always [carries] the principle [of] ‘don’t stick your finger in the eye of your counterpart unnecessarily.’” What a telling, terrifying statement given who the “counterpart” is. I wish the Chronicle

the intention of utilizing their collective artilleries to defeat me and then research my genetics for weapons development in an underground laboratory. Those missiles really irritated my skin on impact, but of course, could not so much as pierce it. Some may be tempted to read my tale as an allegory for the exploitative nature of travel, or a satire of students’ attempts to find deeper meaning in limited interactions with foreign places. Does the “monster” symbolize globalization, and the destruction its effect on the sanctity of culture? Is the “monster” instead American ignorance, whose tourist gaze carries the ginormous legacy of American imperialism with it? Well, as a journalist, not reporting the truth would be an abdication of my responsibility to the Duke Chronicle’s readership, and my truth is that I fear my condition is continuing to deteriorate. Driven by my intense loneliness, I crave the taste of human flesh, and must consume that species which cowers and shrieks as I approach it. My uncontested dominance over humanity is the only way I can be appeased in my current form. I know I’ll be back to Copenhagen one day, because the city has shaped who I am today. I miss the coffee shops where I worked on homework, all the smørrebrød (Danish open-faced sandwiches) I tried, and even the royal palace I accidentally crushed with one misplaced step. I hope that next time I find myself in Denmark, I am free of my monstrous body and can enjoy the city as a normal tourist. Until then, I will live my life in isolation, obliterating all before me, until the world’s scientists discover a cure. Jordan Diamond is a Trinity junior. His column, “diamond in the rough,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

had asked Dr. Simon when provocation might be necessary. Maybe when the Chinese government is putting millions of minorities in camps and crushing democratic protests? There are already some potential signs of creeping Chinese interference at Duke Kunshan. After reviewing Duke Kunshan’s roster of student clubs, I realized that not a single one was political or religious in nature. There is a Debate Club, a GSRM (Gender, Sexuality and Romantic Minorities) club and a Model UN club, but those are not political advocacy organizations per se and they are certainly not religious in nature. Maybe everyone at Duke Kunshan is profoundly apolitical and have no desire for political change whatsoever. Maybe they are all atheists who have no need for a spiritual community of fellow believers. Or maybe Duke Kunshan has a tacit arrangement with their Chinese “counterpart” (read: overlord) that such clubs are undesirable. Another peculiar tidbit: Duke Kunshan only offers “majors approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education.” Unlike American higher education institutions, which only have to be institutionally accredited, Duke Kunshan’s individual academic offerings are apparently submitted to the CCP for review. Presumably, the CCP carefully scrutinizes Duke Kunshan’s academic programs so as to axe courses like “The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes” or “Free Speech, Hate Speech, and Civil Disobedience” that are offered on Duke’s main campus. The CCP already exerts a chilling effect on academic discourse at peer institutions. According to Princeton Professor Perry Link, the spectre of CCP influence has created a culture of self-censorship where scholars “don’t talk about ‘Taiwan independence.’ [They] talk about ‘the cross-Strait relations.’ [They] don’t talk about ‘the occupation of Tibet.’ [They] don’t call the June 4th Massacre ‘massacre.’ It is June 4th ‘incident,’ or something like that.” Duke Kunshan is a dangerous prospect. By investing itself in Kunshan, Duke has granted a nefarious external force significant power over its affairs. Soon, I predict that CCP diktats will be felt right here at home, in Durham. When that day comes, Duke will have tragically failed to live up to its role as a caretaker of liberalism. Only then will we truly understand that liberal values are not robust and universal: rather, they are precious, fragile and contingent. The freedoms that we traditionally associate with a dynamic, liberal arts institution are in the CCP’s crosshairs. Did Duke hand them the gun? Reiss Becker is a Trinity junior. His column, roused rabble, runs on alternate Thursdays.

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I don’t think the ‘Cats’ movie is as bad as everyone says it is

hances are you haven’t seen the recently-released major motion picture Cats. But you’ve heard of it. You’ve been told it’s an affront to the senses. Maybe you’ve even seen the trailer or read the articles belaboring its “nightmare-inducing” visuals.

film. I have an intimate understanding of the source material without any positive sentimental attachment. Having seen the film in an optimum setting and in a sound state of mind, my review is as such: it’s about as good as a Cats movie was ever going to be.

and most of the interpretations of the songs were satisfactory, with the notable exception of “Memory.” I thought Jennifer Hudson butchered it and also Jesus Christ someone get that woman a tissue she had a runny nose every single f***ing time she was on screen.

Yes, it has no plot, but neither did the show. Yes, the animation looked really fucking weird, but so did fully grown humans dancing on stage in cat leotards. Yes, the songs are corny and make little to no sense, but with the exception of the new Taylor Swift one, they’re the same f***ing songs. What were people expecting it to be? Should Cats have been made in the first place? No, and I’m sure whichever Universal executive that greenlit Cats and its $100 million budget is on very thin ice. But since it was made, let’s assess it relative to expectation. Cats is only a little bit worse than its potential. I could have done without the added Macavity scenes, anything happening on the barge with Growltiger, or the new sexual tension between Magical Mr. Mistoffelees and Victoria. It also didn’t need the Taylor Swift song (I’m never a fan of adding one original song for award show eligibility). Oh, and people need to stop casting Rebel Wilson and James Corden in stuff. They have one schtick, I’ve seen it and I’m tired of it. But I liked Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography, a lot of the performances were solid (Ian McKellan as Gus and Robbie Fairchild as Munkustrap were definite highlights),

Critics who call Cats a disaster or worst movie of the year are doing so just to get clicks on their reviews. It’s become so annoyingly popular to jump on the “Catssucks” bandwagon that the vast majority of people do so without ever giving it the chance to be fairly judged. Blindly stating “Cats was terrible” says more about your inability to form an original thought than how good or bad the film was. For this reason, I think Cats really speaks to a greater truth: get your own opinions on things. You can hate Cats or you can love it, but don’t base your judgement off of what someone else writing for Slate Magazine writes. As Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat once said: “There’s a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine when the Night Mail’s ready to depart. Saying, ‘Skimble, where is Skimble? Has he gone to hunt the thimble? We must find him or the train can’t start.’” Don’t hunt the thimble. Start the train. Yeah, that makes sense. Think about it.

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But I’m here to tell you that what you’ve heard is wrong. First, some context. Before hitting the silver screen, Cats was a stage musical which premiered on the West End in 1981 and on Broadway the following year. The show takes the majority of its lyrics from T.S. Eliot’s strangely off-brand 1939 work Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and sets them to a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man responsible for other cheesy Broadway classics such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Phantom of the Opera. I have a deeply personal relationship with Cats. For much of my childhood, my mom drove a black Honda Odyssey fit with a small TV screen that folded down for the back seats’ viewing pleasure. On this TV, my siblings and I would watch one of three DVDs: Napoleon Dynamite, School of Rock and for some reason I still don’t understand, the 1981 Original London Cast Recording of Cats. Do I think Cats is a quality piece of musical theater? I do not. But I have seen it so many times that I can essentially recite the entire show from memory (no pun intended). For this reason, I think I am the perfect person to review the

Sami Kirkpatrick is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Thursdays.

Have an opinion? Send your letter to: chronicleletters@duke.edu. Why is it so easy to waste food at Duke?

remember opening the refrigerator in the Crowell common room last semester to find nine half-eaten Sazon meals. Yesterday, I watched as a Duke Dining employee threw away an incorrectly made Tokyo Bowl and began again. Try as some of us may to conserve resources, we waste food that many struggle to afford each day.

Now throw in food points. Seemingly a dollar to dollar equivalency, but taxed differently. We are taxed when buying our food plans instead of every time we purchase food. Somehow the use of a Duke ID and that satisfactory ‘ding’ when paying for a three dollar granola bar can make the money—the investment—seem less real. I know it is easier for me to buy a meal I will not

dictate the type of environment and world we live in decades from now. Often, I can’t imagine the solution to food waste is near. If we are honest with ourselves, eliminating and reducing food waste requires more than government or Duke policies. Pushing for less wasteful food production and distribution remains important, but no good when we

Pushing for less wasteful food production and distribution remains important, but no good when we continue to view food as ubiquitous and disposable.

Naima Turbes MIND OVER MATTER Food waste is a hefty and complex topic. With agricultural systems, government policies and environmental effects, the idea often feels too large for any one person to comment on. But coming back from Christmas break, I have noticed a profound difference in the way I view food production and consumption at Duke versus “in the real world.” Grocery runs are for snacks only, and the idea of preparing a meal for myself is a time luxury Organic Chemistry makes implausible. In addition, as a good friend of mine once argued, the preset food portion sizes on campus contributes to waste. And don’t get me started on the gendered and size-based distribution of food on campus. I have never received as much rice in my stir fry as my football player friends. My friend is right. This lack of engagement with our meals makes food waste easier and less noticeable.

choosing organic, local foods. In this program, Duke set sustainability goals to have a percentage of food from local sources. Community partners to receive some of this food include Duke Campus Farm, Funny Girl Farm, and Endless Sun Produce. Despite these efforts and well explained initiatives, the information and steps towards

finish when I think in terms of food points and not dollars. Call it small, but this delineation between food points and dollars creates a Dukecentric, insular idea of where our food comes from and where it goes. I wonder how and if food choice practices would change if students were asked to pay for each meal with cash, credit or debit. Maybe I am in a unique situation. With a first-year dining plan, food points are scarce, and I often envy upperclassmen with the resources to purchase food less conscientiously. Still, ostentatious displays and disposal of food for large social events is difficult to swallow. Granted, I applaud Duke’s goals in sustainability in the kitchen. The Deliberate Dining program attempts to integrate community partners and practices like

eliminating food waste is convoluted or just non existent. Of Duke’s six sustainability goals, four of them are unmet. Choosing to write this column proved difficult. Food waste is not a new issue. Often larger political events, sports, or climate crises, appear more important because of their timeliness. But if I had it my way, everyone would take a food based class at Duke. Food and food waste is always relevant. It affects our everyday lives and our practices around food

continue to view food as ubiquitous and disposable. If taking on food waste at large scares you like it does me, start with your own practices and mindset. Maybe pretend you have a first-year food point plan, and see how frugal and resourceful you can be.

Naima Turbes is a Trinity first-year. Her column, “mind over matter,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Duke Spring Career Fair Thursday, January 23, 2020 Penn Pavilion â&#x20AC;¢ 10am - 3pm

Employer registration

Backstage Pass

Student registration

Booth Company

1.......... Broad Institute

21........ Oracle

40........ Stallergenes Greer

2.......... NetApp*

22........ PRA Health Sciences

41........ City Year

3.......... Stanback Fellowship Program

23........ Duke Career Center Internship

42........ Carmax

4.......... AlphaSights 5.......... Exact Sciences 6.......... Peace Corps

Funding Program 24........ Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management*

43........ Gartner 44........ Environment North Carolina 45........ University Temporary Services with NC State University and UNC-Chapel Hill

7.......... Stryker Corporation

25........ Breakthrough Collaborative

8.......... Flow Traders

26........ Appian

46........ Wayfair*

9.......... Global Bankers Insurance Group

28........ Kantar

48........ Locus Biosciences

10........ Restaurant Brands International

30........ Schlumberger

49........ Monarch

11........ Capital One

31........ The Duke Endowment

50........ Lead for America

12........ Abercrombie & Fitch

33........ Tanium

51........ Global Prior Art

13........ Neocis Inc.*

34........ FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

52........ Memphis Teacher Residency

14........ Blue Cross Blue Shield of

35........ Naval Sea Systems Command

53........ Getinge

North Carolina 15........ Student PIRGs

(NAVSEA), Naval Surface Warfare

54........ The Looma Project

Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)

55........ KBI Biopharma, Inc.*

16........ Maximus

36........ CData Software*

17........ Teach for America

37........ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

18........ Elavon 19........ athenahealth*

(FDIC) 39........ Amazon

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