November 11, 2016

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Duke brings Victory Bell back to Durham with 28-27 upset of No. 15 North Carolina Ben Feder The Chronicle On a night when the Blue Devils ran for more than 230 yards, it was only fitting that junior running back Shaun Wilson and injured teammate Jela Duncan were the ones riding the Victory Bell into the night.

The raucous celebration means Duke’s two-game losing streak to its Tobacco Road rival is over now, and more importantly, so is its three-game skid this season.

After allowing a combined 111 points to the Tar Heels in their last two matchups, the Blue Devils fell behind No. 15 North Carolina 14-0 Thursday evening at Wallace Wade Stadium. But Duke picked itself up off the mat and finally got a few second-half breaks, tying the game at 21 before halftime then going ahead 28-24 on a two-yard jump pass from Daniel Jones to tight end Davis Koppenhaver with 2:10 left in the third quarter.

Led by their running game and a few key defensive stops, the Blue Devils then finally finished off a close second-half contest for the first time in more than a month. After a Tar Heel field goal, Duke held on for a 28-27 win by keeping North Carolina’s highpowered offense out of the end zone on its final seven possessions.

Alonzo Saxton II sealed the win with a late interception with about a minute left in the game—the Blue Devils’ second interception of the night. Duke then ran out the clock for its second home win against its rival in their last three matchups.

Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Quarterback Daniel Jones found Davis Koppenhaver for a go-ahead third-quarter touchdown and also had two rushing touchdowns.

“After that interception on the last drive, I started tearing up,” said redshirt senior defensive tackle A.J. Wolf, the team’s only healthy captain. “The only time I’ve ever done that after a game was the Pinstripe Bowl [last year].”

Duncan is one of three redshirt senior captains who have gone down with seasonending injuries, and key seniors Anthony Nash and Breon Borders were also out Thursday. But the rest of the team rallied to make Senior Night even sweeter with

the Class of 2017’s second win against the Tar Heels.

Duke has won three of its last five games against North Carolina despite getting outscored by 54 points during that span, earning another win as a doubledigit underdog. And for the third time in five years, fans at Wallace Wade Stadium celebrated a landmark win by spilling onto the field.

“It was pretty emotional for me on the field to see the joy, the much-deserved

joy in our players,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I saw DeVon Edwards, Jela, Thomas [Sirk] and Breon— they couldn’t have been happier as if they had played the game.”

Although the Tar Heels (7-3, 5-2 in the ACC) scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions—junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky quickly racked up 200 yards and all three of his scores—Duke’s defense played its best half of See FOOTBALL on Page 9

Safe spaces, postponed midterms: Duke reacts to Trump win Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle Following Donald Trump’s victory, several students reported significant distress and requested that midterms be postponed.

As it was becoming clear that Trump would win the election, sophomore Michael Gulcicek posted a draft email in the All Duke Facebook page that students could send to professors, asking that any Wednesday midterms be pushed back due to the election results. Several other students commented on Gulcicek’s post naming professors who had scheduled Wednesday midterms.

Some professors have been willing to postpone midterms, but others said it was either infeasible or not necessary.

“I ask, respectfully, but also urgently, that you consider postponing the midterm for another day,” Gulcicek wrote in the Facebook post, which has more than 430 likes. “I do not think it is fair to expect students to learn

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and review material as they consider the future of their country and what electing either candidate could mean for their safety, their identity.”

Speaking to The Chronicle, Gulcicek said he was unable to get his statistics exam postponed as he had hoped, but that his professor allowed students to not take the midterm—with the caveat that if they did not take it, the final would be weighted a larger percentage of their grade.

“It’s better than nothing, because if he was inflexible, I could have just gotten a zero on the midterm by not showing up,” Gulcicek said, noting that his first choice would have been for the midterm to be pushed back to Saturday.

In an email to his class obtained by The Chronicle, Mark Leary, a professor of psychology and neuroscience named in one of the comments, did something similar. He allowed students to skip the exam if they wanted—with the understanding that they were losing an opportunity to improve their

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In his email, he wrote this was the only way to not penalize those who were prepared for the exam and yet be fair to those who were negatively impacted by the election.

David Rohde, Ernestine Friedl professor of political science, said he did in fact postpone his midterm exam until Monday— not only because of students’ reactions to Trump winning but also because of how late the election was decided. Although he acknowledged it was not an attractive option, the purpose of the exam would have been defeated had he kept it the way it was.

“When you give an exam, you’re doing it to elicit information on how much students have learned, and if things would seriously affect the accuracy of that, then you have to wonder whether it’s desirable to go ahead with the exam,” he said.

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Faculty, grad student unionization efforts continue However, such a broad classification of the “bargaining unit” could prove problematic, The Chronicle noted Daniel Bowling, a senior lecturing fellow in the Duke Law School. The NLRB As graduate students file for a union will be looking to see if any legal technicalities election, Duke Teaching First is making prevent the union election—which he wrote headway in its negotiations with the in an email was unlikely—before asking Duke administration. if it has any objections.

The Duke Graduate Students Union— Duke might have an objection to make which is not yet legally recognized — if it thinks the unit is too broad, which he recently filed with the National Labor explained might be the case if professional Relations Board asking the NLRB to allow a school students are involved. Bowling also union election to proceed. Their efforts are noted, however, that objections carry a galvanized by an NLRB decision in August difficult legal burden and that the NLRB explicitly stating that graduate studentputs a lot of weight on the initial unit as workers are able to unionize—which has described by the union. been a contentious legal issue historically. If “Depending on what positions are the NLRB approves the group’s request, and included in the petition, Duke could if a majority of graduate students then vote claim that the group is inappropriate for bargaining because there is no shared interest among its members,” he wrote.

In response, Barish wrote that filing an objection is the University’s right, and that if the University does so, DGSU will work with them to find a satisfactory arrangement.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in an email that a union would actually harm graduate students.

“Duke believes that graduate students who engage in research and teaching as part of their programs of study are students, not employees, and that a union will harm, not help, their educational experience,” he wrote. “Furthermore, Duke has made significant investments in recent years to increase stipends, strengthen health insurance and create new benefits for graduate students to enhance their Kira Wang | The Chronicle opportunity to learn, do research, and Graduate students gathered in front of the Allen Building Thursday to celebrate the officially prepare for a career.” submitting their unionization petition to the National Labor Relations Board.

Although Barish said specific bargaining

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in favor of the union during the election, DGSU will gain legal status.

DGSU held a rally Thursday in front of the Allen Building to celebrate its filing, joined by members of the Duke Teaching First contingent faculty union as well as members of the Durham community. Leaders of local unions such as UE Local 150 and the People’s Alliance also took part.

Scott Barish—a fifth-year biology graduate student and member of the organizing committee—wrote in an email that DGSU currently intends to cover all graduate students laboring for the University. This includes master’s students and professional students who are also getting doctorates, such as students doing both a master’s in business administration and a Ph.D., he wrote.

priorities would not be decided until after the election, the date for which has not yet been decided, students shared some ideas with The Chronicle. Abhishek Chhetri, a fifth-year biochemistry graduate student, said he was looking forward to dental coverage. Friedolin Merhout—a third-year sociology graduate student—said he wanted better job security.

Chhetri added that others want concessions for graduate students who are parents or victims of abuse.

“I know some people want better support for people who have been victims of sexual assault and harassment because the Duke grievance system has failed them,” he said.

Duke Teaching First Since their union election last Spring, the non-tenure track Duke Teaching First faculty union has been negotiating with University officials in what Matteo Gilebbi, a lecturing fellow in the romance studies department, described as a “positive” and “collegial” process.

Gilebbi told The Chronicle that one of the greatest benefits of the negotiations has been opening up the dialogue, and that DTF must remain flexible and not stick to pre-determined, uncompromising goals.

He and Eileen Anderson, also a lecturing fellow in the romance studies department, said the union has reached several “tentative agreements” with the University, although a formal contract has not yet been finalized and might not be for quite some time.

The first, they said, was for all teachers to have access to laptops, photocopying services and office space, which Anderson said was not always the case currently.

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Prof. who predicted Trump win explains how he knew Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle Darren Beattie, Ph.D. ‘16 and visiting instructor of political science, predicted at a​ political science department gathering Nov. 2 that Donald Trump would win the presidential election. Beattie was also a signatory on a list of “​ Scholars and Writers for Trump,” who endorsed the candidate. The Chronicle’s Likhitha Butchireddygari corresponded with Beattie to discuss how he was able to foresee Trump’s victory and what a Trump presidency will look like.

The Chronicle: Why did you think Trump would win despite polling and pundits saying otherwise?

Darren Beattie: I thought Trump would win as early as July of last year. There are various signals that someone really attuned to politics knows to look for. One of the signals for me is when Trump made his provocative remarks on immigration and then refused to apologize in the wake of overwhelming corporate and media opposition.

Let me be very clear: This does not mean that I like the way he phrased his remarks. My point is that his willingness to take a position on immigration so antithetical to corporate Republican donors and then not be cowed by the usual shaming tactics reflected early on a certain independence and flexibility that led me to think we’re dealing with a very different type of candidate than we’re used to. There are other signals like this, but I can’t get into them all.

Trump’s position on immigration (apart from his provocative word choice) is in many ways very close to [Democrat Bernie] Sanders’ before Sanders compromised to the Democratic National Convention. Check out

Sanders’ “Vox” interview with Ezra Klein, for example. More important, let me say a few words about polling and pundits. One thing about pundits and “experts” that readers have to understand is that they are not paid to make accurate predictions or give accurate analysis; they are paid to give predictions and analysis that advance a particular agenda, usually the agenda of some billionaire benefactor or corporate media platform.

This is a powerful explanation because it accounts for how most of these people can be utter failures and somehow keep their jobs. Just watch, now a lot of these people who were wrong about everything will be asked their “expert opinion” on how and why they went wrong! Some of the “experts” who criticized Trump’s foreign policy are “experts” solely by virtue of being involved in one of the biggest foreign policy disasters of Courtesy of Duke Photography our nation’s history—the Iraq War. It would Darren Beattie said that Trump’s refusal to apologize when facing media opposition signaled be hilarious if it weren’t so pathetic. For the that Trump was a new kind of candidate. academic pollster types, the situation is still more pitiful because they’re not even getting DB: I think we need to unpack [the] vice president spot. Will Pence be given the rich off of their wrong predictions. word “moderate” a bit. I like to make a same agency? strong distinction between “centrist” and DB: Kasich’s foreign policy, like Kasich’s TC: What does the Trump victory mean for “mainstream.” Centrist in my view is pretty campaign, is totally foolish. Pence has been America in this point in history? If you had to much in the center of what most people in the a great asset for Trump in the campaign and describe the country as going through an era country actually believe; “mainstream” refers has evolved in his foreign policy views. I do not of ____, how would you fill in the blank? to positions promoted by the corporate media think he will be the main source of Trump’s DB: This is a global phenomenon in and academic opinion. Trump’s success, foreign policy thinking, however. the sense that it emerges out of a political I think, points to the difference between dynamic that extends to Western Europe. centrist and mainstream. I do think we will TC: Trump is not a career politician. Do you Fundamentally, I think what we’re seeing see a change in Trump’s tone. I think all of think he will be acting to be re-elected? is a referendum on globalization as it has his most significant proposals will become law.

DB: Seriously? Of course Trump will act to been practiced over the past 30 years. Watch Keep in mind that for a lot, all he has to do is get re-elected. Whether he will get elected will out for similar upsets in Germany, France, repeal executive orders. depend on how serious and effective he is in Netherlands, etc. following through with the most important TC: Before Trump chose Mike Pence, it campaign promises. I’m optimistic but TC: Will Trump be more moderate now that was reported that ​he told John Kasich that prepared to be critical when necessary. he has won the presidency? How many of his he would put him in charge of “domestic Editor’s note: The Chronicle spoke with Beattie proposals will go into law, do you think? and foreign policy” if Kasich accepted the via email.

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Investigation into death of four Dangerous bacteria may endangered lemurs continues hitch a ride on nurses’ scrubs Rachel Sereix

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The Chronicle Investigations are still ongoing after four lemurs died of unknown causes at the Duke Lemur Center.

Two female and two male aye-aye lemurs succumbed Oct. 25, and a fifth, who is now in recovery, also fell ill. The University’s Division of Laboratory Animal Resources as well as experts from Australia, New Zealand and across the United States are involved in an ongoing investigation into the cause of death.

“We have taken air samples starting the night of the event and on several different occasions, testing for volatile organic compounds. And we took water samples, we took feed and all of those have come back without any smoking gun,” said Bobby Schopler, a staff veterinarian at the Lemur Center. “So far there’s no indication of an infectious process.”

The center has already determined that the aye-ayes’ hearts were affected in all cases, Schopler said. The lemurs experienced pericardial effusion, during which the sac around the heart fills with fluid. Although there are no preliminary signs of infectious causes, the center is still in the process of testing various samples.

Employees at the center are closely monitoring the nine remaining aye-ayes and the other lemur species, which have shown no apparent sign of illness.

With only about 50 aye-aye lemurs currently living in captivity around the world, the four lemurs accounted for a significant percentage of the population. Schopler noted their deaths have put all research centers on

Special to The Chronicle The aye-aye lemurs, named Moriticia, Norman Bates, Merlin and Anjelique, died of unknown causes Oct. 25.

high alert, adding that 50 is a “magic number for sustainability.”

The loss of the four lemurs has significant impacts on the future of the aye-aye species.

“It makes breeding them even more important now,” said Andrea Katz, the Lemur Center’s animal curator. “It will cause us to double up on our breeding efforts. One of the challenges is going to be that three of the four animals that died were prime breeding age.”

The loss of the four lemurs was somber news for students and faculty, but an even greater devastation to some who work at the center.

Schopler described the traumatic event as the worst week of his 30-year professional life.

However, he and Katz noted that many people have reached out with their condolences.

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from patient to room. No nurse to patient transmissions were found. However, the results still concerning because the contamination of healthcare provider clothing can lead to contamination of hands and the overall hospital environment.

In addition, antiseptic scrubs did not lead to decreased contamination of nurses’ clothing.

“We believe there is growing evidence that the environment needs to be evaluated in these types of studies, and that hadn’t been done before,” Anderson wrote.

The most common organisms found were Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii and MRSA. Anderson wrote that the study reinforces past conclusions about basic infection prevention, such as hand washing and wearing disposable gowns and gloves, being essential for minimizing the

Simply entering a hospital room can put someone at risk of contamination, according to a new Duke study which found that scrubs could carry disease-causing germs.

Dr. Deverick Anderson, associate professor of medicine, led the research study—which used molecular analysis to determine whether antiseptic scrubs decreased contamination compared to standard surgical scrubs. In the study, researchers examined the scrubs at the beginning and end of nurses’ shifts and looked at disease cultures in the patients’ rooms.

Results showed that environmental factors can often cause scrubs to become infected.

“We were interested in this study because prior publications suggested that antisepticSee SCRUBS on Page 12 impregnated textiles and materials can decrease contamination, but evidence was not clear,” Anderson wrote in an email.

Healthcare clothing can often be contaminated during clinical care, and the bacteria remains on its fabric. However, some textiles have antiseptic properties, including nanoparticles, to reduce the risk of infection.

The study involved tracking 40 nurses in the Duke Medical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive Care Unit for three shifts each to see how much better antiseptic scrubs really were. Subjects received three different types of scrubs to wear during their shift, so that researchers could analyze germs levels longitudinally.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The researchers found 22 transmissions The study found that wearing antiseptic scrubs of the same bacteria, with six from patient did not lead to decreased contamination of to nurse, 6 from room to nurse and 10 nurses’ clothing.

Arts and Sciences Council examines proposed new curriculum Bre Bradham The Chronicle Arts and Sciences Council met Thursday to discuss the latest version of the proposed curriculum.

The proposal, dubbed “Experience Duke Deliberately,” currently calls for increasing the number of courses required for graduation and making up to six courses convertible to “credit/ no credit.” When the first outline of the new curriculum was presented in ​January, the Arts and Sciences Council debated and provided feedback on the proposal.

The curriculum committee recently introduced a revised draft, with a final version to be revealed in early 2017.

“I think that as we move forward with this curriculum, it is something we can all be proud of and excited about,” said Suzanne Shanahan, chair of the Imagining the Duke Curriculum Committee and an associate research professor of sociology. “This [process] is about ideas and feedback.”

Council members applauded the committee’s work. Alexander Rosenberg, the R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy, emphasized that the new curriculum will serve as a recruitment tool for the University.

“Here, we produced an outcome that meets the most important test that we can assess a curriculum with, and that is ‘does this curriculum attract the kind of students that we want to come to Duke?’

The previous curriculum didn’t,” he said. “I believe that this curriculum will attract the kinds of students to apply to Duke that we want to accept our invitation to come.”

Han Kang | The Chronicle Faculty members debated whether the new curriculum should allow AP credits to be counted at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting Thursday.

Frances Hasso, a council member and associate professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, had her students give feedback on the IDC’s proposal.

She told the council that the “mentored scholarly experience” and the secondary academic depth portions of the new curriculum were non-controversial and that the students appreciated the shift to requiring courses across five modes to be taken within the first two years.

However, her students took issue with the proposed Duke Experience seminar, which would be a required, year-long “multi-disciplinary team taught” seminar

for first-year students.

“They thought it was a terrible idea,” Hasso said. “They asked, ‘why would one want to be stuck with a professor and students for a whole year if the class doesn’t work out?’ It was really very interesting. People who have done FOCUS said that there is uneven quality in the courses and that there is not always a vibrant intellectual community, but at least you are in it for one semester.”

Several professors also took issue with increasing the number of courses required to graduate alongside the introduction of declaring up to six courses as “credit/

no credit.” They worried that this will result in students not taking the classes as seriously if they intend to declare them as “credit/no credit.”

Faculty also had a mixed reaction to the curriculum’s shift away from counting AP credits.

“We are cheating them of an education by not giving them at least 36 classes, and I think one of the strengths of this proposal is an increase in the total burden of education that students have to bear,” Rosenberg said.

The proposal allows departments to still use the classes to place students out of introduction classes.

Other professors expressed concern about the curriculum’s abolition of the foreign language requirement.

Valerie Ashby, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, thanked the council for their engagement and feedback on the proposal.

“I’m so proud of the way that we are having these discussions,” she said. “I’m excited about where we are going. We are almost there.”

There will be several town hall discussions during the next several weeks for members of the Duke community to provide feedback on the revised draft.

The Arts and Sciences Council also heard a presentation from Haiyan Gao, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Duke Kunshan University, and Henry Newsome, professor of physics, about the opportunities for faculty at DKU. “We would really love to have you visit,” Gao said. “Assuming the undergraduate degree will be approved, we will be busy searching, and we would like to invite you to be involved by asking you to serve on the DKU faculty search committees.”

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Zebrafish research highlights Regeneration Next initiative

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Researchers recently discovered the molecular factor that enables spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish.

Nathan Luzum The Chronicle A study from Duke’s Regeneration Next initiative has revealed clues about zebrafish spinal cord regeneration.

Researchers in the lab of Kenneth Poss, James B. Duke professor of cell biology and director of Regeneration Next, discovered a protein that promotes spinal cord repair in zebrafish.

“Regenerative medicine is the concept of replacing lost, damaged or diseased tissue with new healthy tissue,” Poss wrote in an email. “Approaches conceivably include the introduction of cells, genes, and/or drug cocktails to restore healthy tissue.”

Poss noted that zebrafish have the ability to form a bridge between two severed ends

of a spinal cord, which can be done in as little as two months. In the most recent study, investigators tried to discover the factor that enables this rapid repair.

“By screening in an unbiased way for genes that become active during spinal cord regeneration, we found a molecular factor (called CTGF), previously studied for other functions in tissue, that is required for the bridging process and can even accelerate events if added in excess,” Poss wrote.

The recent identification of the regenerative protein, however, is only a stepping stone in the effort to find viable regeneration methods for human tissue, he explained. More research must be conducted before the CTGF protein in zebrafish can yield clues to regeneration in humans.

Founded in January 2016, Regeneration

Next is a collaborative initiative formed by members of several departments who shared an interest in regenerative medicine research. It currently includes more than 50 Duke professors and clinicians.

“It’s a campus-wide initiative,” said Sharlini Sankaran, executive director of Regeneration Next. “It is a collection of like-minded researchers, clinicians and biomedical engineers who are all interested in solving this problem of regenerative biology and regenerative medicine.”

Sankaran explained that while the research of Regeneration Next occurs in each professor’s individual laboratory, the findings are all dedicated to advancing knowledge of regenerative medicine.

The community-building aspect of the organization is vital as well, she noted.

“We founded the initiative to bring together the community, to make sure we can have people working together and to establish Duke as a place to come to if you’re serious about this sort of research,” Sankaran said.

She explained that skeletal, muscular and kidney regeneration are just a few areas that Duke investigators are currently studying.

For example, Dr. Benjamin Alman, chair of orthopedic surgery at Duke Medical Center and co-director of Regeneration Next, is focusing on the body’s mechanisms of fracture repair.

Alman explained that although the bones of younger individuals may heal rather quickly, elderly bones can take much longer to become fully repaired. In response to fracture, blood cells produce certain proteins that contribute to accelerated healing, but these chemicals change with age.

“You actually can rejuvenate the pace of fracture repair by putting cells from younger animals in older animals to really make those fractures heal faster,” Alman said.

Even though Regeneration Next is in its beginning phase, researchers expressed confidence in the initiative’s future success.

Sankaran emphasized the necessity of building the program while continuing to pursue a wide range of research.

Four postdoctoral fellowships have been awarded thus far, and job postings are open to attract new faculty members specializing in regenerative medicine.

“We would like to be a place that’s very desirable for world-class researchers,” Sankaran said. “We are focused on funding young people and people at the beginning stage of their research careers because that’s an investment that will pay off.”

Courtesy of Duke Photography Kenneth Poss is the director of Regeneration Next, which was founded in January 2016.

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Blue Devil defense shuts down North Carolina’s high-powered offense in comeback win Jack Dolgin The Chronicle Call it the biggest game of the year for Duke.

It could have been a third straight romp for No. 15 North Carolina, which averages more than 450 yards per game.

In fact, it looked like it would be just that.

The Tar Heels scored three touchdowns and racked up 251 yards on their first four drives.

But then the Blue Devil defense buckled down, finally coming up with key stops in the game’s pivotal moments.

When North Carolina drove to open the third quarter, the game was tied at 21. And in of the the contest’s turning points, senior safety Deondre Singleton made one of Duke’s most spectacular plays of the season.

With a Tar Heel wideout breaking free across the middle, Singleton jumped into the passing line, deflecting the pass near the line of scrimmage before turning around to haul it in at the Blue Devils’ 27-yard line.

“He sure was pumped up. If it had been NFL rules, he would have scored because he got up and took off with the ball,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “The biggest key for us defensively in the second half was making them have to snap the ball multiple times every drive…. If we just make them snap it enough times, we will create something.”

The third interception of the season for junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky—and first in weather conditions that did not involve a hurricane—led the defense to crack down even more on a player who started the game completing 12-of-15 passes for 200 yards and all three North Carolina touchdowns.

Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Redshirt senior defensive tackle A.J. Wolf put pressure on Mitch Trubisky despite being held, forcing the game-sealing interception.

No defender elevated his game from the first half to the second more than freshman Mark Gilbert, who started the game at cornerback after senior Breon Borders suffered what Cutcliffe called a “mystifying” lower-leg injury.

Gilbert was a three-star recruit and chose Duke ahead of places like Louisville, Michigan and North Carolina. At first he played poorly, getting burned on a 19yard touchdown catch by 6-foot-5 wideout Bug Howard. Trubisky threw to Howard in single coverage on a comeback route, and Gilbert went for the ball and whiffed, letting the Tar Heel senior walk into the end zone.

But against one of the best receiving

trios in the nation—Howard, Ryan Switzer and Austin Proehl averaged about 200 receiving yards per game combined entering the game—Gilbert held his own in the second half. The Tar Heels only picked up 142 yards in the second half, including 87 through the air, and Duke’s defense stopped giving up the backbreaking explosive plays that have defined its recent losses to North Carolina and struggles closing out wins this year.

“That was a baptism, and some if it was tough,” Cutcliffe said of Gilbert. “But he didn’t panic.”

If Duke’s least experienced starter played his part defensively, then the same can be said about its most experienced player.

Defensive tackle A.J. Wolf—a fifth-year senior who leads the all Duke linemen with 46 games played—forced the game-sealing interception by putting pressure on Trubisky with the Tar Heels down by one at their own 18-yard line with a minute left. The Blue Devils’ leader in sacks, Wolf easily beat Mark Uptegraff, forcing the North Carolina offensive lineman to grab Wolf from behind to prevent a sack. Even with the hold, Wolf still nearly brought Trubisky down.

Duke declined the penalty after the errant throw went straight into the arms of safety Alonzo Saxton II—no North Carolina receiver was even in the vicinity.

“It reminded me of the win we had when I was a [true] freshman,” Wolf said. “That emotion is probably times five because I’ve been here for five years.”

It was a marked turn of events for a defense that has been asked to close games late and come up short.

Against Georgia Tech Oct. 29 and thenNo. 23 Virginia Tech Nov. 5, Cutcliffe opted for his offense to punt and let the defense get the ball back late rather than going for it on 4th-and-3 and 4th-and-7.

Those gambles did not work.

But Cutcliffe said those experiences built up his team for Thursday’s game, and he will plant a piece of paper—with a list of areas the team needs to improve in—below the playing surface as a metaphor for the squad’s growth.

“I told [the coaches], ‘If this works—and it will if we do what we’re asked to do— we’re going to plant it out there in that field,” Cutcliffe said. “If you plant it and you fertilize it, it will happen again. You’ll win more close games.”

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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Gary Trent Jr. (right) became Duke’s first five-star commitment in the Class of 2017 Thursday evening.

On the eve of their first regularseason game, the Blue Devils got a big piece of news that will help them next season.

Five-star shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. committed to Duke Thursday evening during a one-hour special on ESPNU. The Apple Valley, Minn., native chose the Blue Devils instead of Michigan State and UCLA and joins four-star shooting guard Alex O’Connell in Duke’s Class of 2017.

Trent Jr. is the No. 8 prospect in the 2017 ESPN 100 and one of the most coveted high school seniors in the nation due to his ability to rack up points in a hurry. At 6-foot-5, the guard has the stature and physicality needed

to score against smaller defenders in the post and off the dribble. Trent Jr. was one of the best performers in the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship games and could become even more dangerous offensively if he continues to improve his jump shot.

The Blue Devils’ ability to get a commitment from Trent Jr. bodes well for their chances of landing another top target in power forward Wendell Carter.

The duo has expressed its desire to play together, and Carter—ESPN’s third-ranked prospect in the Class of 2017—could be tempted to follow his friend to Durham. Trent Jr. and Carter were both in attendance at Countdown to Craziness earlier this year and could be two valuable pieces as the Blue Devils begin to build another top-five recruiting class.

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No. 1 Blue Devils limp into regular season Andrew Donohue The Chronicle One of the No. 1 Blue Devils’ main preseason goals was to stay healthy.

That expectation has fallen apart in the past month, and the Duke team that takes the court for the team’s season opener will likely look very different than the Marist one many expected to see. vs.

The Blue Devils Duke will host Marist Friday at 7 p.m. before FRIDAY, 7 p.m. taking on Grand Cameron Indoor Stadium Canyon Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Cameron Grand Canyon Indoor Stadium in the opening rounds of vs. the Basketball Hall of Duke Fame Tip-Off without freshman center SATURDAY, 5:30 p.m.

Marques Bolden.

Cameron Indoor Stadium Duke announced Monday that Bolden suffered a left lowerleg injury, meaning the Blue Devils will open the year without two of their top three fivestar frontcourt players since Harry Giles is still out following arthroscopic knee surgery in early October.

Luckily for Duke, it should get 6-foot-8 freshman star Jayson Tatum back from a foot sprain and has the depth to withstand the losses. In both of the Blue Devils’

exhibitions, a full-court, man-to-man defense leading to free-flowing offense was the theme in a pair of blowouts.

“Defensively, we really wanted to get in the passing lanes and try to be more versatile,” senior captain Matt Jones said after Duke beat Augustana 98-45 Friday.

“We tried to throw a couple more defenses at them to see if we could do it in the regular season.”

With Bolden out after resting against the Vikings, the Blue Devils could either start a bigger lineup with sophomore Chase Jeter alongside graduate student Amile Jefferson in the frontcourt or utilize Tatum at one of the forward spots to speed up the tempo.

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s decision could indicate how he wants to leverage Duke’s depth this season, with Grayson Allen, Jones, Tatum and Jefferson likely to start assuming Tatum is healthy.

Instead of using Jeter with that group, the Blue Devils could start sophomore guard Luke Kennard or freshman Frank Jackson to utilize a smaller starting five.

But Jeter—who struggled as a freshman— looked more composed in the Augustana game, putting up 15 points and 12 rebounds against the smaller Vikings. “[Chase] did an amazing job,” Jefferson said after the game. “He was really active around the rim. He did a good job protecting our basket. He was always lively when he caught the ball.”

Regardless of whether or not he starts, Jeter will look to build on last week’s effort

Jack White | The Chronicle All-American Grayson Allen and company have had to watch some of their most talented teammates go down in recent weeks.

against two more undersized teams with a Tuesday contest against No. 3 Kansas in the Champions Classic on the horizon.

Marist is coming off a 7-23 season, but returns most of its key pieces led by preseason first team All-MAAC guard Khallid Hart. At 6-foot-2, Hart averaged 20.3 points last year and will try to help Marist get out of the conference cellar after the Red Foxes only posted nine conference wins in the last two seasons.

Jones and Jackson would be likely candidates for Duke to stick on Hart,

who shot 38.3 percent from 3-point range last season. Both Blue Devil guards were particularly active defensively in exhibition play, with Jones posting six steals against Augustana.

“Matt is solid,” Krzyzewski said after the game. “[He’s] just steady.... He’s not trying to be anyone else, he’s just trying to be himself.”

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Defense leads Duke to first-ever No. 1 overall seed Alex Sanfilippo The Chronicle

Competing in the NCAA tournament is nothing new for the Blue Devils, whose seniors have already been to two Final Fours.

But competing as the top overall seed is still unfamiliar territory for Duke.

Despite a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils American received the No. 1 vs. overall seed in the NCAA tournament.

No. 1 Led by a reliable Duke defense that has SATURDAY, 11:30 a.m. allowed just five Jack Katz Stadium goals in its last six games, Duke will host American Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Jack Katz Stadium, with the winner advancing to Sunday’s quarterfinal to face the winner of Louisville-Delaware.

American knocked off Kent State 2-1 Wednesday in a tournament play-in game, and carries a three-game winning streak into Saturday’s tilt as the Blue Devils try to shake off their second loss to North Carolina this season. The Tar Heels outshot Duke 22-6.

“We’re trying to get everyone back on the same page,” junior defender Alyssa Chillano said. “We want to get everyone playing the field hockey that we know and that we are good at—back to our basic skills, back to our fast play, back to our

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle First-team All-ACC defender Alyssa Chillano is one of three Blue Devils with at least 10 goals this year.

attacking mindset.”

Saturday’s matchup will be the first between Duke (15-3) and American (14-6) since 2010, when the Eagles came away with a 3-1 victory in Washington. Although the Blue Devil defense led Duke to 11 top-20 wins during the regular season, redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sammi Steele and company will face an American offense that averages nearly 16 shots per game.

The Patriot League champions have four players with at least seven goals on the season led by Natalie Konerth, who has 14 tallies on the year.

Penalty corner defense—an area of inconsistency for the Blue Devils during

the year—will be particularly important against the Eagles, who have garnered 165 corners to Duke’s 95. But with Steele playing her best at the end of the season after goalkeeper was a question mark coming in to the season, the Blue Devils are confident they can make a second straight Final Four with two wins this week behind their back line.

“Our program traditionally takes pride in our defense,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “It’s something we take pride in and want to rely on. One of the season’s unknowns was losing [goalkeeper] Lauren Blazing, who was a four-year starter and AllAmerican, and how we would have either

Sammi or Kelsey [Wagner] step into that role.... I couldn’t be more pleased with our goalie situation.”

Although Duke made the Final Four last year, it entered the NCAA tournament as a 2-4 ACC team that needed to upset No. 3 seed Virginia to get there.

Even after losing Blazing and four other key seniors, adding freshmen like Margaux Paolino—who set the program’s freshman assist record with 13—to a veteran offense sparked a team that won its first eight games for the first time ever.

“We started the season with uncertain expectations,” Bustin said. “We didn’t know where our definite strengths would be and who would step up. The team accepted that and every week we worked to see what our strengths were and as we kept building, we started to identify them, all of which has led us to where we are now.”

It’s clear now that the team excels at turning defense into offense, pushing the ball forward after strong challenges force turnovers. The result is a dangerous team that outscores opponents 3.4-1.5 on average and scored at least five goals five times during the regular season.

Chillano, senior Heather Morris and graduate student Aisling Naughton have combined for 32 goals on the year, but three of their teammates have backed them up with at least five apiece when defenses focus on Duke’s main offensive weapons.

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Duke searching for offense entering NCAA tourney Cole Winton The Chronicle After a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA championship game a year ago against Penn State, Duke is looking to make another deep run this time around.

The Blue Devils Charlotte will have a chance to vs. take their first step toward redemption No. 3 Duke this weekend.

No. 3 seed Duke SATURDAY, 1 p.m. will take on Charlotte Koskinen Stadium in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at 1 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium. Although the Blue Devils hope to make another deep run in November, Duke is making sure it takes things one game at a time despite being heavy favorites against the 49ers.

“You can’t look past anybody at this stage, because if you do then you’re not going to be playing in [the following games],” Duke

head coach Robbie Church said. “All our focus and all our talk and everything has been about playing Charlotte. That is the only thing that I’m focusing on.”

The Blue Devils (12-4-3) are coming into this weekend’s action after a gut-wrenching loss in penalty kicks to Florida State in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament.

Duke has won just one of its last four matches and will hope some time away from the field allows it to regain the form the team displayed in a five-game win streak beginning in the end of September.

On the other side of the pitch, Charlotte (11-8-2) enters the weekend riding a wave of momentum after winning three games in five days to clinch the Conference USA tournament title and earn a bid for the NCAA tournament. With the 49ers coming into the tournament with confidence, the Blue Devils will look to get off to a quick start and put any ideas of a potential upset to rest.

But getting on the board has not been easy for Duke in recent weeks.

Although the Blue Devils averaged

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Senior All-American Christina Gibbons was recently named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

around 2.1 goals per game this season, Duke has not scored more than two goals in a month. The Blue Devils were outshot 17-8 in their most recent loss and have struggled to create consistent pressure on the defense in large stretches of games this season.

Duke will certainly have opportunities to score against a Charlotte defense that was suspect in contests against ranked opponents this season. The 49ers lost to both then-No. 9 North Carolina and thenNo. 22 South Carolina during the regular season by the score 3-0.

“We’ve created chances against some of the best teams in the country, so we’re going to create chances. We have to be able to finish,” Church said. “Once we see one or two go in, we’re going to be very excited about that, and hopefully we can build on that not only for Charlotte, but [also] for the rest of the tournament.”

Although the Blue Devils would like to get their offense going, the team’s defense has remained stout throughout the season with ACC Defensive Player of the Year

Christina Gibbons leading the way. When the Duke defense has allowed shots on goal, junior goalkeeper EJ Proctor has been solid in net with only 13 goals allowed in 19 games this season.

With the Blue Devils just one year removed from a run to the national title game, this year’s team will certainly draw comparisons to last year’s group if Duke progresses through the tournament.

But this iteration has a much different look with eight freshmen on the roster and three of the starters from a year ago currently sidelined with injuries.

“I’m very proud of what we’ve done during the regular season, but we always look forward because our goals are championships and now it’s a chance to play for a national championship, and that’s always something that excites our program,” Church said.

The Blue Devils will look to continue working toward their goal with a win Saturday to set up a matchup with either Michigan or Illinois State Nov. 18.

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team,” Rahming said.

Duke will now travel to Pittsburgh next week as the Blue Devils look to reach a fifth straight bowl game. A 5-7 Duke team could qualify given its Academic Progress Rate score and the number of bowl games that cannot field 6-6 teams, making the team’s last two games after Thursday’s huge win even more meaningful.

“It shows us that these last few games, we’ve been close, we kept fighting and coming up a little bit short,” Jones said.

“Coming out on top shows us what kind of fight, perseverance and persistence can do for us.”

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The Antelopes are coached by Dan Majerle, a 14-year NBA veteran, and return three players from a team that finished second in the WAC last year, including preseason WAC Player of the Year Joshua Braun. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 16.5 points per game on 41.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc, and will have another sharpshooter on his team in four-star freshman guard Oscar Frayer—the best recruit in program history.

Without their anchor down low in Bolden, the Blue Devils will look to defend their No. 1 ranking and build more confidence before facing three quality opponents next week.

“As Duke basketball players, we have a target on ourselves,” Jackson said Wednesday. “Everyone plays their best against us and we definitely look to that. We can’t take plays off, we can’t be nonchalant during the game and such because we know that the teams are going to bring their best effort.”

Even after watching Bolden and Giles suffer preseason setbacks, Duke is ready to build on its 125-game nonconference home winning streak.

“I’m excited,” Jackson said. “Our team is ready, we’ve been preparing for this moment and for this season and so I’m excited get out there and play Friday night.

FIELD HOCKEY from page 7 Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Alonzo Saxton sealed the win with his late interception—the Blue Devils kept North Carolina out of the end zone on its last seven drives.

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After a Deondre Singleton interception to start the third quarter, the Blue Devils held North Carolina to two field goals the rest of the half with the offense giving the unit plenty of time to rest on the sidelines.

Duke controlled the ball for almost twothirds of the game.

The Tar Heels elected to punt after crossing midfield with less than nine minutes left, but Duke chewed up almost seven minutes of clock to flip the field after starting from its own one-yard line. Jones finished with 334 total yards and three touchdowns as the Blue Devils (4-6, 1-5) went 10-of-17 on third downs, and junior running back Shaun Wilson had 107 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries.

If the Blue Devils best American, a contest against Louisville (15-5) would a familiar one—Duke knocked off the thenNo. 6 Cardinals on the road 1-0 earlier this year. A game against Delaware (19-2) would be more uncertain, as the nation’s leading scorer Greta Nauck powers a topfive scoring offense that notches 4.2 tallies each time it takes the field.

After advancing to the Final Four in 2013 on their home field, the Blue Devil seniors hope they can experience that feeling again as they pursue the program’s first-ever national title.

“It’s an awesome thing to earn,” Bustin said of home-field advantage. “It’s not easy to have that home seed and we’re excited to be here with our fans and the familiarity of Jack Katz Stadium. It’s great that we can stay on our regular schedule all week. It’s exciting to see everyone get The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation ready for the 620 weekend.”

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“We thought we could effectively run the ball, and we thought we would be put in position where we got the right down and distance,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We didn’t have very many third-and-longs, and when you do that, you have a good chance of keeping the football.”

Twice on the key fourth-quarter drive, Jones found sophomore T.J. Rahming on the edge for third-down conversions, including a conversion near midfield when Rahming caught a pass in the flat then eluded two North Carolina defenders with a spin move.

The Blue Devils had struggled previously with generating big plays downfield, but five players had catches of at least 15 yards as Duke sealed its first ACC win.

“Coach [Cutcliffe] said we needed a big play and I had to make a big play for our

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ast week, the Harvard men’s soccer team was sidelined over the creation of a spreadsheet that ranked members of the women’s soccer team by attractiveness and contained sexual “summaries” of each player. The team members’ actions were widely denounced across Harvard’s campus and the broader country. Today, we explore the necessity of Harvard’s strict punishment, put the issue in broad context and examine what needs to be done further—at Harvard and at other institutions, including Duke.

Few question the necessity of a strong administrative punishment for the men’s team’s actions. Although the line between offensive and inoffensive content is occasionally murky, it was remarkably clear here.

The graphic language used in the spreadsheets dehumanized a group of people, reducing them into to sexual objects. Their skills, their intelligence and the personalities were replaced by a number (“6”), a description (“most STD ridden”) and a row in a spreadsheet. The offending members of the men’s team ignored the women’s humanity, dignity and safety solely for some lewd humor and sexual fantasies.

The Harvard administration was right to firmly crack down on them.

Some have argued that they were punished for

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nothing—that a spreadsheet and a few emails could not have truly hurt anyone and that the whole ordeal was a bit of harmless fun. Balderdash. Sexual violence and harmful culture do not come out of nowhere.

They are birthed through the normalization of reducing others to sexual objects. The spreadsheet was a physical manifestation of toxic attitudes towards women. It not only dehumanized them, but made it made individuals explicit sexual targets.

All members of the men’s soccer team, innocent,

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guilty or silent deserve the punishment handed down to them. Those who failed to speak up in the face of injustice allowed perpetrators to continue. Whether bystanders are equally culpable or not is not salient given the gravity of this situation; if individuals feel they acted less immorally than their peers, let them prove that with their future actions.

Critics of the punishment might argue that the men’s team’s privacy was unfairly invaded and that the documents were meant to be secret. In response, we would first note that the emails and spreadsheet themselves were an invasion of privacy of the

women’s soccer team, detailing past sexual histories and supposed sexual preferences. We would next point out that secrecy is not a shield for immorality.

The punishment doled out for these private emails is legitimate for the same reason public scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s emails was legitimate; potential harmful impact on the public outweighed the fact that the emails were meant to be private. In fact, we hope that Harvard moves beyond its current chosen consequences to examine a campus culture in which these emails could exist in secrecy.

That culture, though, is not unique to Harvard.

Given Duke’s unfortunate history with sexual assault and the recent news on an alum of Duke being charged for a rape that allegedly occurred at the university, it’s important to recognize the culture exists on our campus too. It is easy to explain away silence on sexually inappropriate behavior with excuses of friendship or fraternity, but it is no way okay. Students should always challenge those who act unjustly.

Only by reporting on the “small” things can we learn to act justly when something worse occurs. In looking at Harvard’s scandal from afar, we urge our fellow Duke community members to be brave enough to ensure that similar practices on our campus do not go unchallenged.

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ith the stagnation of public funding sources and the competition for academic or industry positions tougher than ever before, scientists, especially those vying for precious tenure-track positions, are under substantial pressure to make a name for themselves.

But at the same time, as the number of researchers continues to increase, it has become harder to evaluate them and determine who deserves grant money or a tenure position. Success in science has been boiled down into simple metrics, for example: the number of papers published, the impact factor of the journal publishing the paper and the number of citations the paper has accumulated. In an interview with ScienceNews, psychologist Brian Nosek claims that “[r]eal evaluation of scientific quality is as hard as doing the science in the first place…So, just like everyone else, scientists

More imperative is the pressure on making these publications seem better than they actually are.

There’s a glaring conflict of interest in the scientific world, in that the fundamental responsibility of a scientist is to execute a study and judge the results to determine whether his/her hypothesis is valid.

But when the scientist so badly wants that result to be positive, it’s very likely that there will be inherent bias, even if it’s subconscious. Whether intentional or not, bias plays a significant role in science, from its initial designs to analysis of the results. A great deal of literature has been written on the subject of scientific bias and how to avoid it, but nevertheless a meta-study published in The Lancet estimates that 85 percent of the 240 billion dollars invested in life sciences research was wasted on inefficiencies and bad science.

Fortunately, these problems can be repaired, although it will take considerable effort to do so.

The root of the problem is the incentivization of positive results. The mainstream media also

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use heuristics to evaluate each other’s work when they don’t have time to dig into it for a complete evaluation.” As a result, the system in place heavily incentivizes both a constant stream of publications and splashy, novel results, which each have negative effects on good science.

The “publish-or-perish” mantra is most prevalent for assistant professors who are working towards attaining a tenured position. In the limited time they have to prove themselves to their colleagues, they must be able to display proficiency in developing a successful research program, while simultaneously training and teaching students.

Anyone who has dabbled in research, especially in the natural sciences, can attest that coming up with a working project, let alone a groundbreaking discovery, from scratch within just a year or two is not an easy task. In fields like chemistry or biology, it’s easier and less risky to stretch out preestablished ideas instead of coming up with new ideas that have low probabilities of becoming successful. Often, new professors pursue research that’s simply a direct corollary of existing discoveries and doesn’t lead to any particularly new studies. Thus, placing value on the number of publications can lead to wastes of time, energy and money.

tends to fixate on sensational topics when it comes to reporting scientific discoveries, often misunderstanding and describing misleading claims. To a scientist, negative results can be just as helpful as, if not more so than positive results. Although it may be difficult to determine which negative results are actually beneficial, there are journals, like the “Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine,” that are making strides towards this publishing these kinds of conclusions. Unfortunately, these journals have encountered limited success because of the negative stigma associated with publishing in these journals. Professors who submit articles to journals that focus on negative results are often looked down upon, and their future work may not be seriously considered by their peers.

Furthermore, focusing on the robustness of research methods and design would help encourage methodical thinking and deter the sloppy science that’s riddled with false positives. The thought process that fuels great discoveries, which is perhaps most valuable to those reading about them, tends to be obscured in our current outcome-based system.

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try not to use this column as a space for personal reflection.

Every two weeks, I am given a platform to bring to light important social issues, and I do my best to base these pieces in fact, evidence and careful research.

Today feels different. Today feels deeply personal and deeply urgent.

The most experienced person ever to seek the office of President of the United States was just defeated by her least-qualified adversary.

My obvious political qualms with president-elect Donald Trump are numerous. I fear for our diplomatic relationships, for our welfare state, for the Supreme Court, for my black, brown and LGBTQ+ friends who will inevitably be further marginalized by

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power and of the demographic change ahead, white America voted on pure anger and fear over rationality. Donald Trump, for all of his incompetence, tapped into the pervasive paranoia and uncertainty in this nation, earning 58 percent of the white vote. He roused an electorate willing to act on impulse, willing to throw civility out the window for the simple fear of an inevitable cultural shift.

But make no mistake: the shift is coming. The census predicts that by about mid-century, the white population in the United States will dip under 50 percent. Millennials will age, pushing for increased equality and progress (54% of them voted for Clinton). Diversity in this country is not something to fear nor shun;

CUT THE BULL coming legislation. In every corner of both foreign and domestic policy, there is now a potential for extreme regression and polarization. Strides made over the past eight years, like the Affordable Care Act, marriage equality and cleaner energy, are at serious risk. Any hope for progressive action on criminal justice reform, universal healthcare and public education stands little chance in the next four years. And yet, perhaps more viscerally frightening than any political consequence of this election is the hateful rhetoric that Americans just redeemed.

A man who called MexicanAmericans “rapists” and “criminals” will now represent Mexican-Americans.

A man who cruelly mocked a disabled journalist will now represent disabled Americans. A man who implemented racist housing policies against Black Americans will now represent the same Black Americans. A man who bragged about long-term federal tax evasion will now represent all American taxpayers. A man who threatened to ban all Muslims will now represent their freedom of religion. A man who bragged about grabbing women “by the p***y” was just elected to represent every American woman and every American feminist.

The deep-rooted disgust that so many of us felt in hearing these hateful words is all the worse after Tuesday’s results.

On Tuesday, this hate was vindicated, even embraced, by a massive population of American voters.

If anything, Donald Trump’s election revealed the rampant and unpredictable anger of the vast majority of white Americans. In a country that is rapidly diversifying in terms of race, sexuality and religion, the United States reverted to emotional nationalism over an acceptance of the future. Fearful of a perceived loss in

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n Tuesday night, the contrast between sorrowful tears and exultant cheers created a harrowing scene. Even more disturbing was that these emotional reactions fed off each other with each intensifying the other. The giddiness of Trump supporters isn’t simply rooted in the victory of their candidate, but also (and perhaps to a greater extent) in the distress of their political opponents.

On Facebook, one of my friends wrote unabashedly of the schadenfreude he felt at the sight of liberals “tearing out their hair.”

The poor manner in which liberals are handling the loss of their candidate makes me doubt that they would have been any more gracious or conciliatory in victory. Most of them—

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In many ways, all sides need to show greater empathy. Those who voted for Donald Trump must recognize that the fear and anger of minorities across the country is legitimate. The Presidentelect ran a campaign littered with discriminatory comments and promises.

Since the election, many hateful acts perpetrated by his supporters make it clear that bigotry was not a non-factor in this race as some have claimed. However, blanket statements that all Trump’s supporters are some combination of racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic are wrong. These comments delegitimize the very real struggles that drove many to vote for the man who will be sworn into office on Jan. 20. They also feed the feelings of alienation and disaffection that provided

INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS rather, it is our greatest strength and most valuable asset.

If you voted for Trump for the sake of “financial conservatism,” keep in mind the rhetoric that you have abetted. If you voted for Trump silently, too ashamed to tell your friends, then you were fully aware of the meaning of your vote. History will remember this election. It will remember the excuses, the denial, the reactionary nature of this time.

There is a sobering self-awareness in the lengths being traveled in order to preserve Republican power, especially across the South. The conscious suppression of black voting, of youth voting, of women voting, represents the conscious defense of institutional racism, rape culture and division.

Now more than ever, we must work together to make sure that the political consequences of this election are not irreversible, to fight for a government that represents all people and all interests. Justice, pragmatism and simple empathy demand our best efforts—to fight for truth in our journalism and political systems and equality under the law and an optimistic global mindset.

Today is personal. Today I feel deeply as a woman, as a Jew, as a survivor of sexual assault and as an ally. As someone who fought long and hard to prevent this outcome, and who witnessed the incredible work of so many others committed to the same cause, today was eerie. Students walked campus in silence, their eyes puffy from crying. But tomorrow, our eyes will be bright and hopeful, looking toward the future.

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forgetting Michelle Obama’s call that “when they go low, we go high”—make unconstructive, inflammatory remarks on the bigotry and unintelligence of their fellow citizens. Late on election night, a Public Policy professor approached some of my Trump-supporting friends at the Bull Durham Bar to tell them that he didn’t understand how they were admitted to this school.

There is a deepening division in American society. However, what truly frightens me is the rising political animosity. Pew Research opinion polls show an increase of partisan antipathy over time. The percentage of people who hold “very unfavorable” attitudes towards the opposite political party has tripled from 1994 to now. While the percentage of parents who disapprove of their child marrying someone of a different race or religion has gone down over time, the opposite trend holds for parents who disapprove of their child marrying someone of the opposite political party.

In a recent piece in The Chronicle, one student wrote that a majority of the country deemed him “less than human” on Tuesday night. His article conveyed the disgust he felt that half of the country voted for someone he considers a despicable person. This revulsion is shared by millions on both sides. Jonathan Haidt, in a WSJ op-ed, points out that the prevalence of this feeling is worrisome because “disgust dehumanizes its targets [which] is why it is usually fostered by the perpetrators of genocide—disgust makes it easier for ordinary citizens to kill their neighbors.” This is how we end up at a point where one citizen’s anguish causes another’s delight. How can we move past this vile situation?

another impetus to vote for Trump.

Indeed, Jason Willick notes the symbiotic relationship between the militant PC left and the alt-right that helped elect the Republican nominee.

How can people become more empathetic towards those on the opposite side of the political spectrum?

One solution, Haidt, a leader in the field of moral psychology, tells us, is greater proximity. Indeed, Americans interact less and less (both in the real and the virtual world) with those who hold different political views than them. Urban populations are becoming overwhelmingly liberal while rural areas are much more conservative. Institutions where people of different political convictions could come together such as churches and universities are moving towards political homogeneity. Social media newsfeeds are echo chambers. The average liberal individual will go onto Facebook to read posts about the oppression of minorities and the privilege of white straight males, while his or her conservative counterpart will enjoy a catalogue of reasons President Obama should be impeached.

Greater proximity will allow people to become more familiar with others and with their fears, frustrations and insecurities. Overtime, familiarity can transform into empathy and even love, the most powerful check on the human inclination towards tribalism. So to all those who have sought to end their relationships with those who voted for the “wrong candidate,” why don’t you begin a conversation instead?

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“We have gotten so many emails and phone calls and messages of support—it’s really phenomenal—from all over the world,” Katz said. “It’s really, really kind. It sounds trivial, but it helps. People who take care of animals know what it’s like. It felt so absolutely helpless that afternoon.”

Sara Clark, director of communications at the Lemur Center, noted that the center is not fully funded by Duke and relies on private revenue, so donations and visits to the center are helpful in funding animal care.

Schopler asked the Duke community to remain patient and refrain from putting extra pressure on the investigation. He added that the center is conducting tests on food, bodily fluids, the lemurs’ intestines and stomachs, air and water.

“What we didn’t want to happen was people to speculate and come up with wild scenarios that could start all kinds of rumors,” Schopler said.

Updated sample results are expected some time in the next few weeks, as some samples have longer processing times.

“For sure the Duke community will be the first to know as soon as we figure this out,” Katz said.

“One important thing we’ve talked about with administration is keeping it a way that when students walk into a classroom, they don’t know whether it’s a contingent faculty member or not,” she said.

Second, Gilebbi noted a tentative agreement to form a “labor management committee” as soon as the first contract is actually finalized. This would ensure, he said, that DTF can accommodate issues that might arise after the contract is signed.

“Duke is an institution that changes, and it changes pretty fast,” he said. “The students change, the needs of students change, so we need to keep the dialogue with administration ongoing.”

Lastly, there is a tentative agreement to explicitly include in the contract provisions allowing faculty members to address discrimination claims and preserve academic freedom. Anderson said contingent faculty, who are hired on a semester-to-semester basis, can sometimes be wary to voice controversial opinions.

One concern from the negotiations, however, involves the freedom of speech of the DTF members, Gilebbi and Anderson said. They said the University had tried to introduce language whereby the union’s members would not be allowed to protest for unrelated causes—which would have prevented them from supporting graduate students at Thursday’s rally, for example.

“We would like the right to support other people, to have our voices heard,” Anderson said, emphasizing how important this provision was to members of DTF. Schoenfeld wrote in an email that the University would not comment as negotiations are in progress.

Editor’s note: The Chronicle spoke with Barish by both phone and email.

sophomore Harshil Garg, who also requested an extension, said it was unwise for professors to schedule midterms after election day in the first place. He added that professors should make some accommodations given students’ distress, and Gulcicek argued that professors have the option of swapping different lessons on the syllabus to accommodate students.

Garg’s professor allowed students to submit a Short-Term Illness Notification Form for emotional anxiety if needed, he said. He noted that he would have been upset had his professor not taken the election into account.

David Banks, professor of statistical science, said he had no plans to either change his grading scheme or the exam date solely due to an election.

“In life, you may be disappointed, but you still have to get up and go to work and do your job,” Banks said. “Certainly I understand many students were unhappy with the election results, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t do what you’re responsible for and do the next thing.”

This was largely due to the rigidity of his syllabus, Banks said, which did not allow him to deviate or else material would not be covered.

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Researchers concluded that a transmission triangle between patients, the environment and the healthcare professional can largely account for the spread of bacteria.

“People contaminate their environment with their bacteria,” Anderson wrote. “Hospital rooms are particularly prone to this because sick patients don’t move from beds often and we aren’t always able to clean them as well as we would like.”

Revisiting safe spaces Other groups on campus have stepped in to help students cope with fears about a Trump presidency.

The Chronicle reported in August that the Sanford School of Public Policy was creating a safe space room for students, which was soon met with backlash from conservative media outlets. In response to the vote, however, the room’s organizers are using the room to help students respond to the election.

The “Sanford Safe Space” was open for drop-in visits Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, said Quinton Smith, associate in research at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Among the topics discussed by the 16 people who dropped in during the day were “disillusionment and disappointment,” Smith wrote in an email, as well as fear that they can no longer “express their identities in a way of their choosing.”

One of the room’s main organizers— Kathryn Whetten, a professor of public policy and nursing—said that she has had poignant conversations about the election. For example, she told the story of a student who was brought to America with her family, but was scared of deportation and “having to go to a country she doesn’t know without her family.”

Pushing back against the notion that safe spaces were somehow for “coddled liberals,” Whetten argued the election proves the necessity of safe spaces to facilitate dialogue.

“I would say that the election has shown the importance of these kinds of spaces so that we can have the intellectually rigorous discussion,” she said. “If we had been able to use this earlier, it would have been really good to have people who felt so disenfranchised that Trump spoke to them, instead of hiding they were supporters because they felt others would look down on them.”

The Center for Multicultural Affairs did something similar to the safe space, holding a healing space from noon to 3:00 p.m., and it has opened itself up to anyone fearful after the election.

“This morning the CMA professional staff received a text message from one of the students we work with, and she asked us first if we could have a healing space for students.

We’ve had several in the past in response to various national tragedies like the uprising in Charlotte for example,” said Joanne Kang, a staff member. “And our doors are open all day, so if any students want to talk to any of the staff, they definitely can.”

Samantha Neal contributed reporting. This version has been condensed for print. The full version can be found online.

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