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The Chronicle T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 93
Interest in substance-free housing rapidly declining Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle In the past few years, Duke has seen a significant decline in demand for substancefree housing. Substance-free housing is currently available for freshmen in Jarvis on East Campus and in Wannamaker Quadrangle on West Campus. However, student demand to be placed in such housing has declined recently, said Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez. Gonzalez noted that for the 2015-16 year, three of the four Wannamaker towers are currently substance-free—whereas in previous years, all four have been substance-free. Only one tower next year will be substance-free. “I think it’s good that at least there is that option,” said senior Emily Schmitz, who lived in one of Wannamaker’s substance-free sections for a semester. “Even if it’s not filling up, at least people who want to live there still have that option. It’s not like they want to live there but aren’t allowed to.” According to the Duke Student Affairs website, Wannamaker is currently home to approximately 230 students. Gonzalez wrote that in previous years, most of Wannamaker could be filled with substance-free housing students. However, only 24 students requested substance-free housing on West Campus for the 2015-16 year and only 16 have requested it for the next academic year. By January 2018, Jarvis—along with Epworth and East Residence Hall—will be replaced by a new dorm due to renovation plans. Although plans for substance-free housing for freshmen have not been finalized, Gonzalez said that removing substance-free housing from East Campus
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is a possible option. Gonzalez noted that one of the reasons the number of Wannamaker substance-free options will be decreased is to avoid having to assign students to substance-free who did not request to be there. Students also have different perceptions on the substance-free housing experience. The quiet nature of substance-free dorms, especially at night, is a positive, said freshman Kathryn Vera, who chose to live in Jarvis. Senior Safa Kaleem, a current resident assistant in Wannamaker, noted that there was
a strong sense of community and attendance at dorm events because many students had consciously chosen to live there. Freshman Leah Rosen, who did not request substance-free housing, said that she feels judged by others in Jarvis who requested to be in the dorm, and that people who go to parties more often are sometimes stigmatized. Vera, however, said that this is contrary to her experience, and that she has yet to meet anyone in Jarvis who is critical of other lifestyles. She added that she has experienced
at times a stigma against students who choose to live in substance-free housing. “I know substance-free people who don’t live in Jarvis who don’t want to be grouped with a person who would be selected to be in a substance-free area,” Rosen said. “Because the type of person who would select to be in it might not know how to respond or deal with people with different lifestyles from them.” Freshman Sam Sadler, who said she is substance-free but specifically chose not to See SUBSTANCE FREE on Page 4
New BSA President Horn looks to unite campus minority groups Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Junior Tiana Horn was recently elected president of the Black Student Alliance. The Chronicle’s Claire Ballentine sat down with Horn to discuss her hopes for her tenure next year and issues on campus.
Special to The Chronicle Tiana Horn was recently elected BSA president and hopes to focus on providing a strong community for students.
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The Chronicle: What are the biggest goals you want to accomplish as president? Tiana Horn: I’d say my biggest goals are continuing BSA’s legacy. I feel like it’s really important that we focus on being a really good community for people who identify within the black community. That’s just important because a lot of times when issues rise up, it’s important that people feel like there’s a place that they feel safe and a place where they feel welcomed. And of course, it also makes them feel like their
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Duke experience is a lot better—everyone wants to be accepted. So I’d say our biggest goals are building a strong community within the student body as well as being advocates for the black people around us such as staff members and faculty and other people around us whose voices right now aren’t being heard. TC: What are you hoping to change about BSA, and what do you hope to continue? TH: As far as changing, there are some things from my freshman year that I’d really like to see brought back. We had a mentoring program that I want to bring back, and I feel like that’s something that can help build community by connecting freshmen with upperclassmen and possibly even expanding that to alumni. My sophomore year, I did some work in changing how our general body meetings ran which helped with membership
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retention because, like a lot of groups, a lot of people come to the first general body meeting and then after that a lot of the upperclassmen tend to fall off. Just finding ways to increase membership engagement, that’s something I hope to continue. Continuing with the real talks and just making sure our voices are heard. I would like to make it more inclusive of groups within the African diaspora. I would like to unite minority groups. My sophomore year, I worked on creating a unity dinner with leaders of different minority groups like Mi Gente, [Native American Student Alliance], [Asian Students Association] and next year I’d like to continue that but also expand it to reach other minority groups and include them as well, like Blue Devils United— kind of making BSA a community within the black community but also a place for
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