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Asian, Asian-American students gather for community discussion Aleena Karediya The Chronicle Following recent racial tensions on campuses across the country, a coalition of student organizations initiated an open conversation Monday night to discuss the challenges and hardships faced by the Asian and Asian-American student body.

The event—titled “What does it mean to be Asian and Asian-American at Duke?”—included both large-group and small-group discussions and covered topics such as the inclusiveness of Asian and Asian-American identities and the lack of a safe space for Asians and Asian-Americans at Duke. Sophomore Christine Lee, political and service chair of the Asian Students Association, mentioned in her opening address that one of the primary goals for the meeting was to establish a conversational space for Asian students.

“We realized that we as a community did not have an open space for conversation,” Lee said. “[The organizers] thought that creating one was the most important first step.”

Junior Shalini Subbarao, president of external affairs for Duke Diya, echoed the goal of inclusivity, explaining that there are many overarching experiences that tie together the Asian and AsianAmerican community as a whole.

To demonstrate examples of shared experiences between the different Asian

Han Kang | The Chronicle Members of the Asian community at Duke discussed issues ranging from the portrayal of Asians in the media to generational divides.

communities, students were asked to participate in an activity in which students checked options on a form that listed negative experiences associated with Asian identity, such as feeling embarrassed wearing ethnic clothing, changing names to be more employable and feeling like an outsider due to race.

Small-group and large-group discussions throughout the event

addressed aspects of the definition of “Asian” both at and away from Duke, such as the difference between Asian and Asian-American, as well as differences in parents’ versus students’ identities. The Asian Muslim population at Duke was briefly mentioned, and some students in attendance asked why Muslims are often not included within discussions of the Asian identity. Other questions

dealt with the lack of Asian and AsianAmerican experiences in the political, social and entertainment spheres.

One group discussed the idea that Asian parents often perpetuate divides both within the Asian community and between Asian and other communities.

Some students discussed how they had See DISCUSSION on Page 5

Colleagues defend Califf amid criticisms of industry ties Abigail Xie The Chronicle Dr. Robert Califf, former vice chancellor of clinical and translational research, may soon be taking helm of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but not without resistance from organizations and politicians who argue that his experience at Duke has made him too close to the industry.

President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Califf—who is currently the deputy commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco— for FDA commissioner in September.

Since then, certain health and patient advocacy organizations and politicians have voiced concerns about Califf’s ability to lead the regulatory agency of the pharmaceutical industry, given his extensive history working with drug

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Many in the medical community have endorsed him, however, arguing that his well-known expertise and scientific integrity make him the best candidate for the job, which involves decisions on whether certain drugs or medical products are safe and effective enough to bring to market.

“Rob has gotten almost uniform support from his academic colleagues, even some of which are very strongly anti-industry,” said Dr. Eric Peterson, executive director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, who added that he considers Califf a mentor and a role model. “Dr. Califf is an incredible scientist and a wonderful doctor. Rob is considered incredibly knowledgeable and fair and a change agent in all of the things seen as needed by the FDA.” Califf’s nomination awaits approval from the Senate Committee on Health,

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Education, Labor and Pensions. At his first confirmation hearing Nov. 17, most members seemed “largely friendly” and “set to support his candidacy,” according to the New York Times.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats, were among those who voiced their opposition, with Sanders ultimately saying he would not vote for Califf.

“If you look at my record, you will find I have never been a proponent of lowering standards; if anything I’ve argued for raising standards,” Califf said in response to a question from Warren regarding the FDA’s regulatory standards, according to TIME. Considered one of the world’s leading experts in clinical trials, Califf was the founding director of the DCRI, See CALIFF on Page 6

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Campus Democrats and Republicans clash in heated debate Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle Hot-button political issues were debated in an event featuring Duke Democrats and Duke College Republicans Monday night.

During the event—sponsored by Duke Student Government and a number of student organizations focusing on government and politics—campus representatives of the two major political parties showcased the diversity of political beliefs on campus. The debate was held at Perkins Library in a room that many students complained was uncomfortably warm. Moderator Richard Salsman, a visiting assistant professor of political science, questioned the representatives about issues such as income inequality, racial discrimination, the national debt and LGBTQ discrimination.

Students’ questions, which were asked in person and over social media, covered issues including climate change, Planned Parenthood and American exceptionalism.

“The Battle of the Brains debate series will focus on fostering some intellectual ideas between students and between professors in an extracurricular environment,” said DSG Senator Jacob Glasser, a freshman.

Although Salsman said that a wide range of topics were covered, DCR President Adam Lemon, a junior, expressed disappointment in the choice of topics.

“We didn’t anticipate the surprisingly overwhelming portion [of the debate] that would be devoted to social issues,”

Onastasia Ebright | The Chronicle Monday’s campus debate covered a range of political issues from LGBTQ discrimination to the national debt.

Lemon wrote in an email. “As Democrats tend to do better with social issue arguments most of the time, we were playing on their turf most of the night, which I didn’t really appreciate.”

He added that he wants the next debate to feature a more diverse spread of issues, including tax policy, immigration, entitlement reform, China and the TransPacific Partnership and the challenges presented by the Islamic State group.

When asked about how to handle racial injustice, Lemon talked about how better education would help upward mobility of minorities. Freshman Steve Hassey, communications director for

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Duke Democrats, pointed to the criminal justice system as an area for reform.

“To ignore the fact that one of the oldest republics in the world was erected on a foundation of minority subjugation and pretend that the problem of American racism is an issue of the past is to cover the crime of national plunder with the sin of national lying,” Hassey said. “To bridge this racial divide, we support more funding for bias training nationwide, mandated body cameras for the police force, a special Department of Justice unit for reviewing police conduct and criminal justice reform.”

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both sides held opposing views. Whereas the Democrats presented a more centralized way of fixing the issue, the Republicans recommended changes on the activist level.

“The way to make policy changes on bad policies is to get allies and keep the moral high ground,” Lemon argued. “Some of these tactics you are seeing—ultimatums and trying to remove faculty—that’s not the way you go about it.”

When asked about climate change, Duke Republicans pushed for a balance between sustaining the environment and maintaining the economy. Duke Democrats countered by noting that sustaining the environment could in fact maintain the economy through a focus on effective green technologies.

The debaters were also asked about whether the United States should allow Syrian refugees into the country. They clashed over how to handle the vetting process for the refugees.

“The perfect balance on this issue would be to improve the vetting process and still let the refugees in,” Lemon said.

The last question of the debate asked whether America was the greatest country in the world. Junior Carter Duncan, vice chair of the Duke College Republicans, affirmed that the United States is the greatest nation because of its spirit of optimism and liberty. Duke Democrats Treasurer Amy Wang, sophomore, took a more neutral position.

“In a lot of ways we are not, but we are in a position of great power,” Wang said. “We are the best poised to make things better for the entire international community.”

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Blackwell wins Eco-Olympics, sustainable dorm dinner Lucy Zhang The Chronicle Blackwell residence hall has won East Campus’ annual Eco-Olympics, beating the other first-year dorms with 1,569 points.

Eco-Olympics—held every fall for first-year dorms—encourages students to attend environmental-related events and participate in eco-friendly activities, from getting a Green Dorm Room Certification to working at the Duke Campus Farm for a day. Students competed to earn points for their dorm from Nov. 1 to 22. As the winner of the Eco-Olympics, Blackwell will receive a free dorm meal cooked by Chef Njathi Kabui from Organics and Sound, an organization that promotes sustainable cooking.

“I thought it was a very interesting experience,” said freshman Pauline Grieb, a member of the Duke Environmental Alliance, which sponsored the Eco-Olympics. “For the events, even if the attendance was limited, people were very interested in the topics. You had people who were environmental science majors and people who had no idea about the environment.”

The poor weather early in the competition limited the exposure that the Eco-Olympics could have had, Grieb said. She noted that even during the third week of Eco-Olympics, some students were still unaware of the event.

This year’s Eco-Olympics was better organized and more well-prepared than past years, said DEA co-president

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Kelly Shen, a senior. She also explained that the event represented a significant effort to engage other student groups.

“We worked with other groups a lot more this year, which really helped EcoOlympics to gain momentum,” Shen said. “For example, we partnered with Duke Students for Humane Borders and Mi Gente for a speaker event, and drew in various campus groups such as Food for Thought, Roots and Shoots, Duke Campus Keepers and the Duke Campus Farm at our opening ceremony.”

Shen also said that the event gained more traction and engaged more

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Grieb said her favorite Eco-Olympics experience was the environmental justice-themed meet-and-greet with photographer and environmental activist Krista Schlyer, who captures animals and people on the border between United States and Mexico.

Grieb explained that by showcasing Schlyer’s work, the event shed light on environmental issues—such as a literal wall that prevents the migration of

important species—that can lead to the degradation of human life. “[Schlyer] had this interesting approach behind the lens experiencing nature,” Grieb said. “It was interesting to see. Anyone would be interested in the topic—it’s linked to public policy, finance, environment and more.”

Other notable events included a Campus Farm work day, where Kabui joined the students and brought many snacks. Students learned about the history of the Campus Farm, including its roots in a time when slavery was prominent in American agriculture.

“The farm is about so much more than just farming,” freshman Sunny Zhang wrote in an email. “[Our guide] Emily explained how the farm integrates the history and culture of Durham. There were tobacco and cotton plants, for example, as a tribute to the monoculture, slave-labor days of the land.”

The month of events also included a screening of the documentary “A Place at the Table,” co-directed by Kristi Jacobson, Trinity ‘93. The film discussed food insecurity and food deserts—regions where people have no access to a local supermarket or to fresh food and can only subsist on fast food. DEA advisor Danielle Su, a senior, explained that it is one of the most pressing and complex issues in the United States at the intersection of environmental, social and political elements.

During the closing ceremony, Larry Moneta, vice president for student See ECO-OLYMPICS on Page 12

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‘Demands of Black Voices’ latest in long line of student demands Frances Beroset The Chronicle Demands for greater inclusion on campus have persisted since the University’s integration in 1963. The Chronicle has compiled a timeline of significant demands made to administration by students and faculty, including most recently the “Duke Tomorrow: Student-Organized Discussion with Brodhead and Administration” last Friday.

February 1969 — More than 50 black students took over the Allen building for eight hours and presented 13 demands to administrators, including creating an Afro-American Studies Department, increasing the enrollment of black students and ending harassment by campus police.

African American students made up 10 percent of all full-time undergraduate students in 2014, according to data from the Duke Office of News and Communications.

April 1988 — Black students protested the poor representation of black faculty at Duke and prompted the Academic Council to create the Black Faculty Initiative, which called for the University to add one black faculty member to each department.

As of May 2015, black faculty composed 4.4 percent of all Duke faculty, according to a report to the Academic Council by the Diversity Task Force.

May 1997 — Twenty black faculty members at Duke, later joined by 250 white faculty and staff, wrote a letter to

then-president Nan Keohane calling for the University to take action in ending on-campus racism.

The letter was prompted by the mistaken arrest of a black student by white Duke University Police Department officers in April and demanded that the punishment for those two officers be publicly revealed.

The officers—Paul Taylor and Carol Campbell—were suspended without pay after the student was mistakenly arrested.

November 1997 — Members of the Black Student Alliance held a threehour study-in at the Allen Building to draw administrative attention to the original 1969 demands that they said had not been met and added two new ones—increasing the number of black faculty members and appointing a new director for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, a position that had been open for two years.

Administrators appointed a new director for the Mary Lou Williams Center, Leon Dunkley, the following year.

March 2001 — Nan Keohane issued a report on the progress of the 13 demands. The report said that financial aid, funding for black student organizations and black faculty and student enrollment had increased, but that the demand for the creation of a black student dormitory was “deliberately side-stepped.”

Other demands that had been fully met included appointing a full-time director to the Mary Lou Williams Center, giving the BSA permanent space in the Bryan Center and creating the Department of African and African-

Special to The Chronicle Students took over the Allen Building in 1969 to demand racial equality on campus, one of many organized student efforts to influence administrators.

American Studies, according to the report.

April 2002 — Students proposed the creation of an Asian American Studies department.

Duke currently has an Asian and Middle Eastern Studies department.

During the “Duke Tomorrow” forum last Friday, the Asian American Alliance called specifically for an Asian American Studies academic program in addition to the AMES program.

September 2003 — Seven student groups, including Mi Gente, submitted an opinion letter to The Chronicle following Sigma Chi fraternity’s “Viva

Mexico” themed party. They demanded that administration address “the lack of minority faculty, the lack of support for minority students and the pervasive ignorance on campus.”

May 2006 — 20 non-student members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense gathered on West Campus in response to the Duke lacrosse case. The NBPPSD members presented eight demands, including “an end to sexual abuse and rape,” legal action against the two indicted players and “an end to all hostile See DEMANDS on Page 12

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DUSDAC postpones decision on Don Marcelo’s Alex Griffith The Chronicle

The presentation highlighted many strengths of the restaurant, including the kitchen’s flexibility in accommodating allergies and dietary needs, including vegan and glutenfree options. The menu is clear about what each dish contains, and many ingredients—such as flour and corn tortillas—are kept separate, said presenters from the restaurant.

Don Marcelo’s is currently open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and until 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, though DUSDAC recommended that they change the closing time back

to midnight.

Committee members decided not to make a decision on incorporating Don Marcelo’s into the MOP program without first trying the restaurant’s food. However, they said it would be a possible candidate to replace Tijuana Flats, a chain restaurant, which will be re-evaluated by the committee at the end of the year.

“I like the idea of it being a local vendor as opposed to Tijuana Flats,” Steven said.

Although Mexican restaurant Don Marcelo’s is trying to secure a spot in the Merchants-on-Points program, it currently does not deliver food.

The restaurant made a case for its inclusion in the MOP program at a Duke University Student Dining Advisory Council meeting Monday.

Without food to try during the meeting, however, DUSDAC was hesitant to make a decision concerning the program, Claire Ballentine contributed reporting. which would fill a spot opened after Chai’s Noodle Bar and Bistro left in August. Committee members noted that one of the main problems presented

by Don Marcelo’s—which is located at Erwin Terrace near Sushi Love—is that it currently does not have a delivery program.

“Seeing food is important because not only [does Don Marcelo’s] not have a delivery system in place, we don’t know how the food travels,” said committee member Julia Leuchtenburg, a sophomore.

Presenters from Don Marcelo’s also said that the restaurant is currently developing its website and is looking to add online ordering. They estimated wait times from order to delivery to be between 20 and 25 minutes. DUSDAC member Quinn Steven, a sophomore, said she would reach out to Campus Enterprises—a student-run organization which manages delivery for several other Ian Jaffe | The Chronicle MOP vendors—to see if it would be DUSDAC considered Mexican restaurant Don Marcelo’s, located at Erwin Terrace, for the possible to find enough delivery drivers Merchants-on-Points program. for the restaurant.

DISCUSSION from page 1 been conditioned to stay quiet by their parents in the face of persecution by white communities. In addition, some said their parents were not afraid to spread racist ideas about different groups of Asians.

Students also talked about their feelings toward the word “Asian,” with some saying the term is too broad and preferring words that describe their specific ethnicity or nationality.

Groups also discussed the presence of Asians in various spheres of society, including entertainment and media—in particular, students praised actor and comedian Aziz Ansari’s show “Master of None.” Many agreed that Ansari touched upon several topics of concern for all Asian communities, especially relationships with immigrant parents and the problem of accents in the media.

Li-Chen Chin—director of intercultural programs at the CMA— raised the question of how the many Asian student organizations at Duke could best support students. Many suggested making future discussions based around general topics rather than specific identities, as the focus on identities may have turned people away from attending.

Subbarao said that even though there was room for improvement, she had high hopes for future discussions.

“Based on the turnout, we know that a lot of people want to talk about these issues,” Subbarao said. “Hopefully in the future we can organize continued conversations and go more into depth with some of the topics.”

Neelesh Moorthy contributed reporting.

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CALIFF from page 1 the largest academic clinical research organization in the world. With its $320 million in annual funding, the DCRI conducts clinical trials of medical products and pharmaceuticals to determine their safety and effectiveness.

According to the DCRI’s 2014-2015 annual report, 63.3 percent of its projects fell under the “commercial” category— projects funded by pharmaceutical and medical companies—and 36.7 percent of its projects received funding from the federal government. As of 2007, industry accounted for nearly 60 percent of nationwide clinical research funding, and the federal government funded 33 percent.

“The realities of today are, if he reason you look at where the DCRI clinical research funding comes has gotten from in this as successful country, a very as they have high percentage does come from is because companies know the commercial or industry side they do rigerous of the world, as opposed to only research. being funded by federal dollars,” — Peter Ubel Peterson said.

“It’s a testament in part to Rob’s character, or at least to any worry of a perceived conflict, that Rob’s probably had more negative studies showing the product is not safe or effective than he’s had positive studies. He’s reported negative results

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with equal passion as he has the other side of the coin.”

Peterson said that he didn’t see a conflict between Califf’s potential role with the FDA and his work with the DCRI, adding that the organization has “always gone to great lengths” to establish contracts that allow the researchers to independently analyze and publish the results of their trials.

“The reason the DCRI has gotten as successful as they have is because companies know they do rigorous research,” said Dr. Peter Ubel, Duke physician and professor of business, medicine and public policy. “People really have to look, is there any record of Dr. Califf bending a little or massaging the science to benefit a company? I haven’t heard any of that, so that to me is the greatest evidence that he’ll be able to objectively evaluate things.”

Califf’s opponents have also pointed to his financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies as potential conflicts of interest. His financial disclosure statements to Duke show that he received personal income outside his University salary in the form of consulting fees from pharmaceutical companies, between $15,000 and $75,000 annually in 2014, according to TIME. Califf’s previous role as a member and consultant with the group Faculty Connection LLC, formed by some of DCRI’s administrators, has also caused controversy. Faculty Connection LLC is a consulting company that informs pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies on regulatory requirements and clinical trial design and management, among other things.

After The Intercept first reported Califf’s involvement with this group,

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the AIDS Healthcare Foundation called upon Obama to “immediately withdraw Dr. Califf’s name from consideration,” with AHF president Michael Weinstein saying that Califf was, “pimping for the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to avoid regulation,” through his involvement with Faculty Connection LLC, “We felt him as establishing and nourishing for many years a web of professional and financial relations with the pharmaceutical industry, which I think are unprecedented among any nominee previously for FDA commissioner and are disqualifying,” said Dr. Michael Carome, director of the Health Research Group of Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group that strongly opposes Califf’s nomination. “It’s unrealistic to expect that with his almost career-long set of relationships with the industry and many companies, that it’s possible to fully divorce these prior conflicts with his role as commissioner. They no doubt will influence the decisions he makes, whether it’s subconsciously or consciously.”

The New England Journal of Medicine recently ran an editorial in support of Califf, saying “his confirmation as commissioner should proceed as quickly as possible.” It cited the negative outcomes of several industry-sponsored clinical trials he has reported since 2005 as demonstrating Califf’s lack of bias toward industry.

“Many parties have endorsed him, but they also have close ties to pharmaceutical industries, so one must take them with a grain of salt,” Carome said.

Califf’s expertise in clinical research sets him apart from recent FDA commissioners. Dr. Margaret

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Hamburg, the previous commissioner who stepped down in March, was the health commissioner of New York City and worked in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services before she took on the role. Dr. Stephen Ostroff, the current acting commissioner, previously served as the FDA’s chief scientist and as the deputy director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “[Some politicians] want to see someone running the FDA who’s opposed to pharmaceutical companies,” Ubel said. “That would be absolutely awful. I want someone at the FDA who can really scrutinize products, not someone who comes out with [an antiindustry] bias immediately.”

Peterson added that Califf has ideas on stimulating better, faster and cheaper studies that will bring innovation to the process if he is confirmed as commissioner. any “It’s always a tough job—on parties the one hand, you have endorsed want to be able him, but they to make America a place where also have innovation and close ties to new products can pharmaceutical get to markets as soon as possible industries. and help people, — Michael so you don’t Carome want to make it too regulated,” Peterson said.

“On the other hand, you want to ensure that you protect the public from drugs or devices that are unsafe or ineffective. It’s a fine line.”

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When Duke makes the trip to Cancún, Mexico, for three games during Thanksgiving break, its most experienced leader will not be with the team.

The No. 15 Blue Idaho Devils will play on three straight days vs.

Thursday, Friday No. 15 and Saturday against Duke Idaho, Iowa State and Texas State in the THURSDAY, 1:30 p.m.

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Duke is coming Texas off a hard-fought State win against Army vs.

Sunday, but a sudden No. 15 press release just Duke hours after the game SATURDAY, 1:30 p.m. announced that Hard Rock Hotel graduate student Amber Henson is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the program.

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registering four points in 10 minutes. Her presence in the post could help fill the void left by Henson’s departure.

“Lyneé’s tough out there, and she’s very confident offensively. She makes great moves. She’s a pure five. You just love when people love the block as much as Lyneé does,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said after the Blue Devils’ 72-61 win against Army Sunday.

“She’s going to be factoring in pretty

In the world of sports, the media and, as a result, the public can be a bit quick to judge. It works for the system because it drives more readers back every week to see where their team ranks in this week’s power rankings, or has them clamoring over who’s getting more screen-time on the nightly pregame specials. As I’ve fallen into this trap nearly every week this season, I’m going to use the Carolina Panthers as my first example.

As a lifelong NFL fan, I understand that this is the league in which the media best handles hype. Teams go through spurts and players can be hailed as MVPs, but the sudden jump to crown someone as NFL king is one that takes months to earn. Teams and players alike are held to a fairly high standard, and the greats are rightly appreciated regardless of team, most times.

My Panthers, my 10-0 Panthers, are about as underrated as any 10-0 team has ever been— there have only been 15 in NFL history. They take on the Dallas Cowboys this week, who are, objectively, a terrible, awful football team whose 3-7 record shows this as fact. And yet, even after the Panthers absolutely walloped Washington 44-16 Sunday, the Cowboys opened as just a one-point underdog in

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Haeryn Kim | The Chronicle Graduate student Amber Henson will take an indefinite leave of absence from the team and will not be with the Blue Devils in Cancún, Mexico, this week for their three-game tournament.

Pennsylvania this year, but her minutes sharply decreased against Winthrop and No. 10 Texas A&M before not seeing the floor at all against Army. Still, she provided valuable depth and experience in the frontcourt for this young team.

Although the Blue Devils (3-1) are losing Henson for the time being, redshirt freshman Lyneé Belton is finally healthy and ready to take on a bigger role in Cancún. After tearing her ACL early last year, the 6-foot-3 Belton played for the first time in almost a full year Sunday,

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Danowski tabbed to lead U.S. National Team Staff Reports The Chronicle Duke already has one national championship-winning head coach who doubles as the leader of a national program in Mike Krzyzewski.

Now, John Danowski gets to add his name to that list as well.

US Lacrosse announced Monday that Danowski—who is about to enter his 10th season at the helm of the Blue Devil men’s lacrosse program—has been selected as the head coach for the 2018 Men’s National Team. Danowski will make his debut in the new role Jan. 9-10, when the national team squares off against defending NCAA champion Denver at the IMG Academy as part of the Team USA Spring Premiere in Bradenton, Fla. The Americans lost to Canada 8-5 in the gold medal game of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships, and Danowski will guide the team into competition in 2018 as it looks to capture

its 10th world championship.

“We are extremely excited to announce John Danowski as head coach of the 2018 U.S. Men’s National Team,” US Lacrosse director of national teams Tony Leko said in a press release. “His superb resume speaks for itself, and his leadership, character and integrity are unquestionable. We look forward to the impression he will make on our U.S. National Team program in the years to come.”

Since taking over prior to the 2007 season, Danowski has racked up 140 wins against just 38 losses—good for a .787 winning percentage—making Duke the winningest Division I program in that span. He has also led the Blue Devils to seven ACC regular-season titles, four conference tournament championships and the national championship in 2010, 2013 and 2014.

With three titles in the last five years, Danowski has joined an elite club of See DANOWSKI on Page 9

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Unless you can do it at home, against your arch-nemesis, to finish the regular season in winning fashion.

The Blue Devils will hope to give their seniors a memorable send-off with two victories this week in N.C. their last homestand State of the season. Duke vs. will host in-state foes N.C. State Wednesday Duke at 1 p.m. and No. 22 North Carolina WEDNESDAY, 1 p.m.

Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cameron Indoor No. 22 Stadium. Two years UNC removed from sealing vs. their 2013 ACC championship with Duke wins against the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, SATURDAY, 1 p.m.

Cameron Indoor Stadium the Blue Devil careers of Emily Sklar, Maggie Deichmeister, Laura Williams, Breanna Atkinson and Christina Vucich are likely to come to an end this weekend.

“It’s kind of unreal just because… most of my career has been with them,” junior libero Sasha Karelov said. “I’m going to miss them off the court just as much as on the court.”

Sklar’s 10 kills Sunday against No. 20 Florida State gave her the fifth-most career kills of any player in program history, and she now sits just 14 digs shy of becoming the ninth Blue Devil

Ian Jaffe | The Chronicle Redshirt senior setter Maggie Deichmeister will play her last two regular season matches at Cameron Indoor Stadium this weekend against Triangle rivals North Carolina and N.C. State.

ever to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.

Deichmeister is playing in just her second fully-healthy season, but she has become the centerpiece of the offense this year, leading the team with 10.9 assists per set, good for third in the ACC. Williams has contributed six service aces and Vucich has added 14 kills playing the front right side of the net.

Atkinson posted 151 kills as a junior to rank fifth on the team but has dealt with a lingering injury throughout the season, forcing her to miss 63 of Duke’s 102 sets.

The Blue Devils (15-13, 10-8 in the ACC) will face dangerous offenses this week. The

Wolfpack (15-15, 4-14) feature four players— all underclassmen—with at least 280 kills. N.C. State is hoping to avenge a brutal loss against Duke Oct. 4 in which the Blue Devils trailed 2-1 but found a way to win in five sets.

Duke hung around with the Tar Heels (198, 16-2) for the first two sets in Chapel Hill Oct. 2 but lacked staying power in the third and final set, losing 17 of the last 25 points.

The Blue Devils will need more energy to stop the well-balanced North Carolina offense.

Five Tar Heels have posted at least 180 kills thus far, led by senior Paige Neunfeldt’s 233.

North Carolina enters Saturday’s game the

Jennie Xu | The Chronicle Redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell and the Blue Devils will look to torch the nets from beyond the arc at the ball room of the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya during Thanksgiving break.

native has scored in double figures in each of Duke’s last two games as her minutes have increased. She made the first two 3-pointers of her college career against Army and also provided the highlight of the game with a scintillating behindthe-back assist to redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell.

“She’s always trying to find me out there, and she’s always making eye contact with me because I know that she’s trying to get the ball to me,” Greenwell said Sunday. “She’s just a great player and she’s really coming along.”

In Cancún, the Blue Devils will look to continue improving against three unranked opponents who are not receiving any votes in the AP poll, though Idaho (20) blew out both of its first two opponents.

The Vandals have five players averaging double figures in scoring through two games, led by sophomore forward Geraldine McCorkell with 14.5.

Iowa State (1-1) has not played since losing to Drake November 15 after its game against New Orleans scheduled for Sunday was snowed out, so it will bring a very fresh team to the Cancún Challenge. Duke will have its hands full Friday containing freshman guard Bridget Carleton, who is averaging 19.5 points per game.

Texas State (2-1) lost 87-50 to Texas A&M—which beat the Blue Devils in overtime last Wednesday—in its first game, but has rebounded to defeat St. Edward’s and North Texas in the last week. The Bobcats’ tallest player is 6-foot-1 sophomore Ti’Aira Pitts, which should allow Duke forward Azurá Stevens to continue her dominance on

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There are also plenty of question marks in the Blue Devils’ freshmanladen backcourt as they prepare for this weekend’s tournament. Haley Gorecki had a banged-up ankle and did not play against Army, but McCallie hopes to have her available in Cancún. If Gorecki plays, she will have to improve on her performance in her first big game against the Aggies last Wednesday, when she turned the ball over three times and missed her lone shot attempt in four minutes of play.

Lightning-quick point guard Kyra Lambert will also be looking to explode after she was held scoreless with just one assist in 35 minutes Sunday. “[Kyra’s] going to have to learn how to play against different defenses. [Army] just sat in that zone all game long, and you have to learn how to penetrate and kick to get those assists,” McCallie said. “She does better when people are up on her and she can go by, and that’s not what it was….

And a lot of people will play zones. We’ve got to become much more efficient and know how to attack it better and better.”

Angela Salvadores is one freshman that is starting to find her groove. After a slow start to the season, the Leon, Spain,

winner of 11 straight matches.

“It’s definitely harder with a team like that because you have to be ready for lots of different options,” Karelov said. “They’re a complete team, and that’s what makes them so good.”

It has been a season of “what-if’s” for the Blue Devils, who have forced fifth sets against juggernauts like Long Beach State, No. 6 Stanford and Florida State but have nothing to show for those efforts.

Duke has not endured a long losing skid this season—the Blue Devils have not dropped more than two straight contests all year—but has not reeled off an extended winning streak either. Coming into this weekend off a loss to the Seminoles, the Blue Devils will try to quickly right the ship against the Wolfpack.

Duke won four straight games from Oct. 23 to Oct. 31 and it seemed as though the team might find a way to squeak into the NCAA tournament. It still can, but the odds are much slimmer.

During that winning streak, junior middle blocker Jordan Tucker tallied 61 kills at a .482 rate, picking up ACC Player of the Week honors in the process. And even as the Prairie Village, Kan., native has continued to be a wrecking ball on offense, the Blue Devils have sputtered, splitting their six ACC contests during the last three weekends.

“This whole season, we’ve struggled with consistency…and not breaking down [under pressure],” Karelov said. “In the last few games, our focus is going to be on, ‘There’s no pressure, have fun,’ but also focus on ourselves and what we’re doing and not worry too much about the other team.” the boards. The 6-foot-6 sophomore now has at least 14 rebounds in three straight games, but McCallie would like to see more players contribute to the team’s rebounding totals this weekend.

“I need our guards to rebound more. We need to have two [in] double figures, so we’re a work in progress and I think that we have to be a little more able to handle adversity in an upbeat fashion,” she said. “We’re still working on that…. It’s a good November for us. We’re learning a whole lot.”

Ben Feder and Drew Johnson contributed reporting.

Haeryn Kim | The Chronicle Freshman Kyra Lambert has struggled from the field so far this season but has earned playing time for her defensive tenacity.

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“I’m honored to be chosen as the head coach for the 2018 U.S. Men’s National Team,” Danowski said in the press release. “There is no greater honor than to represent your country and I am humbled to follow in the footsteps of those coaches who came before me.

I look forward to working with the US Lacrosse staff to select a group of men with whom we can build a sustainable culture of excellence.”

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More people have read about and tweeted about Tony Romo’s return to the field than the fact that Cam Newton is closing in on 3,000 career rushing yards and playing like an MVP candidate. It’s telling that the most-discussed Panthers storyline has been a ridiculous, somehow-real outrage over Newton dabbin’ on the Tennessee Titans in the end zone and one Tennessee mother going all greater-than-thou on a man who plays football, is insanely good at it and has fun doing so. I should also probably mention that Newton is throwing to arguably the worst starting receiving corps in the league, or that Luke Kuechly and sudoku_508B the defense—marked

by the emergence of Kurt Coleman as a bona fide playmaker—has absolutely shut down opposing offenses and been the most opportune in all of football.

And that’s because people—the national media—don’t buy a good Panthers team.

And through the first five games, I couldn’t blame them. I thought Carolina was getting lucky. But after six games, I started looking around and realizing it wasn’t necessarily the teams they were playing—unlike another team we’ll get to—but that the Panthers’ style of ground-and-pound offense and smash-mouth, stingy defense was and is extremely sustainable and highly effective.

But others are not so quick to hop on board.

And it’s not that I blame them, it’s just that for once, I believe the team has earned the hype surrounding it, and maybe, in this case, people are being a bit slow to judge.

That being said, this thing works both ways.

Let’s talk Duke basketball.

The Blue Devils are coming off two impressive wins at Madison Square Garden, downing Virginia Commonwealth and Georgetown, both times thanks to 30-pluspoint performances from sophomore and 2K Classic MVP Grayson Allen. After the game, head coach Mike Krzyzewski glowed over the guard’s performance, and rightly so—Allen led Duke past the Hoyas to the tournament title with an outstanding 9-of-12 shooting performance, finishing with a tournamenthigh 32 points.

But think back just five days prior to Wednesday morning.

The Blue Devils were fresh off a solid beatdown at the hands of Kentucky in Chicago, and Allen was pouring over game film with Krzyzewski looking at and analyzing the Jacksonville, Fla., native’s 2-of-11, six-point

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could lean on as the season progressed, or at least that’s what fans and analysts repeatedly used as a talking point, or excuse, after the Northwestern loss, despite the fact that the Wildcat offense was, and is still, among the least explosive in the nation. (The Wildcats currently rank 112th in points scored per game.) But the fact that Duke held a ranked team to 19 points was supposedly a promising sign. The offense would grow and gel and by the latter part of the season, the Blue Devils would have a real shot at winning the ACC Coastal. That was then.

I’m not bringing this up to say abandon ship. But we, the media and fans, were lulled to sleep by that early schedule and are now questioning what’s going wrong, and when you think about it, we could have saved ourselves the trouble a long time ago if we stopped doubting North Carolina after that confusing sudoku_508B South Carolina loss. College Created by Peter Ritmeester/Presented by Will Shortz football lends itself to this every season, and 8 this year, it happened to us.1 All this is to say that9the next2time you’re 3 8 1 watching your team play, maybe think about it 4 2 before proclaiming them the best in the9land, and when it comes to 3preseason predictions 6 and polls: Just say1no.

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And while they were watching film, the media was busy writing and publishing stories crowning Kentucky and calling into question the Blue Devils’ supposed sophomore leader.

Then, this weekend happened. You’d be hard-pressed to find an article about the weekend not praising Allen’s bounceback performances and his shown growth. Hell, I wrote one.

And finally, this brings us to our last and, unfortunately, saddest example— Duke football.

The current combined record of the Division I teams Duke played through the opening seven weeks is 25-41, and it was back then when folks, not including myself this time, were ready to throw the Blue Devils in the top 20. The Blue Devils went 5-1 in those games, but the sole loss was the most telling—we just didn’t know what to make of it at the time.

Think back, if you will, to that Sept. 19 loss.

The Blue Devil offense looked fairly helpless against a Northwestern squad that boasts one of the best defenses in the nation.

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ith recent campus controversies and academic and personal stresses weighing heavily on our minds, it is easy to become disillusioned and fatigued by life at Duke. Caught in the daily grind of classes and extracurriculars, we sometimes lose the sense of wonder that we start off with on East Campus and each semester. Yet the arrival of Thanksgiving Break gives us time to breath before finals, for well-deserved rest, thankfulness and reflection. In light of this, we take a moment to celebrate some of the things we are grateful for and proud of as a Duke community.

With one month to go in 2015, Duke has notched its belt with several achievements as an academic powerhouse. Paul Modrich, professor of biochemistry in the School of Medicine, received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on how mistakes in DNA are repaired. He became the second standing Duke faculty member to be honored with the award in just four years. These awards represent the culmination of decades of hard work and commitment to scientific research at Duke. In addition to attracting talented career faculty members, we are also producing young intellectual leaders. Most recently, three seniors—Jay Ruckelshaus, Laura Roberts and Wills Rooney—were awarded two Rhodes Scholarships and a Mitchell Scholarship respectively, highly prestigious accolades.

For incoming students, the launch of the Washington Duke Scholars program this month promises to enrich first-generation student experiences in an excitingly holistic way. All the while, the Duke Forward campaign is moving to a successful finish and will enable Duke to grow for years to come in its financial aid packages, program offerings and overall student experience.

Of course construction too is, in its own way, something to be thankful for. After months of unsightly

Editorial blue fences and inconvenient detours, students can at last enjoy the Rubenstein Library, Edge, Bolt and Foundry, among other projects. While construction plows ever onwards, we should keep up our excitement because some of the biggest projects remain in the West Union, new Student Health and Wellness Center and the Arts Center on Campus Drive.

In their own way, students have been busy building on campus too with social and cultural events old and new. Traditions like the International Food Fest, AWAAZ and November Dances have grown more successful with each successive year and establish a vibrant cultural and artistic life at Duke. A range of

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accomplished and thought-provoking speakers from Maziar Bahari, Patrisse Cullors and Scott Dikkers to Jonathan Butler, Jack Matlock and Jenna Marbles have sparked conversation and reminded us of the real-world context beyond the boundaries of campus.

Needless to say, Duke’s student athletes continue to give us cause for celebration. Our impressive field hockey team made it to the semifinals of their NCAA tournament, and women’s soccer advanced to the elite eight. In men’s basketball, the commitment of players like Harry Giles and Jayson Tatum to next year’s line-up stir excitement even as this year’s squad grows.

Yet some of the most meaningful reasons to be thankful come in the form of our daily interactions: the closest of friendships, bonds and communities we cherish at Duke. Whether they manifest in surprise birthday parties, late-night intellectual conversations or quiet companionship during rough times, these acts of love and friendship constitute some of the most memorable parts of our college experience.

Last but not least, we are grateful for Thanksgiving Break. Whether spent at home, on campus or somewhere in between, students should take these five days to relax, put down their phones for a few minutes and recharge their mental and emotional batteries in the company of good food, family and friends.

Why we need Trump now more than ever

uch has changed globally and nationally over the course of this semester, but some would say not enough here at Duke. In light of this, my final column this semester brings me back to the subject of my first column this semester.

That is, because in our world of growing uncertainty and unease, only one thing has become more certain: we need Donald Trump for President of Duke.

costs for students, or we could just hire more administrators.

The year with Trump would also allow us to better understand what we truly want from our administration. We could even give Trump a few acres in the Duke Forest to use as he pleases—I doubt we’d see him around campus much then.

Who knows what he’ll build there in a year, but I’m sure it’d come together a lot quicker than any of the current construction on campus has.

Justin Koritzinsky PERFORMANCE REVIEW Trump is uniquely prepared to respond to students’ cries for change. He can command a crowd without getting walked over like President Broadhead was at the recent forums. And his presence would certainly alter the climate on campus—I doubt Trump would accept any vandalism on property under his management.

There also wouldn’t be any debate over buildings’ names since they’d all be named Trump—and you thought it was confusing having both a quad and a building named Crowell.

Nonetheless, there are many in the Duke community who would rightfully object to the idea of Donald Trump as President of Duke, citing his misogynistic and racist comments. His narcissistic tendencies are also a concern and they might lead him to rename Duke University as Trump University. At the very least, we’d be attending a “super genius” school, and Trump’s endorsement lends far more credibility than that of U.S. News & World Report—at least that’s what Trump says.

These critics, or as Trump calls them “losers,” raise legitimate concerns, but they are ultimately irrelevant. As an ally to losers, I would not force them—but rather ask them—to consider becoming winners. What I mean by this is that I would like them to consider the alternative to Trump leading Duke and its global implications: imagine a world where Trump is President of the United States.

Making Trump President of Duke seems pretty honorable in that context, almost martyrlike. We wouldn’t even be stuck with Trump for that long—we’d just have to keep him until the election season is over and then we could fire him. Perhaps we could film it for a TV special and use the proceeds to lower tuition

I also doubt that it’d be that different with Trump leading Duke than it is now—we’d just be replacing one out-of-touch old white guy with a slightly older out-of-touch white guy. Nothing of much importance happened in 1946 anyways— besides the birth of Donald J. Trump, that is.

There are certainly some who would say that this entire scenario is unnecessarily binary since Trump will never win the Republican primary.

I would like to remind them that, according to the media, “everyone” thought Trump wouldn’t make it more than a few weeks—somehow, the media’s concept of everyone failed to include a quarter of Americans.

So when the media now says that Trump will make it to Iowa, and may even win the nomination, but that there’s no need to worry because Trump will never win in a general election, remember that the media’s perception of “everyone” may be the only group batting worse than weathermen. And because there is a poll to support every argument, I’d like to point out that a recent poll found Trump leading both Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders by five points in head-to-head national matchups.

In light of these realities, I think it’s time to start fearmongering about the fearmongerers.

We simply cannot continue to ignore or write-off Trump, especially considering that he seems to gain strength from being overlooked.

It’s time for us to do what Macy’s and NBC wouldn’t do. It’s time for us to make Duke a safe space for Trump. We have the choice to protect the world from the possibility of a Trump presidency— let’s choose to make America great again.

Justin Koritzinsky is a Trinity junior. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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ean McClain’s response to our editorial on the hidden costs of graduate school at Duke represents a productive start to a dialogue that’s long overdue. We appreciate this first step and hope that our own response will help us move toward a shared goal of eliminating unmanageable debt for Duke doctoral students.

We have argued that continuation fees should be eliminated. Dean McClain suggests, instead, that the term should be eliminated— to be replaced by the word “tuition.” Tuition is most commonly understood as a charge

graduate students are a necessary aspect of the Graduate School’s funding model. But it is inappropriate to suggest that upperlevel graduate students are responsible for funding their lower-level peers. The funding of doctoral students is the responsibility of the Graduate School, not individual students.

Dean McClain further suggests that continuation fees “create an incentive” for graduate students to quickly complete their degrees. The imputation that students will only work hard if threatened with onerous debt is insulting to the talents and efforts of Duke’s

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n the book of Exodus, the God of the Jewish people states: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” In this passage, God recognizes the pain Jews experienced as slaves in a foreign land, but he adds an addendum: they must not do the same to foreigners among them.

While I recognize that any text can be used for a political purpose, I believe this verse speaks to Jewish values today because of its invocation of collective memory. We

available in order to create compassionate, realistic policy. Although the majority of the Paris attackers were European citizens, French prosecutors claim that two perpetrators crossed into the European Union through Greece posing as refugees, a claim that Greece has yet to confirm.

The Syrian crisis is a tragedy whose scope we as Americans can hardly imagine. Approximately 250,124 people have died since 2011, 7,600,000 people are internally displaced within Syria, and

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GUST COLUMN for the service of teaching or instruction.

But while upper-level doctoral students often provide this service, they do not typically enroll in coursework. Therefore, the term “tuition” really doesn’t allow us to appropriately address the problem at hand, and a major question remains. What costs or services are these fees intended to cover?

Although Dean McClain states that Duke benchmarks its fees against peer institutions, our own research has uncovered significant discrepancies between Duke’s numbers and those we have established by contacting deans of finance at other universities. Furthermore, we’re concerned that a specified fee amount tells us very little—if anything—about what graduate students are actually required to spend. At many institutions, continuation fees are covered for all students, so that the “paper” number is merely nominal. At others, fees are waived for students providing services such as teaching or instructional support, for off-campus or nonresident students and/or for those making adequate progress towards degree completion.

The true benchmark is thus not the specified continuation fee, but how much (and how many) students actually pay.

In this regard, we are pleased that the Graduate School has now publicized the number of doctoral students paying fees out of pocket, as this is new information is in accordance with repeated requests. We would, however, like to note a tension in Dean McClain’s framing of this issue. On one hand, the Dean suggests that the number of students paying these fees (roughly 20 percent of upper-level graduate students) is modest.

On the other, in an e-mail sent to graduate students last week, she indicated that covering these fees would be so financially difficult for the Graduate School that it “would have reduced our ability to maintain the level of the guaranteed financial package that all PhD students receive during their first five years.” The Dean thus implies that indebted

graduate community. As we have repeatedly argued, the effect of these fees is exactly the opposite—delaying time to degree and negatively impacting bright young scholars at the start of their careers. Indeed, the lack of a clear, consistent policy at the Graduate School level leaves upper-year doctoral students financially vulnerable, creates enormous discrepancies between departments and disciplines and disproportionately hurts those members of our community who need our help the most—especially international, minority and underprivileged students.

We believe that no graduate student should be burdened by unnecessary debt as they work to complete their degree in a timely fashion, and we’re ready to work together with the Graduate School to develop solutions to the problems that exist. Other institutions have already displayed leadership in this area.

Brown University’s dissertation completion proposal represents just one example of such a policy. Another option would be to follow Yale’s lead and fully fund all graduate students who need a sixth year to finish their work.

Despite documented difficulties reaching the Graduate School in the past, we are pleased that the Dean has now indicated a desire to meet with us. Given that this is an issue which impacts all doctoral students, we would like to invite Dean McClain to a public Town Hall Forum where students from across disciplines can voice their questions, comments and concerns. The Committee on Continuation Fees will be happy to facilitate this discussion, and we’re ready to work together in the service of a solution to the very real and serious problem of continuation fees at Duke.

Brendan Higgins is a graduate student in the Department of English and a member of the Duke Committee on Continuation Fees, a group of doctoral students from across affected disciplines who have come together to address fees.

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live in a world where many have homes and where many have been uprooted.

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, by the end of 2014, 59.5 million individuals worldwide had been displaced due to violence or conflict. And even while the majority of the Jewish population today lives settled in Israel, the United States and the European Union, Jews have fallen victim to violence and displacement many times throughout history—in Europe, in the Middle East, in Africa and more. Thankfully, my Jewish ancestors immigrated to the United States from Germany before the regime became lethally anti-Semitic, but I also have distant relatives who were not ultimately able to make it out of Europe’s death trap. Immigration quotas and xenophobic public attitudes also made it difficult for Jewish refugees’ immigration. For example, in 1939 more than 80 percent of Americans stood against a bill permitting 20,000 Jewish children in Nazi Germany to immigrate to the U.S.; the bill was subsequently defeated.

If these kinds of collective memories are embedded in the consciousness of the American Jewish community, then how can we condone rhetoric that blames Syrian refugees from the very crises that are fleeing? How can discourse in an intellectual environment claim that ethnic refugees are more valuable than national refugees, ignoring the fact that, in Syria, nationality was imposed by the French during the partition of the Ottoman? How can we also forget that, for centuries, Syria was home to thousands of Jews?

The recent dominant discourse in America claims that American Jews, along with Asian Americans, are a so-called “model minority,” working hard in a notso-welcoming environment and eventually achieving the American Dream. While most people would certainly love to be called model citizens, how does this label benefit Jewish or Asian Americans who currently live below or near the poverty line? Furthermore, how can it benefit Jewish Americans or other “model minorities” if their rags-to-riches narratives are used to negate the suffering of other groups of people, such as Black Americans or Syrian refugees seeking asylum? I think so-called “model minorities” should protest the problematics of the label, but I also hold fault with the dominant social group for creating the label in the first place.

I don’t believe that history always repeats itself in the same way, and thus I don’t find it productive to demonize policymakers who want to limit the entry of Syrian refugees in the interest of national security in the wake of the recent Paris terrorist attacks. But I believe that our anger against oppression should be combined with all the facts

4,000,000 have become refugees. With thousands of lives threatened and millions facing statelessness and a lack of adequate resources, lawmakers cannot simply dismiss the massive humanitarian concern by invoking national security.

While compassion drives us to claims that all refugees have good intentions, unfortunately reality is more complicated.

However, two potential terrorists out of 150,000 refugees who are currently seeking asylum in the European Union is a strikingly small statistic from which to propagate the idea that all refugees harbor extremist ideology. Compare this statistic to death-by-firearm in the United States: in 2013, there were 33,636 deaths resulting from firearm use, including those that were the result of mass shootings, homicides and suicides. In a span of 1,004 days leading up to Oct. 2, 2015, there were 994 mass shootings reported in the U.S., making them an almost daily part of the American experience. Lawmakers don’t want to admit Syrian refugees for fear of a few bad apples, but it seems like quite a few bad apples already exist within this country’s borders.

One of the last things I want to mention is the rampant Islamophobia that plagues our lawmakers’ rhetoric, as well as the rhetoric of campus dialogue. The world is home to 1.6 billion Muslims, 2.77 million of them Americans. As any other social group, Muslim Americans are ethnically, culturally and politically diverse; requiring this entire group to apologize for the small fraction that commit atrocities in the name of their religion is shameful and a form of profiling. Donald Trump said the other day that he would require Muslim Americans to register in a database. But the Syrian conflict is a conflict specific to one region of the world, with many players (including the U.S.) involved. Simplifying the morbid extremism of ISIS or the hawkish Assad regime to the religion of Islam is merely, in a word, stupidity. Senator Ted Cruz asserted that the U.S. should only take in Christian, not Muslim, Syrian refugees, making it seem that he cares more about what religion people have than their basic living conditions.

The Syrian conflict has created a humanitarian crisis. But we don’t have to go about it in a way that pits one ethnic or religious minority against another, and we don’t have to include racism and Islamophobia in our analyses. I believe we all have a duty to treat the “foreigner” with respect and compassion; our policies, grounded in realism and truth, need not be without such compassion either.

Drew Korschun is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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October 2011 — The Black Culture Living Group was approved by administrators, meeting the original demand for a black dormitory.

January 2012 — 20 BSA members presented concerns to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, at the Allen Building. The proposal asked for an endowment for cultural events, an explanation of the role of race in admissions, the creation of a group to assess the experience of black students and an expansion of the BSA Invitational—the admissions weekend for prospective black students.

In March 2012, the BSA secured $13,000 from the Office of the Provost for the BSAI weekend, as well as a promise that the administration would continue to maintain BSAI’s overall funding at the level of $20,000 annually.

March 2014 — A group called AccessDuke published a proposal for undocumented applicants to Duke to receive the same financial aid as domestic applicants and for undocumented students to have more resources available to them.

Representatives from Mi Gente called for access for undocumented students and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients at the “Duke Tomorrow” forum.

March 2015 — After a noose was found on the Bryan Center plaza, BSA published a list of “essential action items” including a pre-orientation program for black students, the publication of administrative incident reports about issues of race and discrimination and an orientation program to address issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and class.

Starting this Fall semester, the University implemented a cultural sensitivity program titled “Building an Inclusive Campus Climate” into preorientation week.

November 2015 — After racist and homophobic events on campus, the University convened an open “community conversation” on November 13th. Many students expressed their discontent with the timing of the event and convened the “Duke Tomorrow: Student-Organized Discussion with Brodhead and Administration” on November 20th. During that discussion, students presented the “Demands of Black Voices” to administration.

ECO-OLYMPICS from page 3 affairs, gave a speech about eco-awareness and opened up the discussion to the audience. Moneta mentioned that he had been vegan for 9 years and explained the careful decision-making that goes into purchasing produce and poultry from safe, sustainable sources. For example, he noted that the chicken served at Duke Dining venues is free of antibiotics.

“The fact that we struck the interest of people totally unrelated to the field of environmental science and those who are avid environmentalists—I feel like everyone had some sort of part to play,” Grieb said.