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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—If you were asked “Which three Blue Devils are going to lead the team?” the response would seem simple at first. Tre Jones and Vernon Carey are easy answers, but the third is a whole lot trickier. While “depth” and “balance” have been used to praise this Duke team, the fact that head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s constant tinkering has not yet yielded a consistent third option is extremely concerning given the fact that the calendar has turned to March. The idea that anyone could lead the Blue Devils on a given night was a motivator, and the team stormed through the first three months of the season with that mindset. But, with opponents’ added focus on Jones and Carey from the opening tip, Duke has had to waste precious time searching for another threat, as was the case for all 40 minutes Saturday. Blue Devils not named Jones and Carey combined to shoot an astonishing 6-for-34 from the field, and the leading scorer of the pack was Javin DeLaurier with six points. Down the stretch, Duke was forced to rely on tough shots by Jones and Carey due to the fact that no viable third option emerged. “We would love to find more than a third [scoring option]. Our wings didn’t score at all today,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s the level of inconsistency we have with our experience. We’re See M. BASKETBALL on Page 13

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Junior and Duke Student Government presidential candidate Tommy Hessel plans to foster a collaborative campus environment and expand access to student resources. The Dallas native is a Computer Science major, and he’s pursuing the certificate in Energy and Environment and a minor in Economics. He is currently serving his third year as a senator and is the vice president of campus life for DSG. Hessel’s first big project on DSG was taking 360-degree photos of first-year dorms. The photos were uploaded to Facebook so that incoming students could better prepare for the move-in process in August. He moved this project to West Campus dorms his sophomore year.

Junior Valeria Silombria brings a commitment to addressing the needs of lowincome students to her campaign for Duke Student Government president. Silombria would aim to focus on mental health on campus, improve connections with Durham, work on a hate speech and hidden bias policy, improve equity and make campus more affordable for low-income students. The final priority is personal. “I’m a low-income student, and a lot of this comes from first-hand experience, but also talking to a lot of my friends, and through my scholarship,” said Silombria, who is a Rubenstein Scholar—a full-ride scholarship for first-generation, low-income students committed to social engagement. “And I wrote

“Bridging information asymmetries” is the center of junior Kait Boncaro’s campaign to be Duke Student Government’s next executive vice president. Boncaro, vice president of services and sustainability on DSG, wants to make information more accessible to all students at Duke, regardless of background or campus involvement. As a first-generation, low-income student, Boncaro said she understands how difficult it can be to come from different backgrounds and enter Duke as a first-year. She aims to bridge the gap between students and administration and to make information readily available on a range of topics. She has been involved in multiple projects, including proposing a guide for Duke students—

Sophomore Dina Qiryaqoz plans to redefine the Duke Student Government executive vice president position and advocate for students. Qiryaqoz currently serves as a senator on DSG’s academic affairs committee, but she said that part of the reason she joined DSG was that she didn’t have to limit herself to a single issue. “I’ve always been involved in student government, but doing it at Duke was almost perfect for me because it [allowed] me to engage in many different communities and different issues on campus,” she said. Qiryaqoz’s platform includes the creation of an alternative spring break program, bolstering efforts to prevent sexual harassment

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What’s in store for Super Tuesday in NC? By Daniel Rub

very sporadically,” Peck said. Due to reduced barriers and greater access to voting in North Carolina with on-campus voting and same-day registration, With Super Tuesday looming around the corner, North Peck said there is “a greater possibility of young people playing a Carolina gears up for its 15 minutes of fame in the national decisive role both in the primary and in the general election.” spotlight of the Democratic primary elections. When asked about Sanders’ ability to attract young voters The voter landscape of North Carolina is dynamic, and it has to the polls, Peck reiterated the importance of the student become a key battleground state in both primary and general vote and Sanders’ success in Nevada as an example of him elections. In securing the nomination, it’s vital that candidates commanding the lion’s share of young voters. are able to mobilize African Americans, young voters and, most However, Peck also brought up concerns for the Sanders importantly, the infrequent voter. campaign and the lack of new voter registration compared to Current aggregate state polling places former Vice President 2008. Although current youth voters have seemed to concentrate Joe Biden in a narrow lead with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., around Sanders, Peck claims that the candidate has not increased and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg the margins of youth voting like Obama did. It’s vital for Sanders trailing. Biden stormed through the to draw the sporadic voters into the polls if South Carolina primary, claiming he wants to see success in North Carolina his first primary victory of the 2020 [There is] a greater possibility for this election. presidential campaign at a time of young people playing a The candidate pool widened after the when many were questioning the four primaries, with Bloomberg entering decisive role both in the effectiveness of his campaign. the ballot in Super Tuesday states. His Duke held a media briefing primary and in the general entrance in the race splits the moderate regarding Super Tuesday and the vote even further. POLIS Director Pope election. role that North Carolina plays in it McCorkle, professor of the practice in Feb. 25, where professors discussed Sanford, explained that state officials gunther peck splitting endorsements between Biden factors that may shape the outcome DIRECTOR OF THE HART LEADERSHIP and Bloomberg shows the division among of the election. PROGRAM “We are seeing candidates actively moderates and their lack of consensus in vying for the support of black voters,” a candidate. said Deandra Rose, assistant professor at the Sanford School of McCorkle continued by suggesting the 40% of North Public Policy and director of research at POLIS. Carolina democratic voters who selected Sanders as the Rose argued that Biden is polling the best amongst black nominee in the 2016 primary elections is enough to secure the voters due to name recognition and his legacy as the vice primary election in 2020. president under the first African American president. He will rely on his ability to maintain this support in order to win North Carolina. Gunther Peck, associate professor of history and director of the Hart Leadership Program, emphasized the importance of students and youth turnout as key to winning the general election. Peck cited the overwhelming youth turnout, specifically ages 18-29, as the cause of former President Barack Obama’s victory in the state in 2008. Jeremy Chen | Staff Graphics Designer “Young people have historically been game-changers, but Contributing Reporter

Duke sued for discrimination By Matthew Griffin University news Editor

A former Duke employee has sued Duke for alleged ethnic discrimination and other violations. Salman Azhar, M.S. ‘90, Ph.D. ‘94 and former managing director of the Duke Angel Network, which helps find investors as part of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, filed the suit Feb. 25, alleging discimination and other claims related to his placement on administrative leave and eventual termination last year. The complaint describes Azhar as “an Arab-American Muslim man of Middle Eastern descent” and alleges that he faced discriminatory treatment from Duke after he posted a link on Facebook to an article about the #MeToo movement. “Duke discriminated against Dr. Azhar when it placed him on administrative leave, banned him from Duke campus, and fired him based on ugly and pernicious stereotypes that Arab men are angry, misogynist, and dangerous,” the complaint states. Azhar’s lawyer Laura Noble, an employment law attorney at The Noble Law Firm, said Duke professes to have high standards as a prestigious university, which pushed Azhar to file the suit. “He felt that, unless he took action, this might happen to someone else,” she said. She emphasized that it was a “heartbreaking” decision for Azhar to file a lawsuit against the University. “Salman has been a huge supporter of and contributor to Duke University,” she said. “He received his education there. He has spent many years of his professional life educating students there and trying to get investments to fund projects created by Duke folks.” Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in an email that Duke “does not comment on pending litigation, including this specific case.” “I will note for the record that Duke is committed to ensuring an environment free of prohibited discrimination and our See DISCRIMINATION on Page 3

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policies encourage an inclusive community that respects and values all employees,” Schoenfeld wrote. Azhar posted a link Jan. 28, 2019 to a New York Times article entitled “Another Side of #MeToo: Male Managers Fearful of Mentoring Women” on Facebook, according to the complaint. The document states that Sharlini Sankaran, director of translational programs for I&E, filed a gender bias complaint against Azhar based on his post. Sankaran then allegedly “accused Dr. Azhar of being inherently misogynistic because of his actual or perceived race, color, and ethnicity” in a Feb. 7 conversation. Azhar reported these comments to Jon Fjeld, his supervisor, according to the complaint. Antwan Lofton, assistant vice president of staff and labor relations, investigated the gender bias complaint and concluded that Azhar had not violated Duke policy, the complaint states. However, Fjeld allegedly accused Azhar of having a “‘cultural bias’ against women” in a Feb. 19 meeting. Fjeld then placed him on administrative leave Feb. 25, according to the document, as well as barring him from campus and forbidding him from communicating with “any Teaching Assistants, students, and D.A.N. investors.” Following his placement on leave, Azhar made a discrimination complaint March 1 against Sankaran and Fjeld with the Office of Institutional Equity, the complaint states. Lofton sent Azhar a letter from Fjeld April 10 “notifying Dr. Azhar that his appointment as managing director of the Duke Angel Network will expire on June 30, 2019 and will not be renewed,” according to the complaint. The complaint alleges that Duke discriminated against Azhar because of his Arab-American background when it placed him on administrative leave and then terminated him and that the University has not expressed “any reasons for taking adverse employment actions” against him. He also faced retaliation on the basis of race, color or ethnicity, according to the document, after he reported Sanaran’s alleged discrimination to Fjeld and after he filed his OIE complaint. The complaint also alleges that Duke wrongfully terminated Azhar and illegally withheld a $60,000 bonus that he had earned for attracting angel investors. Fjeld acting in his capacity as an agent of the University also slandered Azhar, according to the document, harming Azhar’s professional reputation. In addition, the document states that Azhar was unable to attend religious services, receive medical care from his medical service providers, contact D.A.N. investors or teach classes because he was banned from campus and from contacting certain people, along with other harms. These restrictions, as well as alleged false statements by Fjeld, caused Azhar intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to the complaint. Azhar, Fjeld, Lofton and Sankaran did not respond to requests to comment from The Chronicle in time for publication. Schoenfeld wrote in his email to The Chronicle that he was “responding on behalf of Jon Fjeld, Sharlinin Sankaran and others” whom The Chronicle had attempted to contact.

called “How to Not Be Rich at Duke”—as well as a new guide currently in the making to help students apply for more confidential financial aid to cover selective groups’ dues on campus. She has also proposed a change to how Writing 101 courses are currently structured. The proposed change would shift the focus from various topics that may not be of interest to the student to a more general “Introduction to Duke” course. This course would teach students the ins and outs of Duke while facilitating greater discussion among diverse, randomized groups of first-years. “I think this is one way information could be really effectively given to students in an interesting and engaging way,” Boncaro emphasized. “It would get them interested in Durham, interested in the history of this school and get them to understand the people they are living with.” Boncaro finds inspiration in the multicultural dance group “Defining Movement,” of which Boncaro is a member. The pillars of the group, multiculturalism and service, are what Boncaro has tried to “emulate and live by” during her time at Duke. This involvement has allowed Boncaro to get off campus and into Durham. A goal Boncaro has is for more students to be able to engage with the community in a meaningful way. With more readily available information across the student body, including learning about Duke and the community in Writing 101 courses, she hopes this can be possible. Boncaro is also running for EVP for the ability to create change in a role that has been ill-defined in the past. “The role has a lot of potential to be transformed into something that is incredibly meaningful,” she said. “EVP should be the outward facing body of the DSG executive board. It should be someone students should be able to go to and make the work of DSG accessible to anyone.” There are internal aspects of the job as well.“Project work is important. But there are also times to look at DSG itself and find ways to make it more equitable” she added. “I think this school does a really good job for a lot of students, but I don’t think that this school does a great job for all students. There’s disparities in information that exist on this campus: between students, between administrators, even between students and DSG,” Boncaro explained. Junior Aidan Fitzsimons has known Boncaro since Blue Devil Days, explaining that Boncaro’s “balance of positivity and realism” makes her a good fit for the position. “Kait has her hand in a lot of communities at Duke, and that’s exactly the kind of grasp on the student body the EVP role demands,” Fitzsimons said. Michael Newcity, deputy director of Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, met Boncaro last semester as a student in his class. “Kait was an engaged and enthusiastic student who was a pleasure to have in class,” Newcity wrote in an email. “She is passionate about providing better services for low-income students at Duke, something that is certainly needed. Her enthusiasm, passion, and concern will make her a most effective EVP for DSG.”

down a bunch of things that students could use help on, and I’m going to implement those ideas.” Some low-income students don’t have access to business attire for interviews, Silombria said, and she wants to make access to nice clothing easier. Students should also be able to apply for more food points or receive vouchers for food if they stay on campus over breaks, she added. “I’ve definitely stayed [over] breaks, and it’s been extremely difficult just trying to manage food points and money, and that’s something students should not worry about,” Silombria said. Silombria is currently vice president for Durham and regional affairs for DSG, and she served as a senator on the committee for her first two years at Duke. She has spearheaded several projects, including a civic engagement training for senators, and worked with two other senators to bring awareness to Durham’s 150th birthday celebration. This year, her focus has shifted to transportation. She has talked to Duke Partnership for Service Who’s going to care about transportation about going to class costs for service groups, and Silombria said after your whole belief she wants to push the system is targeted? administration to come up with a replacement for the now-defunct Bull City Connector. valeria silombria DSG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, She has also made JUNIOR progress on affordability, successfully pushing to allow those running for DSG offices to receive funding before a campaign, instead of asking for a refund after. “I didn’t want someone to not run for DSG just because… [they] don’t want to put $50 down and not get it later,” she said, noting that refunds can take a long time. When it comes to mental health, Silombria wants to make it easier for students to transition from Counseling and Psychological Services to off-campus providers, which could also involve providing transportation. Another goal is to push Duke to develop a hate speech and hidden bias policy, which she said would be her first priority upon taking office. “I think it’s just so important. Like recently, with the swastika, it’s just so insensitive to send students to class after something like that happened with just an email— who’s going to care about going to class after your whole belief system is targeted?” she said, referring to a recent incident in which a swastika was painted under the East Campus Bridge. That’s a lot for anyone to accomplish. But according to See SILOMBRIA on Page 16

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TUITION FROM PAGE 1 On leap day, Duke’s Board of Trustees approved a leap in tuition and total cost of attendance for next year at its Saturday business meeting. Tuition for 2020-21 will be $58,085, a 3.9% increase from 2019-20, according to a news release. The total cost of attendance—which includes tuition, room, board and fees—will increase 3.7% to $76,270. At last year’s Board meeting, the trustees approved an identical 3.9% and 3.7% rise in tuition and total cost, respectively. At the time, the 3.7% increase was the lowest rate of increase for total cost in more than 20 years. According to the release, Duke expects its financial aid investment to grow at a greater rate than the tuition increase, but estimates for spending won’t be available until after all aid packages are calculated. The average total financial aid package for eligible first-years this past year was $56,472. “Over the past 10 years, the Duke has invested more than $1.3 billion in financial assistance for undergraduate students from all income levels,” the release stated. President Vincent Price and Board Chair Jack Bovender were unavailable to speak to The Chronicle because the Board was on retreat for the weekend.

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The trustees spent most of the weekend on a retreat to different locations around Raleigh, Durham and the Research Triangle Park. They met with other university leaders, businesspeople and researchers to discuss “regional economic development partnerships,” according to the release. Trustees visited North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus, got a report from the N.C. secretary of commerce and

learned about different technology companies in the region like RTI International, United Therapeutics and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. The Board has been focusing all year on how Duke can make more money from commercializing its research. Further vitalizing the Triangle region as a research and business hub—anchored by Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. State and North Carolina Central University—is a major component of that mission.

QIRYAQOZ FROM PAGE 1 and assault, advocating on behalf of minority groups and changing DSG internal policy to best serve the student body. Alternative spring break is a program that allows students to pursue service opportunities in various locations around the United States. Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill currently offer a similar program, but Duke does not have such a program. Qiryaqoz began advocating for the new program as a non-academic alternative to Spring Breakthrough, which had issues with low enrollment this year. As a low-income, first-generation student, she also views alternative spring break as a great opportunity for students who cannot afford to go home during the break. “For me, having a different option would be better than staying on campus and doing nothing, and I know that’s a reality for a lot of different people as well,” Qiryaqoz said. Qiryaqoz’s platform is also influenced by her experience as a student of color born outside of the United States, she said. She and her family arrived in the United States from Iraq in 2007 after being granted special refugee

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status, which she said allows her to empathize her experience teaching the house course with the struggles that international students “Women’s Empowerment.” Students taking the face in learning a new language and adjusting house course were not aware of what rape kits to a new environment. were or what the process of reporting sexual She also highlighted a lack of awareness of misconduct at Duke entailed, she explained, these challenges. which made her realize that more education on “It makes me cognizant of how little the the matter was necessary. international experience is recognized by Duke Sophomore Jackson Kennedy, a friend and students,” Qiryaqoz said. fellow senator of academic affairs, is confident Qiryaqoz wants to invite more student in her ability to drive positive change. groups, especially identity groups, to speak at “Her advocacy and approach to her dayDSG Senate meetings so that they can present to-day life, in a word, is relentless,” he wrote the work they’re doing or ask for assistance. in an email to The Chronicle. “Imagine the “All we really get from student groups feeling you have Jan. 1, about how this year is the [Student you’re going to work Organization Finance out every day, how Committee] funding I’ve always been involved in this year you’ll finally request, and we kind student government, but doing stop procrastinating. of just approve those For Dina, every day is and let them happen,” it at Duke was almost perfect Jan. 1.” she said. “I feel like as for me because it [allowed] me Kennedy also wrote senators we could do that Qiryaqoz “would to engage in many different a lot more to help.” listen to anyone,” and Inviting people communities and different that she understands to speak at meetings issues on campus. the intersectional is one role of the nature of problems on EVP that hasn’t been campus. fulfilled recently, Colleen Scott, dina qiryaqoz Qiryaqoz said. She of the DSG EVP CANDIDATE, SOPHOMORE director said that the EVP Baldwin Scholars role has become program, described “muddy” in recent years and that she aims to Qiryaqoz as ambitious, humble and caring. reintroduce some of the duties delineated in “She pushes us to be better as an the DSG by-law. organization,” Scott wrote in an email to She said that DSG 101 sessions—training The Chronicle. for incoming senators—are currently led by Scott highlighted Qiryaqoz’s involvement with Director of Student Involvement Gerald Harris, the Month of Mae campaign, a series of events but these sessions were previously led by the centered around women in STEM culminating EVP. Qiryaqoz said she wants to collaborate with a Mae Jemison talk Feb. 24. Qiryaqoz with Harris for future sessions and contribute delegated tasks, oversaw the execution of events her student perspective. and “[made] sure everyone’s voices were heard in Qiryaqoz also plans to become involved the planning process”. with the expansion of Sexual Harassment “She has both vision and the willingness to and Assault Prevention and Education week, do the hard work to make the vision happen,” and she said this was partially influenced by Scott wrote.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Three days after it put up 101 points against Wake Forest, Duke couldn’t even manage half of that total against Virginia behind a dreadful 30.5 percent from the field. Despite the wildly different scoring outputs, both contests produced the same result: a Blue Devil loss. Behind a 15-point, 10-block effort from Jay Huff and tantalizing team defense, unranked Virginia upset No. 7 Duke 52-50. Saturday night’s win is DUKE 50 Virginia’s first against 52 the Blue Devils in UVA John Paul Jones Arena since 2013. The Cavalier win propels them to third place in the ACC, while the Blue Devils fall to fourth just 10 days after holding the top spot in the conference thanks to three road losses in their last four contests. “It’s a step forward from N.C. State and [Wake Forest], where we didn’t show up at all, but we’re not where we want to be at,” senior captain Javin DeLaurier said. “Obviously, it still sucks, but we’re just going to have to swallow this. It’s our toughest stretch of the year. We haven’t faced this much adversity yet. How we respond is going to be huge.” Duke and Virginia traded blows all evening. The two teams would remain nearly deadlocked for the entirety of the second half,

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Virginia center Jay Huff was a constant paint presence Saturday, blocking 10 Duke shots. but Huff proved to be the hero of the night. Huff rejected a Vernon Carey Jr. shot inside that would have allowed the Blue Devils to take the lead with three seconds left, then hit a free throw to give Virginia a 52-50 lead. Tre Jones would miss a 35-foot heave at the buzzer to secure the Duke defeat. “[Huff is] really good at what he does,” freshman forward Wendell Moore Jr. said. “He doesn’t always block the shot, but he alters them a lot. He’s just a big presence in there for them. He made shots difficult inside the paint, so he does a great job of that.”

A Jones 3-pointer from the top of the key briefly gave Duke (21-7, 13-5 in the ACC) a 4847 lead with less than three minutes remaining, but Braxton Key would answer with a dunk on the next possession to pull the Cavaliers ahead. With a minute remaining, Jones once again put the Blue Devils in the driver’s seat thanks to a Mamadi Diakite goaltend. Diakite responded with a bucket of his own, giving Virginia a 51-50 advantage with 37 seconds left. Jones came alive down the stretch for Duke, joining Carey as the sole Blue Devils that could poke a hole in the Cavaliers’ seemingly

impenetrable defense. Outside of the two Duke stars, who each put up a game-high 17 points, the Blue Devils looked entirely overmatched. The eight other Duke players that logged minutes other than Carey and Jones combined for 16 points on an embarrassing 17.6 percent from the field. Virginia (21-7, 13-5), which is deadlast nationally in KenPom.com’s adjusted tempo metric, effectively controlled the pace Saturday. Duke’s 50-point output is easily its lowest scoring total of the year, with the Blue Devils’ 63 points against Boston College Feb. 4 representing their previous low. “[The Cavaliers] can control tempo. You’re not going to have a high-scoring game against them,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “They didn’t have a high-scoring game against us either. Both teams played outstanding defense…. That’s the hard-fought type of game that they play all the time. That experience of playing in that level of game helps them... because they are accustomed to how important every possession is.” Fresh off of one of the most embarrassing losses in recent Blue Devil history, Krzyzewski opted for a change in the starting lineup, replacing defensive-minded point guard Jordan Goldwire with sharpshooting forward Matthew Hurt, sending Goldwire to the bench for the first time since Feb. 8. Krzyzewski’s vote of confidence did not prove to light a fire under Hurt, as the Rochester. Minn., native did not See HUFF on Page 13

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Blue Devils complete season sweep of Tar Heels By Ramona Naseri Associate Sports Editor

CHAPEL HILL—Duke fought hard early in its regular season finale against North Carolina, and graduate student Haley Gorecki made sure that her last regular season game against the Tobacco Road rivals ended in a sweet victory. The Blue Devils hit the road to Carmichael Arena, looking to build off their 10-point home win against the Tar Heels last month. Duke did just that en route to an easy 73-54 win Sunday afternoon, completing a season sweep of North Carolina for the second straight year. With the victory, the Blue Devils secured the No. 3 seed in this weekend’s ACC tournament. “It was just a fun, solid game and we got better and now we can actually rest,” head coach Joanne P. DUKE 73 McCallie said. “It’s 54 been a long three UNC games and I know mental fatigue crept in there at times, but I’m really proud of this team.” Gorecki has been a team leader on the court during much of her time in Durham (18-11, 12-6 in the ACC), and Sunday was no different. The Palatine, Ill., native finished with a gamehigh 23 points in her final regular season game as a Blue Devil, shooting 8-of-14 from the field and 4-of-7 from deep. “Very proud of this team,” McCallie said. “The story they’ve created, coming from wherever we’ve came from to third place in the

league and not that many points out of first or second if you think about it. With Haley and [graduate student guard Kyra Lambert] and [senior forward Leaonna Odom] and [senior center Emily Schubert], if that isn’t senior leadership, I don’t know what is.” Much of the action was seen in the first quarter, and although it looked as though the quarter would end in a 1919 tie, sophomore Miela Goodchild hit a smooth shot from beyond the arc to put the Blue Devils up 22-19 with just 23 seconds remaining in the period. Goodchild would finish the game with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field. “Miela is an excellent player, and our team looks for her,” McCallie said. “When those feet are set, she can hit a shot from anywhere. Miela is a much better player this year than she was last year, there’s no comparison.” For Duke, 3-pointers made all the difference. North Carolina (16-13, 7-11) seemed to struggle in that area, finishing only 2-of-21 from beyond the arc, while the Blue Devils shot 8-of-17 from deep. The classic duo of Goodchild and Gorecki combined to shoot 6-of-11 from distance. “The ACC has a lot of great shooters and great shooting teams and we knew Carolina is a great three-point shooting team,” Lambert said. “So we just put emphasis on making it hard, being there on the catch.” Duke’s prolific shooting led to a 41-32 lead by the end of the first half. The Tar Heels struggled to recover from this early deficit, and

the Blue Devils rode their advantage in the third quarter, stretching the lead up to 56-43 entering the final period. North Carolina relied heavily on its starters, only putting up two total bench points compared to Duke’s 23 points off the bench. “I thought we just kept getting better and better,” McCallie said. “It started with defense, pushing the tempo and controlling the tempo a little bit. I’ve felt that that’s something we’ve

been getting good at, being able to get better through a game and so our best play occurring through the third or fourth quarter, that’s key if you want to run through a tournament. You’ve got to finish strong.” The Blue Devils will travel again next week to Greensboro, N.C., to compete in the ACC tournament in Greensboro Coliseum. Duke will receive a double-bye and begin play Friday at 8 p.m. in the quarterfinals.

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Haley Gorecki put on a stellar performance as per usual, leading Duke to an easy victory.

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Williams-led Duke beats Richmond in overtime Duke’s season is now in full swing and, as with every year, stars emerge on the roster. Rarely, however, has a star emerged with as much force as Dyson Williams has this year. Led by the freshman attackman, No. 13 Duke defeated No. 20 Richmond in a thrilling 16-15 overtime victory at Koskinen Stadium Friday evening, marking its first home win of the season. Williams finished with an exceptional seven goals, a feat that hasn’t been accomplished by a Blue Devil since 2008. “I don’t think any of us are surprised,” head coach John Danowski said. “I think we’ll see more [of] these days than less. I don’t know about seven in a game, but you know he has that ability around the goal.” Despite Williams’ dominance, the game had to be decided in overtime. Duke (3-2) was able to efficiently take care RICH 15 of business in the extra DUKE 16 period, taking just over one minute for fifthyear senior Sean Lowrie to put the winning shot in the back of the net. Williams single-handedly pulled the team out of a rut that looked to be ending the game before halftime. For the majority of the first quarter, the Blue Devils were hanging on, yet they were clearly losing the mental game. While they maintained possession and had sound fundamentals, they weren’t able to match the aggression of the visiting

Spiders, leading to a 6-3 Richmond lead after the opening 15 minutes. “We kind of looked at each in the huddle after the first quarter and realized that, ‘Hey it’s us against the world right now.’” Williams said. “Every team that we face is going to give us their best, so I think after that first quarter when we realized we were down, we just wanted to come out and really own it.” As the second quarter trudged on, Duke’s situation looked more and more grim, hitting its lowest point when the Spiders (2-3) went up 8-4 six minutes into the period. It was at this point when something clicked for the wouldbe hero Williams. The Oshawa, Ontario native had been dormant, but the four-goal deficit kicked him into gear and pushed him to another level. He completed his hat trick by the 3:27 mark of the second quarter, scoring his second and third goals within a one-minute timeframe, but it didn’t end there. After his fourth goal just over a minute later set a new career high and cut Duke’s deficit to 8-7, Williams proceeded to tie up the score at eight with no time left on the clock. “We had to find some fight in us, and I thought we did,” Danowski said. “I thought we were pretty passive in that first quarter, but we were just competing. We found some fight in us that we haven’t seen this year, so that was really good to see.” Once the second half started, the Blue Devils had the momentum and confidence to

close out the game. Sophomore Owen Caputo and junior Cameron Badour added to the scoreboard while the Blue Devils stifled any and all Richmond attacks. In the second and third quarters combined, Duke outshot the Spiders 26-10 and outscored them 11-4. The Blue Devils’ biggest weakness of the night was the performance of their goalies. Up until Friday, Turner Uppgren and his backup, Andrew Bonafede, had been strong assets this season. But the pair saw a dramatic drop in effectiveness against Richmond, allowing a combined 15 goals off of just 19 shots on goal. “The goalies really aren’t at fault,” Danowski said. “Defensively, we kind of let them down a little bit…. We’ll have to watch the film and figure out how to get better defensively.” Duke’s fundamental advantages were what kept it in the game at the start, but the collapse of said fundamentals in the fourth quarter nearly resulted in its downfall. After securing a solid yet vulnerable fourgoal lead, the Blue Devils let their foot off the gas and began to play conservatively. Duke’s complacency allowed the Spiders to attack the goal in the same fashion that built their lead in the first quarter. Richmond outscored the Blue Devils 5-1 to tie the score at 15 before the end of regulation. Duke reawakened and played well in overtime, but it must recognize that the finish to the game was in no way ideal. If the Blue Devils are going to be legitimate threats this season, then it is essential

that they stay aggressive from start to finish, and not quit when they get a lead. Next, Duke will take on Furman back at Koskinen Stadium Sunday at 1 p.m., having reclaimed its winning record and establishing a future star in Williams. “Everyone that goes on the field is a threat to score and a threat to make a play,” Williams said. “And I think that, no matter what play we’re running, guys are open and tonight I got open a few more times than normal.”

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Krzyzewski said on starting Hurt. “Certain games, we get it, and tonight we did not and I don’t know if that’s because they’re working so hard defensively.” While Virginia’s pack-line defense certainly exacerbates the issue, guessing who are going to be the best players on a given night has caused the Blue Devils a deal of trouble this season. Unlike in past years, the starting five more often than not has not been the top five players according to the box score at the end of the game. In each of Duke’s 10 ACC road games, one of Krzyzewski’s starters scored four points or less. While Goldwire and Moore provide the majority of their value on the defensive side of the ball, the Blue Devils’ search for a third option out of the gate has often gone awry—instead forcing quick substitutions like Saturday.

For the Blue Devils to make a deep run this March, they will need offensive consistency from Hurt, Moore, Stanley and Goldwire. Each of those four players average more than 4.5 points per contest, which means that one of them has underperformed in every ACC road contest. If Duke wants to march into April, it will be desperate for performances such as Stanley’s 22 points against Louisville, Moore’s 25 points against Wake Forest and Hurt’s 22 points against Miami, rather than some of the noshow nights, such as Saturday, that each has had as well. “[Jones and Carey are the] focal points of our offense and good decision-makers, and they’ve been doing that all year,” senior captain Jack White said. “And other guys are ready. We’re real confident in one another. It’s just how the game goes.”

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score or collect a rebound in an uninspiring nine minutes of action. Krzyzewski turned to DeLaurier early and often Saturday. The 6-foot-10 forward checked in as part of Duke’s first group of reinforcements minutes 3:23 into the game, and clocked a seasonhigh 23 minutes. The Shipman, Va., native, who went to high school less than a mile from John Paul Jones Arena, was a consistent contributor on both ends of the floor. DeLaurier finished strong inside—excluding whiffing on an open dunk in the beginning of the second half—en route to a six-point effort, also effectively protecting the rim with three blocks. The Blue Devils similarly relied upon Jack White, DeLaurier’s roommate and fellow senior captain, to play a larger-than-usual role as a defensive stopper. After playing just one minute against Wake Forest Wednesday, White played 14 minutes Saturday. “Me and Jav, we just try to come in and fight and be hungry and try to make winning plays, try to be in the right spots,” White said. “We really wanted this game. It just sucks how it ended.” After enduring what was easily their worst week of the season, the Blue Devils will get to return to the friendly confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium for their final two games of the regular season next week, hosting N.C. State Monday and North Carolina Saturday. “I think this is a key period for us. Find out who we really are,” Jones said. “This is the most adversity we’ve been through all year, so just trying to get through this, find out who we really are, continue to battle, continue to fight every single game. We know that if we keep fighting like we did tonight, everything will work itself out.”

not an old team…. We just have to keep getting experience. I’ve said it from the getgo, we’re very much a developing team, we won a lot of games. Now we’ve lost three out of four. And the world hasn’t come to an end or anything but also how do you get your experience except by being in these in these games? So I hope this will help us.” Wendell Moore Jr., Matthew Hurt and Cassius Stanley have had plenty of big games throughout the season, but the large variation in their performances has been a major detriment. When playing close games in March, it is crucial to maximize the rotation. For the Blue Devils to make a deep run in either the ACC or NCAA tournament, consistency is going to be key. Take Saturday for example: hoping to snap a streak of nine consecutive slow starts on the road, Krzyzewski opted for size and offense with the 6-foot-9 sharpshooter Hurt over defensive stalwart Jordan Goldwire. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the opening announcements would be the last we’d hear about Hurt. The Rochester, Minn., native was a nonfactor throughout the contest with no points, rebounds or assists over nine minutes of play. Hurt entered the game with double-digits in three of his last four contests. Hurt would not be alone, however, as fellow starters Stanley and Moore combined for a dismal 2-for-14 effort and six points. “We thought with their two bigs and, with Vernon, you need somebody to hit some shots so that, he does pass the ball out, and we haven’t been able to find that consistently,”

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Freshman Dyson Williams tallied seven goals Saturday, powering Duke to a win.

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Wendell Moore Jr. is among the Duke group that has struggled to consistently contribute.

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ideas or seek feedback from students—they must also be willing to use their influence to negotiate successfully with administrators. In regards to these criteria, neither Valeria nor Tommy stood out to us immediately. Tommy demonstrated a greater understanding of the administrative aspects of the role, explicitly mentioning the importance of nominating the right people to fill vacancies. He was also very upfront about the perception of DSG as an opaque, out-of-touch body and stressed the need for greater transparency and more intentional outreach. Still, we are concerned about the narrowness of Tommy’s vision. We disagree, for example, that better advertisement of Committee vacancies or mandates that Senators work with student groups would have much of an impact on DSG’s perception problem. At worst, the latter would insert DSG into spaces where it hasn’t been invited. When asked about why he chose to address the problems with SOFC by introducing his crowdfunding project rather than investigating whether or not SOFC procedures could be improved, he said that he had not thought about that. This puzzled some of our members as to why funding of student programming would be privatized when existing funds are numerous. Valeria fell in step with Tommy and also emphasized the perceived lack of transparency and accessibility with DSG. Her approach of doing research on what worked at similar schools and translating that to a Duke context clicked

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with our members. On the other hand, her responses to questions regarding her platform regarding support for student activists left us somewhat unclear about how she conceptualized “student activism” and how her desire to support student activists would fit into her presidency. We were also concerned that she did not recognize that her desire for direct, in-person involvement with almost all student groups is almost certainly beyond her capacity as a single human being. Still, we unanimously chose to endorse Valeria because we feel that her imagination and her enthusiasm for student welfare are sorely needed in the organization. Valeria has demonstrated an ambitious and expansive vision in which she deeply desires a connection with a diverse range of student groups across campus and proactive initiatives. With extensive history of intentional collaboration across campus, Valeria has demonstrated care for issues that are critical to campus wellbeing, and we are hopeful that as President, she would fill her cabinet and make appointments with the same degree of care leading to a more intentional and inclusive DSG. We acknowledge that Valeria is not a perfect candidate—and neither is Tommy—but we feel that she has a genuine commitment to being the best President she can be and a more expansive vision of what is possible. Editor’s Note: Ryan Williams has recused himself from this editorial.

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n June of last year, Duke Student Affairs saw a major change of leadership as VP of Student Affairs Larry Moneta (LMo) was forced into retirement because he was scared of rap music and China.

Monday Monday TO THE EDITOR Student Affairs Department (SAD) now has a new VP in Mary Pat McIrish. McIrish comes to Duke after working at both Yale and Bowdoin and receiving degrees at Yale and the London School of Economics, but she wants everyone to know that she does not like elitism and selectivity. McIrish has gone on a tour of campus groups since she got to Duke to better understand both how toxic campus culture can be—and to heal the scars that LMo left behind. Yesterday, McIrish’s Duke depravity tour finally came to an end. SAD announced on February 30 that it will solve Duke’s multitude of problems. As an expert investigative reporter for The Chronicle, I was assigned to cover this major development. I spoke with McIrish first on how this change would be affecting the University. “Oh blimey, I don’t quite know where to start. I guess our first and biggest change will be creating a totally new DukeMobile app. Previously, the bus schedule was shown based on a random algorithm designed to minimize bus occupancy. Going forward, we’ll show the real time bus schedule.” “How do you think these changes will affect Student Life?” “Well, this year, on February 30, we will start putting the students before Duke’s reputation and revenue.” The conversation above is just a snippet of my conversation with McIrish. In fact, SAD is scheduled to undergo so much growth in its budget and responsibilities that the administration has rebranded the department. Now, it’ll be going by BIG SAD (Bigger Investment Growth Student Affairs Department). BIG SAD’s dozens of major changes include a large list, but I have outlined its top 10 below. 1. BIG SAD will eliminate Greek and SLG Housing and individually rid the campus of students who say things like,“Not sure you should be at our frat party. I personally am fine with you being here, but OTHER people might not be…” Duke’s Independent Housing reform worked closely with BIG SAD on this project, which was inspired by the frat guys who went to Me Too Monologues in order to use their performative feminism to pick up women. 2. BIG SAD will allow Duke students to travel anywhere in the world based on our apparent immunity to the Coronavirus. They cited the freshmen plague as pretty much an all-purpose vaccine. 3. BIG SAD will no longer allow Palantir at career fairs, citing Palantir’s habit of stealing Duke students away from our campus and bringing them into careers

that incite evil. BIG SAD will create a new, better WiFi network that will actually work called, “I’m Blue.” The password will be “da ba dee da ba daa” with spaces. 5. BIG SAD will start a CAPS-sponsored LSD microdosing study to help depressed students. 6. BIG SAD will let people party on the quads on LDOC this year because encouraging students to drink completely unsupervised off campus is apparently a bad idea. Their main incentive was to encourage Pratt students to go outside and leave Hudson Hall just once in order to absorb some desperately needed Vitamin D. 7. BIG SAD will move the ants in Perkins Library back to the Duke Campus Ant Farm. 8. BIG SAD will bring New Orleans’ esteemed Pat O’Brien’s bar to Duke. Our Instagram feeds, which became a multi-hour long promotional video for Pat O’Briens last weekend, negotiated with BIG SAD’s FOMO (Faking Our Mirth Online) group to make this change. The bar is designed to help personality-less hot students maintain the clout they built at Mardi Gras. Unlike at Mardi Gras, however, students will not be allowed to flash people because the administration does not want another PWild 2016 situation on their hands. 9. BIG SAD will eliminate the Young Trustee and DSG elections entirely because of the toxic nature of this year’s YT election (worsened when Monday Monday roasted Tim way too hard) and the unbearably long nature of the whole extra day in this leap year’s DSG election. 10. BIG SAD will escort all of Duke’s Bernie Bros away from campus. Junior Tommy Hessel claimed complete ownership over the changes saying, “I did that! You’re welcome.” Junior Valeria Silombria offered a similar comment on the issue, stating, “I worked with BIG SAD on this. You can thank me.” Again, the changes listed above are just a few of many. In fact, so many changes were proposed that not all of them could be passed. Some rejected suggestions include: a DSG by-law criminalizing “you up?” texts and another banning old Duke alums both from writing lecture-like op-eds in The Chronicle and from commenting on regular columns (alums, I know you’re reading this—please stop). Still, the implemented changes are anticipated to be very well-received by the student body, and the students intend to thank BIG SAD on March 0. At Press Time, McIrish was found in Cameron shooting a half-court shot to end racism. She missed. 4.

Monday Monday would like students to know that this article is satire and that none of these changes will ever be implemented by Duke.

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n 2016, the first year I was eligible to vote, I was a very enthusiastic Bernie Sanders supporter. He made me, and millions of other people, excited about the potential for real progressive change in this country. His campaign exposed me to democratic socialism, so I owe him a good deal in my political development as a leftist. I was genuinely sad when I didn’t register in time to vote for him in the primaries. I held my nose casting my first ever vote for Clinton in the general election.

Annie Yang PLANTING SEEDS If I had been the same person I was back then, I’d no doubt be a die-hard Bernie fan again today. However, a lot has changed in the past four years, and as the 2020 Democratic primaries are in full swing, I look at American electoral politics with deep skepticism and ambivalence. At this point, I’ve come to the following conclusion: electoral politics won’t bring us a political revolution. Why not? In 1956, W.E.B. DuBois refused to even register to vote, arguing that “democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no ‘two evils’ exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.” Over half a century later, Democrats and Republicans alike are still beholden to the interests of the wealthy and the elite. Although Democrats are fond of posturing as though they care about people of color, poor people, immigrants, LGBTQ folks and other communities they need to tokenize in order to win votes, their rhetoric fails to hold up when it comes to actual policy. From Bill Clinton’s devastating 1994 crime bill to his signing of the Defense of Marriage Act or Obama’s reputation as ‘deporter in chief’ to his bailing out big banks, after a certain point, it becomes difficult to see how Democrats have any legitimate claim to a “moral high ground.” It has been disheartening, though not surprising, to see how even the most “progressive” or “radical” of Democrats fall in line on the issue of American imperialism. Check out Bernie Sanders’s unqualified “yes” in response to questions like whether he’d consider military force for a humanitarian intervention or preemptive strikes against Iranian or North Korean missile tests or his lack of support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Or his track record of voting in favor of nearly every instance of American interventionism in the last two decades. This isn’t meant to be an attack on Bernie in particular but rather an attempt to highlight how even the most “radical” promises to change the system are still working from within the status quo. After witnessing the debacle in Iowa, it’s clear that the Democratic National Committee is doing its best to sabotage Bernie (as it did in 2016!). The DNC is tripping over itself to block a mere democratic socialist from the nomination. The system is blatantly rigged. Why are we pretending it’s a legitimate avenue for change? Maybe seeking to “change from within” a position that by default makes you deporter in chief; head of the greatest military threat in the world; and leader of the white supremacist, settler-colonial, capitalist, imperialist project called the “United States of America,” isn’t the right path to a revolution. But where does this leave us? Du Bois had an answer. “When again we can hold a fair election on real issues, let’s vote, and not till then,” he said. “Is this impossible? Then democracy in America is impossible.” My apprehension about voting does not come from a place of “purity,” in which I supposedly refuse to vote for a candidate who doesn’t satisfy all of my requirements. No, that’s not the issue at hand. I’m haunted by Du Bois’s words that “democracy in America is impossible.” I am unsettled, agitated, agonized by the realization that our so-called democracy is a fatally inadequate means of redress. The historical and ongoing subjugation of poor brown people around the world, Black people in the United States and Indigenous people on Turtle Island is the foundational violence that sustains this country. How are we to wield democracy against this America that birthed it? When Trump declared that “America will never be a socialist country,” he might have been onto something. The prospect of socialism in America and imperialism abroad, gains for the working class in the imperial core at the expense of the exploitation of the people of the Global South, is not an ideology we can—or should—accept. People radicalized by Bernie in 2016 and principled socialists and anti-imperialists in 2020 should remember that our mission is not to change America from within. Our vision of justice necessitates a completely unrecognizable United States, and we can’t vote our way there. Perhaps voting for Bernie is a strategic step, but it can never be the final goal. And in the event of a Sanders presidency, are we prepared to wage simultaneous battles against the inevitable conservative and liberal backlash to a democratic socialist president and against that same president himself? We need to be honest about the reality that voting is not going to save us. But people have already been organizing for affordable housing, land repatriation, the abolition of ICE, a $15 minimum wage, an end to American interventionism, climate justice, reparations and so much more—and they will continue organizing to win a world no matter who is in office. The enormous amount of energy and passion that goes into electoral politics can be so easily put into organizing around grassroots issues that can make an actual, material change in people’s lives—especially the most vulnerable people who only seem to matter to politicians once every four years and who are abandoned in the off-cycle. Every four years, millions of people look for someone to save us, but we, the people, are the ones we’ve been waiting for. Annie Yang is a Trinity senior. Her column, “planting seeds,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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he other day this student was telling me about her brilliant friend: he is doublemajoring in Statistics and Computer Science and getting a 4.0 in his majors, and on top of that is doing a Certificate in HTSTYMWN (How to Sell Things You Make with Numbers) and getting all A’s in that too. Plus, if he crams some stuff in and overloads, he’s even on track for a pre-med! And he’s co-authoring an article his lab group is working on. Cool (terrifying) Duke stuff.

literature], but the works completely satisfy you, because all the questions are posed correctly....” “That’s all very well and good,” the stemmy student interjects, with a whiff of condescension and gentle pity, “but I’m not paying $78,000 to sit around and talk about stuff.” Or, in fact, to learn about stuff either. Not too long ago, universities were repositories of knowledge about the world, places students came not only to solve math problems and do chemistry

Carol Apollonio RANTS FROM THE PODIUM My student looked weirdly pale and flushed at the same time. She’s a literature reader, and even writes some, but her friend says that in a time of climate change and looming global catastrophe it’s basically immoral to waste time taking courses in the Arts and Humanities. The ALP is for wusses (i.e. girls) who can’t do hard stuff like science and math. In this day and age, you must acquire serious, tough skills, and certify that you have mastered those skills, and then you can go out and get jobs, where you can apply your knowledge to solve problems. And people will see all these credentials and A’s, and realize that you are the very best and so you should get the best salary too! Smartness is a quantitative thing that you proved with your SAT, and that can be easily measured by your Econ test, and certified by your GPA, and if your brain is not the kind of brain that can solve numbers puzzles, then basically you are the stupider one. And besides, you can read books and listen to music and look at art on your own time; why pay a professor to teach you about it? By the way, this kid could be a real kid, or it could be a hypothetical one. It is a real kid though, just so you know. Both of them. Now I’m not a numbers person, though I do believe that numbers are pure, beautiful things, worth spending time with and contemplating. I have a theory that each number links up with one particular star somewhere, and with one particular molecule, and with one particular idea, and that someday if we’re lucky we’ll learn what those linkages are, and that that understanding will bring us great joy—though probably not during our lifetime. I know that numbers are very useful in making things, and am in awe at what our Prattsters and computer science majors can conjure up with their numbers. It feels like magic. Given that I spend most of my time in the nineteenth century, it basically blows my mind that the entire internet, and just about everything else, is the product of alternations of two digits, zero and one. What our quantitative sciences do is pose and solve problems. The more complex the problem, the tougher the task. There are some math problems that have bedeviled people for centuries. The solutions are creative and beautiful. Once you have solved the problem, everything falls into place, and your task is done. You have an answer that you can use, or think you can use, to reverse climate change, feed the hungry, devise new clean technologies, build new stuff, and save humanity. And of course get a job too. My own shrinking niche in the university is a very different place. Here, the more we think, the more complex things get. I read the same literary works year in and year out, and each time they are different, even though not a single word has changed. The worst thing that can happen in my world is to solve a problem so perfectly that the conversation ends. Deep inside my head there’s a creepy little voice that says, “2 x 2 = 4 is utterly unbearable. It’s insolent. 2 x 2 = 4 stands smugly in the road blocking your way with its hands on its waist, spitting. OK, maybe 2 x 2 = 4 is a fine thing. But 2 x 2 = 5 is awfully cute too.” I read that somewhere and it took root. I can’t help it. I’ll take that 2 x 2 = 5 every time; I don’t care if it’s wrong. Because you can play with it. My BFF Chekhov showed me a letter he’d written to a friend, who had asked him to take a stand on some transient political issue: “You confuse two concepts: answering a question and formulating a question correctly. Only the second is mandatory for an artist. Not a single question is answered in [great

experiments, but to get acquainted with the many varieties of human thought—history, philosophy, art, religion, literature—that have taken shape over millennia, in the many languages of the world. Professors were paid to communicate all these treasures to young minds. And the idea was that learning these things was good for your mind and soul, and good for the people around you. And fun, too. How quaint this feels in 2020. As we teeter on the brink of Apocalypse (google this or even take a course on it), our university mindset turns ever more insistently to the future. Instead of learning, students are to produce, experiment, innovate, discover, collaborate, serve, solve, invent, get out of the box, move forward. They are to produce, market, and sell things, not sit around reading, thinking, and writing. Not too long ago I returned to a sophomore a paper which, in my usual annoying manner, I had covered with comments and suggestions. There were, as always, stylistic hiccups to tame, sentences to trim, sources to consult, weak verbs and redundancies to purge, illogicalities to rectify, evidence to add. The student would do well to reread the story he was writing about. And the paper needed a thesis, that kind of thing. Your basic run-of-the mill B. After class the student came up with the paper and asked where he should send it to get it published. This, too, is true. Amidst all this labwork, all this collaboration and experimentation, all this frenzy to publish and patent, is anyone asking why, if you students are the ones who have to produce all this new knowledge and solve all these problems, why you have to pay us? You guys are pretty smart. Why do you even need professors at all? All this stuff is online. Why even come to college? Before I release my vice grip on you, there is one very simple math, actually arithmetic, problem that we have to address. Bear with me for a minute. In order to graduate from Trinity College, you have to take 34 courses. Some of these have to be in your major, and some you have to take to satisfy various requirements. A major can require as little as ten courses. So while at Duke you have the option to take 20 or so courses in anything you want, outside your major! If you go for minors and certificates and whatnot, it only means you’re limiting your choices, not that you’re doing any more work or getting more education than anyone else. Whatever you choose to do, if you complete your coursework you’ll end up with one of the most coveted things in the entire world: a Duke degree. If you take courses that you want to, you’ll have fun in them and earn great grades and the high GPA will just plop into your lap on its own. And you’ll be really really well-educated, with a broad outlook and a flexible, nimble mind. People will like you. And you will be just as well-positioned to save the world (or to get a job) as the person who tells me, sweatily, that he can’t take those music history and documentary studies classes he’s interested in because of those last few courses he has to take to meet the requirements for his second major and certificate. That is not a free human being. So who’s the smart one, and who’s the one who’s turning himself into a tool that someone even smarter is going to buy and use to do stuff with someday? It’s simple arithmetic. Carol Apollonio is Professor of the Practice of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke. Her column, “rants from the podium,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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groups, having honest conversations about what they hope to accomplish and how DSG can help create a better environment for them. As a sophomore, he also helped improve the “I want to connect those groups to the common room tent in Krzyzewskiville and plan actual [administration] so their voices have a out Living Learning Communities for the next clear channel because right now, they don’t,” academic year. Hessel said. Hessel told The Chronicle that he’s been Hessel also aims to maintain Sexual working to reach out to students this year and Harassment and Assault Prevention and “make sure DSG was a little bit less isolated.” Education week next year and potentially move He’s been helping students coordinate A-Team, it to April, which is Sexual Assault Survivors a group that helps prepare Month. In postgame bench-burnings after I want to connect those addition, Hessel basketball victories. wants to institute Hessel’s crowdfunding groups to the actual peer advocate initiative was also just approved, [administration] so their advisers for an undertaking he defines as his sexual assault. voices have a clear channel “biggest project of the year.” On “They would his campaign website, he wrote because right now, they be students, that he wants student groups don’t. trained advisers, to have access to funding “using for anybody the Duke network of students, who’s affected tommy hessel by sexual assault faculty, staff, parents and alumni.” DSG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JUNIOR He explained that he hopes to to reach out create more accessible student to,” he said. He funding on campus. hopes this would help improve the “invasive” Along with “supporting students and reporting process Duke currently uses. growing for generations,” Hessel’s first goal He also plans to open up more physical as DSG president is “democratizing Duke,” spaces for student groups, making use out where he hopes to create an “egalitarian space” of the “underutilized” regions of the Bryan for students. Center as identity spaces for various campus “When you step on Duke’s campus, from organizations. day one, you should have the same access to In “growing for generations,” Hessel hopes resources that everyone else does,” he said. to make DSG a more accessible resource for In accomplishing this, he hopes to have students. monthly roundtable events with different student “Again, the president’s roundtable would fit in FROM PAGE 1

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