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Junior Daisy Almonte is putting equity at the forefront of her Duke Student Government presidential campaign.

She joined DSG as a first-year because of her efforts to mobilize administrators to support undocumented students on campus after the 2016 presidential election. For Almonte, joining DSG was a way to have access to resources that would further the efforts she worked on previously.

“The most powerful tool a DSG president has is the ability to get invited into meetings as the representative of the undergraduate student body,” Almonte said. “They then have the ability to set the agenda and influence the conversation especially if administrators may not be aware of what students feel or care about.”

Almonte currently serves as the vice president of equity and outreach in the DSG Senate and

As Duke Student Government president, junior Liv McKinney would prioritize make life at Duke accessible for all students.

McKinney’s platform to improve accessibility is two-fold—financial and physical. She hopes to implement more campus resources that can increase financial literacy and support students on financial aid, and will also focus on making campus buildings meet accessibility standards.

“It is so clear in so many of Duke’s policies that the University was not designed for all students, and I think we have the power to change that,” she said.

The issue is personal for McKinney.

As a student on financial aid, McKinney recalled recently receiving an email from the University, summarizing her loans and stating the amount that she would owe Duke

Junior Saheel Chodavadia has based his platform for Duke Student Government president on three pillars—access, community and transformation.

As president, Chodavadia—who currently serves as vice president of academic affairs in the DSG Senate—will prioritize tangible improvements in access to advising, wellness, community life and campus culture. He detailed his extensive DSG project experience and his passion for listening to student perspectives.

“One of the core driving forces behind my campaign is that I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many different students from so many different groups, different religions, different cultures, different identities, mixed identities,” he said. “And using the narratives I’ve heard, the stories I’ve heard and the

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Although her senior night will come a year from now, junior Leaonna Odom had one of her best games of the season to close out the regular season.

Duke used a strong opening half from Odom against North Carolina to cruise to a 62-44 victory Sunday 44 UNC afternoon in front of a sellout Cameron DUKE 62 Indoor Stadium. This marked the 19th time in program history that there was a home capacity crowd.

Odom and sophomore Jade Williams led the way for the Blue Devils. Odom finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-14 shooting. The Lompoc, Calif., native also registered four assists.

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Eric Wei | Staff Photographer Things got scrappy in Cameron Sunday as the women’s basketball team beat North Carolina.

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Duke will not sign onto a cooperation agreement for the Durham-Orange Light Rail project before a Feb. 28 deadline.

Duke joins North Carolina Railroad, according to a WRAL report, in not signing onto the plan.

In a letter sent to GoTriangle Wednesday morning—signed by President Vincent Price, Chancellor for Health Affairs A. Eugene Washington and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask—the University said it would not sign on.

“Significant efforts by many people from Duke and GoTriangle have been made over the past year to resolve a number of critical issues connected to the proposed DurhamOrange Light Rail Transit (DOLRT) project,” the letter stated. “Notwithstanding these many good faith efforts, it has unfortunately not been

Duke informed officials last week that the University would not sign a cooperative agreement to support the light rail project

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possible to complete the extensive and detailed due diligence, by the deadlines imposed by the federal and state governments, that is required to satisfy Duke University’s legal, ethical and fiduciary responsibilities to ensure the safety of patients, the integrity of research and continuity of our operations and activities.”

For the current plan, Duke would have to donate land for the proposed route.

In the letter, the University expressed lingering concerns about electromagnetic interference, vibration from the construction of a proposed elevated line near Duke Hospital and the Duke Eye Center, potential disruptions for utilities and power and liability, since Duke is a private institution.

The letter said that Duke would “require insurance or indemnification in an amount high enough to protect Duke University’s ability to operate as an ongoing entity” in the case of

Duke is partaking in a national crisis, and it’s only getting worse. It’s contributing to the enormous cost crisis engulfing the higher education system.

Last week, the Board of Trustees approved a 3.9 percent increase for undergraduate tuition for the 2019-2020 school year, raising the total tuition to $55,880. The total cost of attendance will increase by 3.7 percent to $73,519.

Although this increase is less than previous years percentage-wise, the dollar amount is still staggering. Additionally, Duke’s tuition increases have significantly outpaced annual inflation, which was 1.9 percent in 2018.

No wonder the median family income of a Duke student is $186,700. Without sufficient loan support, financial aid or scholarship compensation, Duke students must have the ability to bear a massive financial burden. Plainly speaking: Duke is really, really expensive.

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R.J. Barrett blows away the Hurricanes

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Avery Boltwood focuses on making DSG accessible for students in campaign for EVP facing person,” Boltwood said.

Boltwood thus proposed a systematic approach—which could entail casual Junior Avery Boltwood, the sole candidate information sessions, panels and forums—to running for executive vice president of Duke inform the student body about the role of Student Government, wants to make students DSG and how to access the resources that DSG better informed of DSG’s role and the resources has to offer.

“I want to think about how I can set up the that it offers.

By focusing on individual students rather system so that it generally does better, rather than specific organizations, Boltwood aims for than a one-time thing I can do, put on my every student to know what DSG does and how resume, then graduate,” Boltwood said.

Georg Vanberg, professor of political to contact DSG officials if the need arises.

Boltwood noted the importance of allocating science and chair of the department, has resources for students in independent houses known Boltwood for three years, ever since since t believe students should not have to be Boltwood participated in the Visions of part of a larger organization in order to have Freedom Focus Cluster.

Vanberg described Boltwood as someone their voices heard.

“I have overarching views of how DSG who is thoughtful and committed. can be improved that aren’t just confined to “I’m very glad that Avery is running [for committees and projects,” Boltwood said. “The EVP],” Vanberg said. “It is important to have main thing is that I want to create more points a voice that can advocate on behalf of all students. Avery really wants to listen to what of contact for students.”

Boltwood expressed support for all three other people have to offer.” candidates running for DSG president, Boltwood is currently the president and is confident that all of the presidential pro tempore of the DSG Senate and has candidates will previously served in a number of other positions, support their idea The main thing is I want such as chair of Senate for DSG officials to create more points of to be “direct points Judiciary Committee. contact for students.

“Running the Senate as of contact.”

Unlike the role [president] pro tempore and avery boltwood being a member of the DSG of DSG president, CANDIDATE FOR EVP AND A JUNIOR executive board gave me a Boltwood noted that the position of view of what could be done EVP is not as strictly defined, so it can be re- and what needed to be done,” Boltwood said. invented so that the role to be more of a direct “I want us to look at what we actually are, what we’re actually doing and how we can point of contact for students.

“If the president is the administrative refocus that.” person, I want to make the EVP the outwardJunior Cade McCurdy, who also participated

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Special to the Chronicle Junior Avery Boltwood, currently president pro tempore of the Senate, is running for EVP.

in the Visions of Freedom Focus Cluster, has been friends with Boltwood since the beginning of their first year.

McCurdy described the EVP candidate as dedicated and passionate, and said that he thinks Boltwood will be a great fit for the position.

“Avery will fight for the students,” McCurdy said.

LIGHT RAIL FROM PAGE 1 a “major disruption” to Duke’s operations or tragedy as result of construction or operation of the light rail. The amount or form of that coverage was not able to be agreed on.

“I know you understand Duke’s highest priority is the health and safety of patients who have entrusted us with their care at the most perilous times of their lives,” the letter stated. “The acceptable tolerance for risk in these circumstances must be as close to zero as possible, and we have an obligation to our patients and the community to uphold that standard.”

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in an email to The Chronicle that the Board of Trustees were briefed at their meeting this past weekend but took no action.

The letter concluded by re-affirming Duke’s interest in working with GoTriangle.

“Duke remains dedicated to working with GoTriangle and our community to advance sustainable and workable public transit solutions that serve the needs of all citizens, especially those who depend on public transportation,” the letter stated.

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Duke secures a double-bye in the ACC tournament with 30-point blowout against the Hurricanes

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On Tuesday night, Duke struggled mightily to find an offensive rhythm in Zion Williamson’s absence.

Things changed in major way Saturday afternoon, as the Blue Devils put together one of their more complete offensive performances of the season. In the MIAMI 57 first half, everything DUKE 87 seemed to fall for Duke, and five Blue Devils scored nine or more points.

The stifling offensive attack in the opening period proved to be insurmountable for Miami, which fell to No. 3 Duke 87-57 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The mighty Blue Devils overpowered the Hurricanes out of the gate, and closed the half on an 18-3 run. The standout freshman duo of R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish finished with 19 points apiece.

“I [disagree] with people saying we’re not as good without Zion, or that we need him to come back,” Duke guard Alex O’Connell said.

“As much as we want him to come back, we have a lot of talented guys on our team, and are a strong team. I think we showed that today.”

Leading the scoring charge for much of the afternoon was O’Connell, who finished with 11 points on an efficient 5-of-8 from the field.

In a desperate effort to slow the bulldozing Blue Devils, Miami (12-16, 4-12 in the ACC) shifted into a 3-2 zone defense with six minutes remaining in the half. In Duke’s first possession against this zone, Tre Jones found the lethal O’Connell in the

of an offensive game, and everything is more clogged up. When we’re able to play defense and are at our pace, we’re able to get in transition and things are in our control.”

With just more than two minutes remaining in the opening period, Jones picked Lykes’ pocket in the backcourt, leading to a 3-point play from Marques Bolden. On the ensuing possession, the Duke point guard attempted a rare dunk, narrowly missing a memorable poster over Lykes.

The fifth Blue Devil starter, Bolden, also contributed during the win, with a seasonhigh 15 points and 10 rebounds, good for his second double-double of the season. Bolden returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Feb. 20.

Although less prominent Blue Devils stood out against Miami, Reddish and Barrett still made a significant impact. The pair of freshmen combined to shoot 15-for-32, and set the tone for the squad all afternoon. Barrett has stood out in his role as a distributor, picking up seven assists, and is averaging 5.8 assists in the team’s four games without Williamson.

“I just think [Cam]’s getting better,” Krzyzewski said. “What we’re trying to have him do is have him drive the ball more, and not just shoot it. Because then he can get fouled, and he’s really good when he gets [to the line].”

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With Zion Williamson sidelined, R.J. Barrett provided the Blue Devils’ highlight slam. right corner, who drained the 3-pointer, extending the Blue Devil advantage to 29-13.

Since head coach Mike Krzyzewski surprisingly inserted the Roswell, Ga., native into the starting lineup a week ago, O’Connell has been a consistent source of offense in Williamson’s absence. The 6-foot-6 guard is averaging more than 10 points and has been efficient from the floor in his three games as a starter. O’Connell proved to be more than a spot-up shooter, and scored multiple buckets in transition.

On the defensive end, it was Jones setting the tone for Duke (25-4, 13-3). Further bolstering his Defensive Player of the Year resume, Jones

completely locked up Chris Lykes, and picked up six steals on the afternoon. The Hurricanes’ leading scorer on the season mustered just four points Saturday. The first half was particularly painful for Lykes, who missed all eight of his shot attempts in the period, to go along with three turnovers.

Jones’ pestering on defense created numerous fast break opportunities for the Blue Devils, who finished with 10 team steals and 21 points off turnovers.

“It starts on the defensive end for us,” Jones said. “When teams are scoring on us, it slows us down offensively, meaning we need to play more

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‘It was pretty nuts’: Jack White ends 3-point drought

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Jack White really did not want to smile. After hitting his first 3-pointer in more than a month, the junior tried his best to grit his teeth and hustle back on defense.

White had been here before—22 times already this season, in fact. But after 28 consecutive misses, this one had to feel different.

And as the Crazies best put it, Jack was back.

“I just tried to keep telling myself that [one was going to go down],” White said. “I’ve been feeling good, I put in some work the last couple of days before the game. It was just a relief and I’m happy we were able to get the win.”

There wasn’t a whole lot that No. 3 Duke got out of Saturday’s 87-57 rout. The game was decided within the first 10 minutes and Miami looked like a shell of the program it’s been the last three seasons, winning 20-plus games and reaching the NCAA tournament.

White’s early triple, however, was as critical as any shot all afternoon, sparking a 7-0 run and forcing Hurricane head coach Jim Larrañaga to call a timeout less than eight minutes in.

“He’s working hard,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We tell our guys all the time, ‘Trust your work. If you’ve been working, doing the things you’re supposed to do, then when you get to a game, trust what you’ve been

working at.’

“He doesn’t want to be identified as somebody who hasn’t hit, and now he’s hit. He wants to be identified as a really good player, which he is. And today he was.”

The Blue Devils are going to need that “really good player” down the stretch because whether or not they want to admit it, they still have a 3-point problem. Outside of White, Duke shot a miserable 3-of-14 from distance against Miami and it remains among the bottom 30 teams in the nation in 3-point percentage.

The Australian might be the solution. White, after all, was shooting 40 percent beyond the arc prior to his 49-day dry spell.

In that time, though, he couldn’t help but feel the irritation sink in.

“It was obviously pretty frustrating. I haven’t gone through a stretch like that in my life,” White said. “Toward the latter end of it, I was more surprised than anything when I’d miss because it felt good and I was just like, ‘Why?’” Much of it was hard to explain.

White missed his final three triple tries against Florida State, and two nights later, the Blue Devils struggled as a whole on 3-pointers—combined, the team shot just 9-of-43 on treys versus Syracuse, as White missed all 10 of his attempts.

From there, things spiraled.

He missed five more before not taking a single shot from deep against Notre Dame Jan. 28. White

then failed on his next three before going two games without a single 3-point try. The 6-foot-7 forward would miss six more in a row, ultimately leading to an entire game on the bench at Syracuse a week ago.

Tuesday night at Virginia Tech, White had three more cracks at ending his skid. By now, you know the result: miss, miss, miss.

“I’m a bit of a perfectionist, so it’s kind of hard not to put pressure on myself,” White said. “But I understood I couldn’t really do that, that it would just make things harder for me.... I just tried to not let that affect other parts of my game that I do well: defense, rebounding and leading the guys.”

Except it did—at least to an extent. Coach K went so far as to describe White as “a shell of himself” just 14 days prior.

White had already snapped a critical 3-point drought once this season. Against Texas Tech, he drained a corner triple in front of the Duke bench, ending a 0-for-14 start as the Blue Devils surged late.

The timing Saturday was different, but it was far more important.

White knew it, grinning as much as he tried not to. Duke knew it, rising from its bench as one.

And the Cameron Indoor faithful knew it, turning up the volume to about as loud as it’s been in there all season long.

“I didn’t really know how to react and I just felt like I was back to myself,” White said. “I shouldn’t

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Jack White snapped a streak of 28 consecutive missed triples Saturday.

have to smile after hitting a 3—this is what I do.

But in hindsight, it was pretty nuts.”

Was the monkey off his back?

“I guess it was the joey out of my pouch,” White laughed.

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Jade Williams’ aggresive play leads Blue Devils

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As North Carolina forward Janelle Bailey tried to push her way through teammates and officials to confront Jade Williams late in Sunday’s game between the two arch rivals, the whole day was summed up in one word.

Aggression.

Determined play is what Williams and the rest of the Blue Devils brought consistently throughout their 62-44 win, bringing Duke a sweep of the season series and pushing its record back to .500.

“Well, intensity is wonderful thing.

Immediacy, intensity, loving the game, passion,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie emphasized. “That’s all very, very important in life and something we want to have all the time. There’re just some things that need to go with that, and poise is one of them. I’m very proud of our team. I think we play hard and aggressive.”

Williams poured in a career day for Duke, notching her second-career double-double, one of three by Blue Devils on the day. Her 13 rebounds, to go along with 15 points, were a career high, and the sophomore capitalized on her many opportunities in the post, going 7-of12 from the field with Duke’s guards looking to pound the ball inside.

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Sophomore Jade Williams was a force to be reckoned with in the paint Sunday. this season and Coach mentioned we’ve had a lot of adversity so it’s not really a personal thing,” Williams said on her role. “I just have to do what I have to do out there. They needed me to score tonight so I did that. [Leaonna Odom] had an excellent game at point guard and everybody’s just having to do new things and step up to the plate.”

Williams’ impressive play must have gotten inside Bailey’s head, as commotion ensued late in the game with Duke holding a 14-point lead. With just under three minutes to play, Tar

W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 Williams contributed 15 points and registered a careerhigh 13 rebounds, which topped her previous mark of 11 achieved against Wake Forest in February.

“We’re getting the most out of this experience…. That speaks to an incredible team of fight-back. We’ve been in every game this year minus one, and for that one, a lot of people had not been in,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It’s an incredible lesson, and we’ve got half of the story plus some of the story next year already occurring. That’s what we’re about.”

To open up the first quarter, Odom knocked down a pair of free throws before dishing the ball off to Williams for a layup. But the Tar Heels responded with a 7-0 run as the Blue Devils missed their next seven shots before freshman Onome Akinbode-James, fresh off her 14-rebound performance last Thursday, rebounded Odom’s jumper and laid it back in.

To regain the lead, sophomore Jayda Adams picked North Carolina’s Paris Key’s pocket and passed it off to Odom for the basket and the foul. Then with 25 seconds left in the first quarter, Adams hit a 3-pointer from the corner to put Duke up 16-10. Odom scored seven of the team’s first 11 points on the afternoon.

Odom then scored to the first two baskets of the second quarter to increase the lead to double digits, which forced the Tar Heels to use their first timeout. After the short break, the pace slowed down before Duke (14-14, 6-10 in the ACC) went on a quick run. With less than four minutes remaining in the first half, Odom stole the ball from Key and passed it to Gorecki who dished it back to Odom for the pair.

After the Blue Devils’ 7-0 run to extend the advantage to 15 with 2:32 to go, North Carolina (17-13, 8-8) cut the lead down to 11. Right before the halftime horn sounded, Gorecki hesitated from long range before eventually draining the corner three.

Duke’s 14-point halftime lead was largely thanks to Odom’s 15 points as she ran the offense from the point guard position. She sat for only the final minute as redshirt senior Sofia Roma gave Odom a break.

Heel guard Leah Church and Williams battled for a rebound, leading to a jump ball. Both players continued to battle for the ball after the whistle, and Bailey ran across the court to confront the Duke forward.

“One of things Coach Hatchell says is to play through the whistle, hand the ball to the ref,” Church said. “That’s just what I was just trying to do, just to do my part. I didn’t hear any words, but I know Janelle was trying to come to my defense. I don’t know if she heard something.”

“I’m getting very comfortable running the point guard position,” Odom said. “This is probably my first actual year running the point guard position in my whole career and so it was a learning adjustment the whole season.”

The home team shot 40 percent from the field with a pair of triples while the Tar Heels shot 21.9 percent. Five of North Carolina’s seven makes came from behind the arc.

Gorecki scored eight of her 11 points in the first half.

Although Akinbode-James and Williams combined for only seven points, the frontcourt duo brought down 13 rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.

“I call it get your groove,” McCallie said about AkinbodeJames’ recent play. “She’s figuring out how quick she is physically and what she can do. I think her and Jade are a really dangerous combination playing off each other.”

Freshman Miela Goodchild entered the contest in need of four triples to tie former Blue Devils Rebecca Greenwell.

After she missed her first two 3-pointers in the first half, the Queensland, Australia native missed another 3-pointer with three minutes left in the third quarter. She finished with two points and two steals.

Williams, in the first 54 seconds of the second half, hit a pair of layups after she received passes from Odom and Goodchild, which extended the lead to 18. In the penultimate quarter, Williams added eight points as Duke held a 15-point led with 10 minutes remaining.

In the fourth quarter, Williams knocked down a pair of free throw to give Duke the 16-point cushion. But the Tar Heels scored seven in a row to cut the lead to nine with 6:41 remaining.

“There was a lack of energy at times,” McCallie said. “At times, offensively, I thought we were just sort of moving the ball around but not with as much purpose, so we got back the purpose.”

With just under five minutes left, Odom hit a midrange jump shot to send the lead back to double digits and then scored from underneath the basket to put Duke up 57-44.

“We just needed to refocus,” Williams said. “When they started to score, we just needed to bunker down and talk to one another and say, ‘This is not happening, let’s step it up on defense’ and I thought we did that.”

With 2:39 remaining in the game, Williams rebounded a Tar Heel miss. Three seconds later, the officials called a jump

Words were exchanged between the two and Bailey charged at Williams. She could only watch her counterpart wave goodbye as she was given a technical foul and ejected from the game.

The skirmish didn’t seem to have any effect on the Duke forward, as she was quick to play it off after the game, focusing on how the team played.

“I don’t think that we’re worried about that,” Williams said. “We’re just worried about getting better as a team and I thought we did that today. Three double-doubles and like you said Onome [Akinbode-James] almost got hers so that’s the only thing that we’re worried about as far as that.”

Although mostly instigated by North Carolina, the situation showed a fire in the eyes of the Blue Devils, something they’ve lacked over their disappointing season.

The upcoming ACC tournament may very well represent the last games of the season for this Duke team, but it’s a team that will return the majority of its major contributors, and is looking for improvement and growth starting now.

“Believe me, we want everything back that we did not get, but what’s more important is where are we now, what are we now, and what are we creating for now and the future,” McCallie said. “So, it’s been a while. We’ve been getting better for a while.”

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Leaonna Odom dominated the Tar Heels with a 22-point, 10-rebound performance Sunday afternoon. ball. Then North Carolina’s Janelle Bailey ran after the Duke’s players and was subsequently ejected from the game.

The Blue Devils will next see the hardwood March 6 in Greensboro, N.C., for the ACC tournament.

“Our whole thing is about getting better, getting ready,” McCallie said. “Getting ready for now, getting ready for the future, getting ready in every minute that we can. So, we got a bit better, and we’ll take it from here.”

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et’s cut the crap: I don’t know a thing about trains and you probably don’t either, but I’ll be damned if the prospect of a luscious locomotive cruising through Durham’s downtown doesn’t get me hot under the collar. Here are five reasons why the proposed light rail system is an absolute no-brainer: Number 1: A more connected Durham means a more inclusive, diverse and prosperous Durham.

What are you? A sociology major? Yeah, me neither, so let’s stop shovelling horse sh*t into the Chronicle under the guise of “train-based opinion pieces” and get down to brass tacks.

Mark Botterill GUEST COLUMNIST Exhibit B: Movies Take a look at the best films of all time: “The Polar Express,” “Rocky V: Man versus Train,” Tristan Bouan’s critically-acclaimed, over-funded, under-edited, nevercompleted “Trainhopper.” What do they all have in common? Trains. Now look at the the worst movies of all time: “Titanic,” “Avatar,” “Citizen Kane,” “Jaws,” “Forrest Gump.” Notice anything? Heavy emphasis on boats and

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running. Let’s cut to the chase: trains equal good movies.

Movies mean more money going around, and in his 2017 commencement address, President Price made it crystal clear that he was serious about getting Michael Bay to shoot the next “Transformers” movie in Durham. How’s he gonna do that without a train in town? You think the climax of the film is just going to be Bumblebee fighting the solar powered trash cans by West Union while Shia LaBeouf watches nervously from afar? (“But Mark, Shia LaBeouf was only cast in the first three installments of the “Transformers” canon and has long since moved on from the series—there’s no way he’d star in it—” yeah, well, a man can dream, so maybe you and your negative energy should f*ck off back to the sociology department). Isn’t it time you put your money where your mouth is, Vincenté?

Multi-colored Professional Powerpoint Presentation Pie-Chart Piece 3 (hire me, Bain): Sex appeal Repeat after me: “titanium chassis,” “opaque carbon-fiber windows,” “tinted rims,” “rimmed tints,” “first-class backwards seating,” “ménage à trois,” “dining carriage.” What does any of that mean? Who knows—all we can say is that everybody loves a guy or girl that can talk train to us. We all know that one kid that’s always stuck in their room in Edens jacking off to back-to-back Thomas the Tank Engine episodes that air from 2-6 a.m. on Nickelodeon (don’t ask how I know that schedule) and it’s time to let those folks thrive. With a new light rail system in town, we could flip this college’s social hierarchy on its head. Next thing you know Johnny No-Friends over here is gonna be the hottest guy on campus, dishing out train stats at the frat party with romantic prospects hanging on his every word. More trains mean better pick-up lines and more train operators strolling across the quad (don’t even try to tell me you wouldn’t fall for a conductor in uniform). Get your social life back on track—you’re damn right I went there—get behind the light rail project.

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TUITION FROM PAGE 1 Nineteen percent of Duke students come from families whose income ranks in the top one percent, putting Duke third in this category compared to America’s elite universities.

This is approximately the same proportion of students who come from the bottom 60 percent of income. Since the early 1980s, the breakdown of socioeconomic representation at Duke has remained stable. A 2017 study analyzed by the New York Times found that many of America’s elite institutions are becoming more economically segregated over time.

For a university that prides itself on diversity and inclusion, Duke’s tuition increases are not helping its cause, particularly in a socioeconomic sense. Unfortunately, it’s not the sole offender among private nonprofits.

Accounting for inflation, the cost of an undergraduate degree has spiked by 213 and 129 percent since the late 1980s at public and private schools, respectively. Why is college so expensive? It’s complicated.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports that the U.S. spends more on college than almost any other country—nearly $30,000 per student.

Based on the report, the cost of attendance per student at Duke is about four times the amount spent per student in the average developed country.

Because college students in the U.S. are more likely to live away from home, higher expenditures for student welfare services such as housing, meals, health care and transportation are required. Duke’s operating budget for this academic year was $2.7 billion, with a significant portion going to renovation and construction projects. Over the past few years, Duke has become notorious for fancy amenities and accommodations that lead to increased costs.

Despite the luxuries provided by American universities, the data suggests that the vast majority of spending is incurred from educational operations such as salaries for staff and faculty. These costs total $23,000 per student, which is more than double the amount in Finland, Sweden and Germany. A lot of the difference comes from paying non-teaching staff such as athletic employees, lawyers, diversity managers, admissions and financial aid officers, and food-service workers.

Economically speaking, college is a service rather than a good. The price doesn’t decrease with advances in

smokers in times of late; even worse, the FDA can’t handle how goddamn sick Juuling is becoming. If you’re a nicotine fiend like me, you know all too well that we’re fighting a war on two fronts right now—make no mistake, they’re trying to take away our fat clouds. You know what else makes fat clouds? F*cking steam trains, my dude. Caught Juuling in the back of Econ 101? Try this one on for size: “Well excuse me, professor, can you empirically prove that lungful of gas wasn’t from me walking by the Durham light rail 20 minutes ago, inhaling, then holding my breath until halfway through this lecture? Do you work for the EPA or something? Yeah, didn’t think so, pal. How about we get back to understanding why the Gini coefficient is a subpar measure of inequality especially in countries that rely heavily on an informal economy which causes glaring data errors in the coefficient’s calculation? Who’s with me?”

Checkmate, atheists.

New Testament: Book of Revelations: Chapter 5: Verse 5 (and five-time Psalm of the Century Winner): The Parable of Tallman Trask It’s like the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors—we all know how it goes: racist Porsche beats parking attendant.

Light rail train beats Porsche. Parking attendant fines train for wrongful Blue Zone parking. Worried that you’ll be the next victim of Duke’s favorite executive vice president/star of “2 Fast 2 Furious: Old South Edition” on his way to a game? Try playing some 5-dimensional chess and taking the train instead. You can’t be mercilessly mowed down in the middle of the road if you were sitting in a firstclass choo choo train the whole damn time. Your move, Tallman.I often ask my friends the question, “When you were younger, what did you want to be?” The way this question is framed seems to imply the career as a state of being, an intimate role tied to who you are as a person. If this is true, we ought to hold our professional choices to the same standards that we hold ourselves to as people.

Mark Botterill, T ‘18, is a former Monday Monday who thoroughly enjoys reading all the splendid columns about trains that the Chronicle keeps publishing. Keep it up! technology. Furthermore, rankings from media companies such as U.S. News & World Report have likely contributed to a surge in demand for degrees, which are often valued based on the reputation of the institution. Duke’s ranks 8th on this list and often attains a similar rank from other publications.

The Class of 2022 had 37,302 applications. These numbers indicate that Duke might be charging so much in part because it can get away with it.

The changing labor force is also putting pressure on students to obtain degrees. Over 3 million people in the U.S. are expected to receive a degree by the end of the academic year. This number is expected to increase as Georgetown University finds that by 2020, “65 percent of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school.” Simply put, economic needs are making college degrees more popular.

Fortunately, Duke students often receive a large return on investment for their education. The Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking release found that Duke holds the top spot for student outcomes, which is, “based in part on how much of a difference they make in what their graduates earn 10 years after enrollment.” Some would argue that combined with the financial aid compensation, a Duke degree can be earned at a major discount. However, as costs continue to rise, middle class students who are ineligible for aid are strapped with a burden that could shrink their representation at Duke.

On top of the cost of tuition itself is the cost of financing that tuition. On average, students who attended American universities graduate with an average of $37,172 in student loan debt. Collectively, this adds up to $1.5 trillion. These crushing loans apply onerous restrictions on graduates when it comes to living expenses, career decisions and personal finances. Duke students are surely not immune from this daunting impediment.

Although Duke is committing to investing more in financial aid, tuition increases are not helping expand its reach. Duke should strive to differentiate itself from other elite institutions by making attendance more affordable.

We used to say that you couldn’t put a price on education.

However, with the university cost crisis spiraling out of control, many of us will be forced to.

Mitchell Siegel is a Trinity junior. His column, Truth Be Told, runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Which came first: The finance bro or the info session?

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Finance bros,” “sell outs” and “snakes”—these colloquial terms have found homes in our vocabulary, and we regularly make memes of these stereotypes in mockery.

Yet, after the laughter dies down, we still find ourselves applying to these jobs in finance and consulting.

Despite accusations of McKinsey encouraging bribery and supporting authoritarian governments or Facebook placing our democracy at stake, year after year I hear of my peers signing offers to join these same firms. And while it’s true that social

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good or social impact departments within these companies exist, if you even need a specific department labeled as “social good,” what does that say about the company overall?

The most common justification for working at these firms that I’ve heard is that it is a foolproof way to build important skills, from problem-solving to teamwork. People describe to me only shortterm plans to stay in this rigorous and grueling industry, in order to arm themselves with an arsenal of skills before switching out to something else. These well-paying jobs can often be a treated as a way to afford true passions or hobbies, whether it’s checking out new restaurants on the weekend or if it’s financially supporting a grassroots organization that you care about. But when people often leave this industry unhappy after a short two-year tenure, perhaps the ends do not justify the means.

Let me be quick to hop off of any moral high horse that it may seem like I’m on. In fact, I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no angel either—a quick LinkedIn stalking of me will reveal that I’ve worked for a financial company in my past too. But this is in part what has contributed to my current belief that the ends do not necessarily justify the means with respect to

professional choices.

So why, then, did I sign an offer for last summer to work for one of these firms, when I knew it did not align with my true passions and values?

It’s especially off-putting when I realize that when I was a freshman, none of my friends even knew what consulting or investment banking really entailed. Yet, according to Duke’s Senior Survey in 2018, the two industries of finance and consulting alone accounted for 21 percent of jobs for new Duke graduates. Add in the tech industry, and that number jumps to almost 38 percent.

Perhaps these statistics seems normal if you think about how finance, consulting and tech really do make up the meat of the American economy… other jobs arguably lie in the margins.

Regardless, these industries employ recruitment strategies that attract not only economics majors, but also students from seemingly unrelated fields like sociology and English.

Wall Street’s classic “two-and-out” program structure, in which new employees join firms for just two years, makes it an appealing temporary home for recent college graduates looking for a sense of stability without commitment. In his book “Young Money,” Kevin Roose describes a scene that we are all too familiar with—big name companies wining and dining impressionable students, handing out free swag, and offering massive paychecks. With all of these incentives, it’s easy to find ourselves competing for jobs that we had either never heard of before or had thought of as “dull and lacking much social purpose.”

A study from sociologist Amy J. Binder of Harvard undergraduates reached the same conclusion—that “the vast presence of on-campus, structured recruitment every fall for finance and consulting gets students’ attention, plays on their competitiveness, and leads them to apply to jobs that, only a year or two earlier, they had never heard of.”

I logged in to Duke CareerConnection’s “Employer Hosted Events” front page to see how accessible finance and consulting is on campus. Of the 15 events on the first

page, 12 were from companies in the finance or consulting industries. There’s no doubt that Duke has a proclivity for the pre-professional, but the question at hand is: Is Duke as an institution actively encouraging students to enter these industries over exploring other fields, or is it simply responding to a pre-existing demand?

Outside of Duke’s campus, it’s reasonable to attribute this whole dilemma of students flocking to finance and consulting as a product of capitalism. Financial firms, tech companies and similar businesses tend to pay incredibly well, and college kids enjoy spending their summers in big cities. Perhaps it’s natural that we gravitate towards these high-paying jobs (that just so happen to not be the most morally clean).

In the same vein, the way that capitalism has prioritized these industries means that “pursuing one’s true passions” is very much an act of privilege. Not everyone has parents that can subsidize summer housing or relieve other financial burdens, and I can’t expect someone to be willing to work on a $13/hour salary when I don’t know their background or what they are financially supporting. For some, the high income that these firms provide is a necessity.

But outside of these special cases, and especially when 69 percent of Duke students come from the top 20 percent of America in terms of income, the flocking to consulting info sessions that happens every year just doesn’t sit right with me. Even though the careers that may align better with our real passions aren’t as accessible on campus as finance and consulting, we should still put in the time and effort to seek them—even if it means turning away from the path of least resistance.

I often ask my friends the question, “When you were younger, what did you want to be?” The way this question is framed seems to imply the career as a state of being, an intimate role tied to who you are as a person. If this is true, we ought to hold our professional choices to the same standards that we hold ourselves to as people.

Emily Liu is a Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Fridays.

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Being honest, spreading kindness

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Hey, how are you?” “Good, how are you?” “Good, thanks.” How frequently do you have this conversation each day? I’m guessing at least a dozen times. But, how many of those times do you say how you really are? I’m guessing not too often.

Amidst the craziness of classes, clubs, meetings, and recruiting, we become so focused on just getting from “A” to “B” in

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Think back to Orientation Week before freshman year. You probably remember some of the people you met, getting your first taste of being a Blue Devil, and being exhausted by the seemingly endless sessions. One of these was called “True Blue,” during which you saw a fellow classmate demonstrate that he or she had no idea the size of a standard drink and watched students act out various situations you might encounter throughout your Duke experience. While it may have easily been overlooked at the time, this session taught a critical lesson: it’s okay to sometimes not be okay; the people around you are also struggling, but you can work through

challenges together.

I’m guessing all of us are familiar with the concept of effortless perfection. It’s when someone you know seems to balance taking five classes, being a leader in a half dozen clubs, has their summer plans all set up, and somehow manages to go out each weekend.

It seems they have everything together. But, once you dig a little deeper, you’ll realize they share some of the same struggles you are experiencing. So many students are overwhelmed by their course loads, stressed out by their extracurricular commitments, uncertain of their future plans, and dealing with issues among their social circles. Yet, when we’re asked how we are, the almost certain answer remains: “good.”

I’m not saying I don’t fall victim to this; I do. But, whenever I break out of this routine to share how I really am, I’m glad that I did. When I express that I’m dealing with the passing of a loved one, people have consistently expressed their condolences and support. When I say that I rocked my last admissions tour or led a fantastic conversation about religion and politics, people are proud and share in my excitement.

Offering these bits of information can help strengthen your friendships, but also help you move through the “highs” and “lows” of any given day. Being authentic can be one of our greatest strengths. I believe that most members of the Duke community genuinely care about one another. But, how can we really be there for one another if we don’t know who could really use some

support and encouragement?

Your closest friends may already know what you’re celebrating, working on, or recovering from. I understand some of these things are personal, and you might not feel comfortable sharing them. That’s why a good first step is simply being honest about how you are feeling. Maybe the person you’re talking to will congratulate you on your achievement, console you in your challenges, or ask you more about what’s going on. You could even find out that the person you’re talking to is experiencing similar highs and lows. These interactions are healthy and necessary, but also relieving. You can be honest with the people around you. Even more importantly, you can really support your fellow Blue Devils by taking the time to show you care.

Andrew Carlins, a sophomore, launched an amazing program to facilitate students supporting one another. In September, Andrew started “Kindness Grams,” packages containing a handwritten note, Kind snack bar, and small gift. Anyone can send an email to oakinitative101@gmail.com to request a Kindness Gram for a friend, and it will be delivered to them without costing the sender or receiver a penny. Andrew has tabled at the Bryan Center Plaza with the Wellness Center asking students to write a note to a friend which will be part of a Kindness Gram for them.

When I spoke with Andrew about Kindness Grams, he said, “Kindness and authenticity are easily relegated to the bottom of priorities at Duke, in light of evergrowing

mounds of work and other commitments. Yet, at the same time, they are things that make us human.” When I asked him about the origin of Kindness Grams, he explained they stem from his learning and working with Duke Wellness, Duke Authenticity Project, Residential Life and Peer for You. “With the support of the Wellness Center, and the Kenan Institute, we have been able to turn this idea into a reality. Together we hope to create opportunities for meaningful engagement amid the stresses that come with being a Duke student,” Andrew concluded.

As the recipient of a Kindness Gram myself, I can attest to the warm feeling one gets from knowing a friend was thinking of them and took the initiative to express it.

There are so many ways to brighten someone’s day. Say hello to the person you see on the C1 who you haven’t talked to since freshman year, ask they how they are, and show interest in the answer. Text a friend who told you they had been studying hard for a midterm or preparing for an interview, and ask them how it went. Even smiling as strangers walk may bring them joy.

As Duke students, we each have a lot on our plate: some things we love doing, some not so much. Genuinely supporting those around us and being ourselves can yield so many benefits. I think we would all do well to renew the idea of “being true” and “being you” as conveyed during True Blue.

Elliott Davis is a Trinity junior. His column usually runs on alternate Fridays.

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is a founding member of the First-Generation/Low-Income Caucus and Latinx Caucus. She is involved with Mi Gente, Duke Define American and is a mentor for the First-Generation PreOrientation program. She is also a Benjamin N. Duke Scholar and a Baldwin Scholar. Off campus, Almonte serves on the board of directors of Student Action with Farmworkers, a Durham nonprofit that she has been involved with since high school.

Her background provides her with a unique perspective into the issues that many students face on campus, she explained. Almonte said that she knows the day-to-day struggles different cultural groups go through to access funding and how these non-Duke and non-DSG networks function. She added that she would be a liaison for people who may typically not get involved in DSG. Her platform has three main components: starting with equity, amplifying demands for action and paving a two-way street with administrators. Almonte said she hopes to make Duke a more equitable place starting with the admissions process by removing the requirement for the ACT or SAT and by focusing on the means by which students pay for their education, financial aid.

“If we can include student input at the beginning of policy changes, we will be by virtue starting all policy decisions with more equity,” Almonte said.

To bridge the gap between DSG and the student body, Almonte said she hopes to create a mechanism within the newly established DSG caucus system in which students who are not senators can join those caucuses. Another aim is to create a partnership between the caucus system and the sexual misconduct task force—which only has a few undergraduates, including Almonte.

To increase safety enhancing mechanisms, Almonte said she will aim to amplify demands from undocumented students, such as alerts for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence on campus and a partnership with the immigration law clinic at Duke Law to institutionalize legal counsel available for them.

Junior Ivan Robles, a friend of Almonte and fellow member of the equity and outreach committee, said that he had heard about Almonte—particularly for her work on issues related to undocumented students and workers—even prior to her involvement in DSG. “[Almonte] will encourage Duke leaders to get down from their ivory towers and get out from behind those closed doors and ground themselves in the same ways that Daisy has grounded herself in those communities and in prioritizing the voices of the student body,” Robles said.

each month upon graduation. relationships I’ve made, I can translate them into high-level “The email gave me no resources and no one to reach out to, administrative impact as DSG president.” and I was like, ‘this ruined my day,’” McKinney said.

Chodavadia also serves as president of the Hindu Students She hopes to establish a formal support network—through Association. In addition, he is co-president of the Duke Impact financial aid counselors or the Office of Student Loans and Personal Investing Group, which aims to make better social impact investments Finance—that helps students find credit and create a budget plan through Duke’s endowment, and is a mentor for the launch lab. for after graduation. She also plans to create a comprehensive guide Chodavadia noted that “incorporating the narratives of the to help first-years navigate the hidden costs of attending Duke. people into policy” is the “common thematic link” that runs Renovating buildings to meet accessibility standards is through all his experiences. another important issue in McKinney’s campaign.

Chodavadia explained how each part of his platform McKinney said that Duke Facilities Management should either combines his project experiences with his future goals as expand its existing budget to account for accessibility guidelines or president. Regarding access, he seeks to restructure advising create a separate budget dedicated to installing automatic openers and from the ground up to be more equitable and effective. ramps, expanding door widths and building more bathrooms.

Chodavadia says he has been working on this goal since he McKinney hopes to create an online form for students with was a first-year. disabilities to communicate their accessibility needs, either directly Moreover, Chadovadia said he aims to expand wellness to Facilities Management or through DSG. McKinney currently infrastructure for first-years on East Campus, drawing from his serves as the vice president of the services and sustainability experience working on wellness projects. committee, and she worked on increasing the number of food “We’re collaborating with Peer for You to make wellness points in the first-year meal plan to about 800. resources more accessible for students and we worked on changing “I think I have really spent all of my time in DSG trying to STINF to the Incapacitation Form,” Chodavadia said. “Our input make student lives easier,” McKinney said. was really key in that decision-making process.”

Junior Elizabeth Edel said that McKinney’s best quality is Chodavadia said he also plans to implement a Duke her ability to “follow through.” mentorship program he is currently working on, which would “There are a lot of people who have been amazing advocates provide one-to-one peer mentorship for all incoming first-years. for issues, but I think Liv has been really successfully with He also wants to establish DSG town halls. following through and fixing those issues,” Edel said.

“Conceptually, DSG is meant to be this place where students Edel cited the new first-year meal plan as an example. can organize, consolidate and unite [for a] common cause. I McKinney first attempted to reform the meal plan by petitioning don’t think it’s been doing that in the past,” Chodavadia said. for a “food point bank,” which the administration rejected.

“We’ve made improvements, but even at this stage, we can do so “She took a hit on that, and she came back. She used surveys much more to have student voices inform our decisions.” and hard facts to basically annoy administrators into making a Another program Chodavadia helped launch was Duke change,” Edel said. “After years of people trying to change food Common Hour. point allocation, she was able to follow through and get it done.”

Junior Manish Kumar, who met Chodavadia during McKinney noted there are many avenues to bringing about sophomore year at DSG when they both served as senators change on campus, but explained that she is running for DSG for academic affairs, said Chodavadia’s incredible enthusiasm, president because she has the experience and knowledge to drive and experience in taking on countless initiatives and harness the organization’s full potential and create broad, far- creating tangible change make him the most reliable and reaching change. pragmatic candidate.

“I know that as an organization, we can work with student “Something that I really appreciate about Saheel is that what groups to magnify and uplift student voices, to the point where he says he’s going to do, he will do, because he has a history of Syndication Corporation we are able to change this University so itThe is New meantYork for Times all being able to Sales get things done in the past,” Kumar said. “I think Avenue, New 10018 and I think we can expect him to students,” McKinney said. “And I do believe that 620 I amEighth the best he will liveYork, up toN.Y. his platform, For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 person for the job.” carry out exactly4,what he says he will.”

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