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Potential Crowell renovation expected to disturb SLG life Claire Ballentine The Chronicle If a renovation plan to Crowell residence hall is approved, many students will be relocated—and some selective living groups are not pleased.

Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez explained that the renovation plan—which is pending approval from the Board of Trustees in December—would require the relocation of all six houses in Crowell starting Fall 2017.

Housing, Dining and Residence Life strived to keep all the displaced students on West Campus and provide them with a common room, he said.

“We wanted to let Crowell residents know what to expect rather than get surprised in December,” Gonzalez said.

If approved, the renovations will begin May 2017 and will finish August 2018, so students would be allowed to return to Crowell at the start of the 2018-19 academic year.

The potential relocations of SLGs include moving Wayne Manor to Craven AA and Cooper House to Keohane 4D, where Maxwell House currently lives—splitting their space roughly in half. For the independent houses, changes include: Gates House moving to Bel Air House in Edens 1A; Hart House to Edens 2A; Magnolia Commons to Keohane 4B; and Griffin House to Wannamaker where Stark Tower is located.

In turn, these changes could spark subsequent relocations. For example, Powerhouse—an independent group in Craven AA—will be relocated to Craven A in Fall 2017, according to an email Gonzalez sent to current Powerhouse residents.

Although Gonzalez emphasized that the

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle The renovations will begin in May 2017 if approved and will require Crowell residents to relocate.

goal was to impact selective living groups and independent houses “proportionally,” several SLGs have expressed concerns about the relocation. Notably, the number of beds in the new sections will be reduced.

“I feel like we were sort of told to just deal with it,” said junior Alex Deckey, president of Wayne Manor. “We definitely felt like we weren’t getting our fair treatment.”

Gonzalez explained that Wayne Manor would move from a house that has 43 beds to one with 21. Similarly, Cooper’s size would be

reduced from 43 beds to 24 beds, and Maxwell would have 35 beds instead of 69 beds.

HDRL will make sure members currently living in these sections—the current juniors— will have a spot in or close to the SLGs’ new houses, Gonzalez promised.

“It has significant impact in terms of how they traditionally operate,” Gonzalez said. “But I think they understand the equity of it.”

Deckey said it would make more sense for HDRL to focus their efforts on keeping SLGs

together rather than working to equally affect SLGs and independent houses.

Because independent houses have blocks of six people—compared to SLGs where 40 and 70 people reside together—it would be easier for HDRL to relocate them instead of splitting up SLGs. “They’re not trying to find a solution as much as they’re just telling us to deal with it,” Deckey said.

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Uncertainty surrounding injuries nothing new for Duke Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle

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CHARLOTTE—At 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, former Virginia Tech head coach and current ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg tweeted a message that shook Duke’s fan base to its core.

“60-70 NBA personnel staff members in attendance at Duke pro day. Jayson Tatum goes down with some type of foot injury. Didn’t look good,” the tweet read.

Soon afterward, the rumors and speculation started swirling. Could it be possible that the Blue Devils’ two most talented freshmen—perhaps their most talented players overall—and two projected top-five NBA Draft picks could have suffered significant injuries before exhibition play?

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Tuesday’s practice was not just any other practice for the Blue Devils—it was their second of two October sessions with NBA scouts in the building to evaluate Duke’s players and featured a lengthy scrimmage with ACC officials. Shortly after Greenberg’s tweet, his ESPN colleague Jeff Goodman reported that scouts were impressed with Tatum before the injury late in the scrimmage, adding that its severity was still unclear.

The uncertainty grew as Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning arrived, with further local and national reports that Tatum sustained an injury and was being evaluated. The situation was further complicated with the ACC’s annual Operation Basketball media event on tap for Wednesday in Charlotte, as head coach Mike Krzyzewski, graduate student Amile Jefferson and senior Matt Jones were

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slated for a full day of interviews.

In the morning, Krzyzewski went on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and “First Take,” noting that the team was hopeful that the injury wasn’t serious and that there would be an update later Wednesday.

Jones and Jefferson echoed that message when they met with the media in Charlotte.

Both players said they did not see the play, adding that they were optimistic because Tatum did not seem to be in much pain but noting that they too were still waiting for further information.

Lunchtime came and went, and there was still no update.

Finally, when Krzyzewski met with the media in Charlotte at 2 p.m., the team clarified the situation with a release saying that Tatum suffered a left foot See INJURIES on Page 16

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Feisty meerkats have increased All-female SLG Illyria looks to expand its reach testosterone, researchers find

spheres of our life,” she wrote in an email.

“There is a gendered power dynamic in the social scene at many colleges—especially those with Greek life.”

Snyder noted that while there are other campus organizations that help women academically and emotionally, such as Baldwin Scholars and the Women’s Center, Illyria serves a different function. “[The founders] and many I’ve talked to have yet to see an organization that comprehensively kind of empowers the multifaceted women that are at Duke,” Snyder said.

As an SLG, Illyria can serve alcohol at its events, a right that is prohibited for sororities nationwide.

Snyder acknowledged the ability of Special to The Chronicle sororities to empower its members but noted The all-female selective living group Illyria that “there’s just restrictions that inherently can serve alcohol at events, which the put women at a disadvantaged position.” founders say empowers its members.

Guzzi stressed the importance of women fighting for gender equality in social spheres, Claire Xiao noting that sexual assault rates drop when The Chronicle social events are hosted by women. She cited Dartmouth sorority Sigma Delta, which split All-female selective living group Illyria is from the national Sigma Kappa organization, working to strengthen its campus presence as an example of “bringing the party into our after its founding last semester. own environment.”

Approved in April, Illyria focuses on The group is making a name for itself empowering and establishing a safe space among undergraduates because of its for female students. Juniors Lyndsey Snyder, unique offerings.

Ann Marie Guzzi and Lauren Anders Senior Susie Xu compared Illyria to a created Illyria because of concerns about the female version of Wayne Manor, an all-male inequalities women experience on campus. selective living group.

Guzzi explained that Illyria is providing female “I think it’s unfair that women aren’t students with an alternative to Greek life. allowed to serve their own alcohol [in “We wanted to create a space for women at Duke where we are fully empowered in all See ILLYRIA on Page 5

Emily Liu The Chronicle Testosterone has been long thought of as a “male” hormone. However, recent studies on meerkats have revealed this binary categorization is not so simple.

In a pair of studies, researchers at Duke found that female meerkats can produce more testosterone than their male counterparts, which results in weakened immune systems. This level of testosterone fuels females’ aggressive behavior.

“Female meerkats, despite being cute as the dickens, are actually mean and feisty,” said Christine Drea, Earl D. McLean

professor of evolutionary anthropology and a leader of the study. “That’s not a usual pattern in mammals. It’s unusual for females to be aggressive outside of protecting their young. That offers a bit of a puzzle because usually a mechanism for aggression, the one that we know best, is testosterone.”

In the study, the researchers examined hormone levels in both sexes of meerkats, who held both high and low rank positions in their groups. They measured the levels when the animals were in their normal phase of life and when they were in periods of high reproductive activity.

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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The study showed that female meerkats’ levels of testosterone could result in a weakened immune system.

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Students lament lack of Latin American food on campus rotation in the mix.”

Options on the Devil’s Krafthouse menu that have a Latin American or Mexican influence include nachos, tortilla chips and salsa, quesadillas and a black bean soup.

Rick Johnson, associate associate vice president of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence Life, noted that other solutions are in the works.

“Duke Dining is currently working with

Jamie Cohen The Chronicle West Union offers a variety of options for Duke students of different heritages—but not for the Latin American community.

None of the 13 vendors in the recently re-opened West Union or any of the now six food trucks are currently dedicated to Latin American or Mexican cuisine. And since Tijuana Flats—a Tex-Mex restaurant on Ninth Street—shut down in August and dropped out of the Merchants-on-Point program, none of the 14 MOP vendors are either.

“Food is a great part of our culture, but our options are extremely limited here on campus,” said junior Samantha Garza, co-president of Mi Gente. “I don’t want to miss this aspect of my culture during my college career.”

West Union features eateries spanning cultures from Italian to Indian, but it lacks a permanent Latin American food vendor. Although Chef’s Kitchen, a pop-up restaurant on the second floor, does serve Mexican food, the station is only open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. All other West Union vendors are open seven days a week for at least nine hours.

Garza expressed dissatisfaction with the pop-up vendor’s limited offerings.

“The Latinx community is hardly represented in West Union,” Garza said. “We have no representation of either breakfast or dinner, and the pop-up vendor serves only tacos, burritos and bowls—the most generic Mexican food available.”

Latinx students have also been frustrated by West Union’s policy that prevents groups from bringing in food from other caterers. Because events in the building can only be catered by inside vendors, the Latinx community is unable

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ood is a great part of our culture, but our options are extremely limited here on campus.

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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The only restaurant in West Union that currently serves Latin American food is the pop-up kitchen on the second floor, which is only open for lunch.

to have Latin American food at its events. In addition, it cannot support local vendors when hosting events in the building.

Junior Jorge Arredondo, a member of Mi Gente, said that not including food from local Latin American vendors goes against Duke’s goal to have a diverse range of food offerings in West Union.

“If West Union is meant to represent Durham as it claims it is, it does so inaccurately,” Arredondo said. “There is a huge Latinx population within Durham, and while vendors like Farmstead bring in local food from the

community, there are no Latin American vendors to be able to support Durham Latinx food providers in a similar way.”

Robert Coffey, director of dining services, noted that Latin American cuisine is available on campus at Devil’s Krafthouse and the popup restaurant in Chef’s Kitchen.

“Devil’s Krafthouse has incorporated many daily Latin American menu items and is rolling out some new additional items over the coming weeks,” he wrote in an email.

“The pop-up venue has gotten very positive reviews and will remain a more consistent

an on-campus vendor to provide another venue that features Latin American cuisine,” Johnson said.

Brian Taylor, Trinity ‘16 and DUSDAC chair, expressed interest in bringing a Latin American vendor to campus.

During a DUSDAC meeting Thursday, members brought up the fact that Latin American groups struggle to host events in West Union, and the group considered options to remedy the problem.

Guasaca Arepa and Salsa Grill, a popular South American restaurant on West Main Street, was suggested as a vendor that could fill the void. This option was also discussed in a meeting Sept. 16. Guasaca’s food is inspired

by Venezuelan cuisine and avoids processed ingredients. It serves a variety of chicken, beef and steak arepas, a corn pancake that can be sweetened or unsweetened.

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Students studying abroad rock the vote with mail-in ballots Sarah Kerman The Chronicle While Duke students begin early voting Thursday, several others have already cast ballots—but from locations even more inconvenient than Devil’s Den. For the 504 students studying abroad this semester, casting a ballot is made possible through absentee voting, a process that varies between states. North Carolina allows overseas citizens to fill out an application requesting an absentee ballot to be sent to them by mail, fax or email, which students can return the same way.

Although it took a long time to receive the ballot from the Durham County Board of Elections, the process went smoothly overall, said Marissa Farbman, a junior studying in Spain this Fall.

“I’ve been pleasantly surprised by North Carolina’s process for voting abroad or voting overseas because they

have an option to email you a ballot,” she said.

Junior Anna Huck, who also cast a North Carolina absentee ballot, echoed this sentiment.

“They received it, I voted, and it was super easy,” Huck said.

Unlike North Carolina, some states require absentee ballots to be physically mailed, which can complicate the process. Junior Liz Brown, who authored a blog post in September for the Office of Global Education about voting abroad, noted that the biggest obstacles for students might be deciphering the varied requirements from different states.

“A lot of people, me included, feel like you’ve registered to vote more than once, you don’t know what the right address is, there’s just so many little bureaucratic details that have to be correct that you don’t want to mess it up,” she said.

Brown noted that email transmission of ballots still could be challenging if printing is not readily available abroad in

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order to actually fill out the ballot.

“At some point, you do have to print something out which is definitely such a deterrent,” she said. “We’re such digital people now no one wants to go print it out.”

In an effort to minimize complexity of voting for students studying abroad, the Global Education Office has taken action to provide resources for students looking to cast absentee ballots.

“The Global Education Office has no way of knowing how many students abroad are registered to vote, where they are registered to vote or how many will choose to vote, but we are trying to give students the tools and information necessary to make voting at a distance a possibility,” wrote Amanda Kelso, executive director of the GEO, in an email.

Kelso noted that the GEO has offered online resources to students through email and social media and has also supplied advisors with resources to answer students’ questions.

The biggest obstacle for students voting abroad is meeting deadlines, Kelso wrote.

“We know students are very busy while abroad, and perhaps not thinking about U.S. elections as much, so we take the responsibility to keep students informed about the voting process very seriously,” she wrote.

The application for a North Carolina absentee ballot must be filed by Nov. 1. As for returning the absentee ballot, it must be sent by Nov. 8. and received by a county board of elections by Nov. 14. to be valid.

Brown said that students are excited to vote because for most of them, it is the first presidential election they are eligible to vote in. She added that logistics, not apathy, cause most of the challenges of voting abroad.

“I don’t think it’s a deterrent at all that people don’t think their voice is going to count,” Brown said. “I haven’t heard anyone be like ‘I’m not going to absentee vote because it doesn’t matter anyway.’ The general sentiment has just been ‘I need to do that, I just keep forgetting.’ It’s complicated.”

Several students reported feeling temporarily detached from the election because of time differences.

“I definitely feel like I am distanced from it, like it’s this otherworldly reality that will not affect me in any way even though I know it’ll affect me when I get back,” Huck said.

Farbman, who is six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in her study abroad location, noted that following election coverage from afar has given her a unique take on the election and on when candidates’ comments are being misconstrued.

“I haven’t stayed up any night to watch the debate, so the next morning I first usually see news headlines,” she said. “So it’s kind of interesting doing it in the reverse order—seeing the commentary and then actually hearing what the candidates say.”

Because social media comments are not necessarily reflective of in-person dialogue at Duke, she said she is looking forward to in-person discussions upon returning to campus.

“There are a lot of concerns happening in North Carolina,” she said. “I’m curious to know more how campus feels, so I wish I could be there just to get that sense.”

Information about how to register to vote and vote from abroad can be found at the Federal Voting Assistance Program website.

Heather Zhou contributed reporting.

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SLG LIFE from page 1 Senior Jake Wirfel, former president of Cooper House, said that he knew his group would have to relocate but expected the new space to be on Central Campus. He said he was not surprised HDRL did not ask for the SLGs’ input when making the decision.

“We were never under any illusion that we were going to be consulted even though we should have been,” he said.

The emphasis that Duke places on selective living groups as an alternative to Greek life is undermined by the fact that Duke plans to relocate them without consulting them—“not a good look for Duke,” Wirfel said.

Where new members—next year’s sophomores—will live is another matter of contention. Members who do not have a spot in their SLG’s section will be required to go through the independent housing process, Gonzalez said.

He said that a challenge for SLGs will be determining how to move forward with their recruitment process, knowing that they have a reduced number of beds.

Deckey noted that Gonzalez’s logic for telling them about the potential changes early was to give them time to evaluate how many new members they would take next year.

However, Deckey said that not taking new members next year would not be sustainable for Wayne Manor as an organization.

He also said that HDRL is still trying to enforce the “20/Exec Standard,” which states that juniors and seniors have to occupy 20 percent of the house and that three of six HDRL-designated executive members have to live in section. This prevents them from putting all sophomores together in section, which Deckey said they would ideally like to do.

Wirfel added that in recruitment Cooper always guarantees incoming sophomores

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a place to live in section, which the group will not be able to do this year. Because of the limited spots, many upperclassmen will either have to live off campus or in independent houses.

However, Deckey said that he does not expect the changes in living situation to affect Wayne’s recruitment success.

“Someone will be joining Wayne Manor for the community in Wayne Manor regardless of if we have a section together,” he said.

Wirfel agreed, explaining that he thinks potential new members will see the value of the organization and the advantages that having a renovated section will bring.

“It’s a short term loss for a long term benefit,” he said.

MEERKATS from page 2 hormone, were higher in males than expected, and androgens, including testosterone, were higher in females. In males, there was hardly any difference in testosterone between dominant and subordinate males. However, testosterone levels were higher in males actively pursuing a mate.

Drea explained that these results are unusual for meerkats, which are cooperative breeders, meaning that one dominant male meerkat can account for 80 percent of the offspring. Researchers expected that males would have higher levels of reproductive hormones in order to monopolize reproduction, but found that was not the case.

In fact, even the subordinate female meerkats had testosterone levels equivalent to those in males. Pregnant and dominant females had androgen concentrations that were even greater. However, these differences may negatively impact the overall health of the animals.

“In some species, it has been shown that

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higher testosterone levels can come at a cost because so much is invested into one system, the reproductive aggressive system,” Drea said. “The system in question here is the immune system.”

The second study, conducted by Kendra Smyth, a graduate student in the Nicholas School of the Environment, sought to explain the effects of these high androgen levels on the immune system by measuring hormone levels and counting parasite eggs in female meerkats’ droppings. The levels of parasite eggs were used as a reflection of the overall immune system health.

“Any female, regardless of rank, would have more parasites if she had a lot of androgens,” Smyth said.

Although an animal with more parasites was considered to have a weaker immune system, Smyth noted that this does not necessarily have to be the case. The next step in this field of research is to directly measure meerkat immune responses through blood tests, a paper that Smyth is currently working on, she said.

Smyth acknowledged the discrepancy in the fact that dominant female meerkats live longer, yet have weaker immune systems, explaining that most meerkats die before their first birthday due to aerial predation or separation. As a result of this early mortality rate, the distribution of life span is skewed.

Because meerkats and humans are both cooperative species, meerkat research can explain the evolution of cooperation, Drea noted. Likewise, these studies provide insight on hormone-immune interactions in humans and mammals as a whole.

“Understanding how hormones affect behavior in a mammal is universal,” Drea said. “We have the same hormones that meerkats have, so studying meerkats can help us understand the role of androgens in females more broadly.”

ILLYRIA from page 2 sororities], because I think it does become dangerous,” she said. “By having control over what we can serve, that further protects [women].”

Julia Wohl, sophomore and vice president of outreach for Illyria, said that having the right to serve alcohol allows Illyria to offer a more complete college experience while being on the same playing field as fraternities or other SLGs. Illyria currently has about 60 members, and half are also in sororities. Wohl explained that the girls’ experiences in sororities helped them to realize the need for a female space.

Since the start of the semester, Illyria has begun several initiatives, including a speaker series focusing on female empowerment.

On Tuesday, Stephanie Pickett, director of the Women’s Center, discussed female leadership and gender disparity on campus. “[Female communities] are an empowering environment…that will allow [women] to feel more comfortable and exercise greater responsibility,” she said.

Illyria is also looking to collaborate with other organizations—such as the Baldwin Scholars, the Penny Pilgram George Women’s Leadership Initiative and Greek organizations— to extend its reach, Synder said.

She added that Illyria hopes to secure its own housing block for the 2017 Fall semester, and Wohl noted that the SLG wants to increase its diversity.

“I think our reputation still hasn’t been set yet,” Guzzi wrote. “I hope that years down the road, people know Illyria as a group of strong, motivated and accepting women who actively help bring together all aspects of the feminine identity, and change the general perception of what it means to be a feminist.”

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The Chronicle During the Blue Devils’ current four-year bowl streak, they have never lost coming off a bye week. Duke sits three wins away from a guaranteed bowl berth, so an end to that streak Saturday could derail the Blue Devils’ postseason hopes.

Duke will travel to Atlanta to take on another desperate team in Georgia Tech Saturday at noon at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Duke Both teams have vs. lost three straight games Georgia conference and are coming off a Tech bye week. The Blue SATURDAY, Noon Devils are tied for the Bobby Dodd Stadium best road mark in the conference since 2013 with a 14-5 record, but will have their work cut out against a strong triple-option rushing attack averaging 5.1 yards per carry. “[For] everybody in college football, [getting a bowl opportunity is] a big prize. As you get toward late October and November, all of those games play a big role,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said.

“I don’t ignore the fact that [my players are] all very aware of that.”

Led by redshirt senior signal-caller Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech (4-3, 1-3 in the ACC) averages more than 26 points per game despite taking a lot of time off the clock with its methodical run game. With an array of running backs—including Dedrick Mills, Clinton Lynch and Marcus Marshall— behind him, Thomas has a lot of options out of the backfield to find on a variety

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them to 20 points in last season’s game.

Although Duke lost All-American strike safety Jeremy Cash to the NFL, his replacement, Corbin McCarthy, has also looked comfortable around the line of scrimmage. The Blue Devils also have found a pair of weapons in linebackers Humphreys and Joe Giles-Harris, who are tied for the team lead in tackles with 55 apiece. The sophomore and redshirt freshman combined for 17 tackles in the game against Army, and hope they can limit the explosive plays that plagued Duke in losses to Wake Forest, Northwestern, Virginia and Louisville.

CHARLOTTE—The Blue Devils had been picked to finish first or second in the ACC every year since 2005 before the media predicted Duke would finish third in the conference last season.

Now the Blue Devils are back in familiar territory.

Duke was picked to win the ACC in the preseason media poll released at the league’s annual Operation Basketball event Wednesday. The Blue Devils tied for fifth in the conference last year with an 11-7 ACC record on their way to a Sweet 16 appearance, but have topped every major preseason poll that has been released to this point. Duke received 85 of 91 firstplace votes, with Tobacco Road rival North Carolina getting the other six.

The Tar Heels, Virginia, Syracuse and Louisville rounded out the top five of the poll, which can be viewed fully below.

Many expect junior guard Grayson Allen to be a major reason Duke is atop the conference, and the All-American was named the league’s Preseason Player of the Year Wednesday with 70 votes. Allen averaged 21.6 points per game during a breakout sophomore campaign, and no other ACC player received more than seven votes for the preseason accolade.

The Jacksonville, Fla., native was also named a preseason first-team All-ACC performer along with Clemson’s Jaron

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Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Corbin McCarthy and the Blue Devils have had success against triple-option offenses recently and hope to get back to .500 for the season Saturday.

of handoffs, pitches, and swing passes to confuse opposing defenses.

But the Blue Devils (3-4, 0-3) have had a lot of success stopping the triple option in the past few years, with defensive coordinator Jim Knowles dubbed the “king of the triple option” by linebacker Ben Humphreys before Duke took on Army Oct. 8. The Black Knights had the best rushing attack in the nation entering the game, but Duke stymied the offense en route to a 13-6 victory—holding the Black Knights to only 165 yards on the ground.

The Blue Devils have had similar success against the Yellow Jackets, winning two contests against them in a row and holding

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Clemson upsets Blue Devils, claims top seed in ACC tourney Andrew Donohue The Chronicle This wasn’t how it was supposed to go for the Blue Devils.

Despite losing three starters in ACC play, Duke had put itself in position for the third ACC regular season title in program history heading into the last two weeks of the regular season.

Even after losing at then-No. 9 Florida State, a home win against No. 14 Clemson would have given the Blue Devils the top seed in the ACC tournament.

CLEM 1 But instead of DUKE 0 No. 6 Duke scoring an early goal to grab momentum, it was the Tigers who celebrated on a rain-soaked night at Koskinen Stadium.

Clemson scored in the fifth minute off a corner kick then focused on stopping the Blue Devil offense on its way to a 1-0 win for a share of the ACC regular season crown.

Duke’s second loss in its last three games means the Blue Devils will be the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament and face a rematch with the Seminoles at home Sunday—a far cry from where Duke thought it would be to start the postseason.

Tiger junior midfielder Shannon Hogan set up the goal that doomed the Blue Devils in the fifth minute when she lofted a ball to the far post. Sophomore midfielder Sam Staab won the header while battling for position with a Duke defender. The looping shot then carried over the head of Blue Devil goalkeeper EJ Procter and all defender Morgan Reid could do standing on the goal line was head the ball up into the top of the net.

“Anytime you have an early goal it changes things,” Blue Devil head coach Robbie Church said. “It gives you a cushion obviously, it gives you confidence, it sets the other team back on the back foot.”

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Alexandra Davis | The Chronicle Clemson sophomore Sam Staab beat Duke’s EJ Proctor early in the game as Clemson won a share of the ACC regular season title.

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Steele leads top-ranked Blue Devils Michael Model The Chronicle After beating North Carolina Saturday to clinch the Blue Devils’ first ever ACC regularseason title and lift them to the No. 1 spot in the polls, this week has already been one to remember for Duke’s seniors.

But the most memorable day of them all may be Saturday, when they take their home turf for the last regular season game of their college careers.

Top-ranked Duke Richmond will honor its seniors vs. on Senior Day when it hosts Richmond No. 1 Duke Saturday at 1 p.m. at Jack Katz Stadium. The SATURDAY, 1 p.m.

Blue Devils are coming Jack Katz Stadium off a 3-0 victory against the Tar Heels that marked their first win against their Tobacco Road rival since 2013— the freshman year for the group of players that will be honored Saturday.

“They were freshmen the first time we went to the Final Four and played for the championship,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “For them to come full circle with the season that they’re having so far, it’s awesome and deserving.”

Although the matchup against the Spiders will be a showcase for Duke’s seniors, a redshirt freshman has been the standout performer of late for the Blue Devils (14-2).

Goalkeeper Sammi Steele shut down the North Carolina offense Saturday to record

her fourth shutout of the season. After giving up three goals in the second half of the first matchup between the teams, Steele helped Duke hold its lead and finished with eight saves in the win.

The Eagleville, Pa., native was named both the National Defensive Player of the Week and the ACC Defensive Player of the Week following the game.

“Beating UNC gave us a lot of confidence,” Steele said. “We’ve been strong consistently throughout the season, and I think that’s really going to help us going into the postseason.”

Duke has allowed 1.5 goals per contest this season and has held opponents to a shot percentage of just .150. After redshirting last year behind All-American Lauren Blazing, Steele has become one of the best goalies in the the country after initially splitting time between the pipes with senior Kelsey Wagner.

“She really took advantage of that season,” Bustin said. “She paid attention, she learned, she trained, she did her individual lessons and she came in prepared.”

Following eight consecutive games against ranked opponents, the Blue Devils will take on a Richmond team that has struggled throughout the season. The Spiders (7-9) average only 1.7 goals per game and have scored just four goals in their last four games.

But Duke knows it has a new target on its back as the top team in the country and must come out ready to play no matter who they face.

“Honestly, the ranking today doesn’t really matter,” Bustin said. “We have to stay where we are every single day and take care of business

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Senior forward Heather Morris is part of the senior class that beat the Tar Heels Saturday for the first time since September 2013.

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Goalkeeper Sammi Steele has powered the Blue Devils to their first No. 1 ranking ever after a shutout of North Carolina.

every single day in this stage of the process.”

In order to take care of business, Duke will have to contain Richmond senior Emma Johanssen. Johansson leads the Spiders’ offense with six goals this season, but will need to get help from her teammates to keep pace with an explosive Blue Devil offense.

Duke has almost doubled Richmond’s goals per game average this season, and a big reason for the Blue Devils’ success on offense has been senior Heather Morris, who is tied for the team lead with 11 goals on the season.

Morris will look to use the Senior Day spotlight as a chance to continue adding to her illustrious career. During an early nonconference home game against James Madison Sept. 11, Morris scored four goals in the first half. Although an encore is unlikely, look for the senior and her classmate Robin Blazing to use the stage to cap arguably the most successful regular season in program history.

Following the game against Richmond, Duke will face either Lousiville or North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC tournament. Saturday’s matchup may not feature the top competition the Blue Devils will face in the postseason, but the team has learned better than to look past an opponent at this point in the season.

“Just beating UNC wasn’t the end,” Steele said. “We still have so many more games to go and this is just one of them that we need to win.”

Ben Feder contributed reporting.

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ACC POLL from page 11 Blossomgame, N.C. State’s Dennis Smith, Jr., North Carolina’s Joel Berry and Virginia’s London Perrantes.

Allen was not the only Blue Devil to earn more preseason accolades Wednesday, as freshman swingman Jayson Tatum was named to the second team along with North Carolina’s Justin Jackson, Syracuse’s Tyler Lydon, Pittsburgh’s Michael Young and Florida State’s Dwayne Bacon.

After spraining his foot Tuesday, Tatum finished second in Preseason Freshman of the Year voting behind Smith, Jr., who received 51 votes compared to Tatum’s 20. Duke freshman Harry Giles—who has been sidelined in the preseason following a knee scope to clean up scar tissue—received 10 votes after coming to Durham as the nation’s top recruit.

Although the top five teams in the conference have seemed clear to most media outlets that have released preseason projections to this point, selecting teams six through 12 in the standings was likely a toss-up for many voters, and the final results reflected that.

Smith Jr.’s Wolfpack were picked sixth in the preseason predicted order of finish, with Notre Dame, Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech not far behind. Clemson, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Boston College landed in spots 11-15.

Duke opens exhibition play against Virginia State Friday at 7 p.m. A full preview of the contest can be viewed online.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Grayson Allen was selected as the ACC Preseason Player of the Year with 70 of 91 votes.

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W. SOCCER from page 11 Clemson (13-3-2, 7-1-2 in the ACC) dominated the action throughout the first half, setting up shop in Blue Devil territory for long stretches and creating numerous chances. The Tigers rank second nationally in points per game and showed why with a commanding offensive performance.

The second half was a much different game, as the Tigers were content to sit back and defend in front of their own net.

The Blue Devils dominated possession but Clemson focused on getting the ball away from the box rather than playing aggressively as it did early on.

That strategy, combined with the intermittent rain that came down, turned the game into a sloppy affair after halftime as neither side could create any dangerous chances. Duke (12-4-2, 7-2-1) racked

Alexandra Davis | The Chronicle Ashton Miller and the Blue Devils will take on No. 6 seed Florida State Sunday to open the ACC tournament.

up plenty of shots in its bid to equalize, ultimately outshooting the Tigers 15-5, but was unable to get any real penetration.

Clemson senior goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan was barely bothered in net, only having to make one tough save in the first half to preserve the shutout.

“There were so many numbers behind the ball,” Church said. “There’s not a lot of space to play.... We’ve got to figure out in the final third exactly what we’re doing. We’re not as good as we need to be in that area to play at a championship level.”

The Blue Devils’ best scoring opportunity all game came near the end of the first half when senior Tori Payne slipped a through ball between two Clemson defenders to an onrushing Imani Dorsey on the right side of the box, putting Dorsey one on one with the goalie. The junior fired a shot to the near post, but Sheridan made a diving stop to push the ball out of play for a corner.

Senior co-captain Christina Gibbons was the only consistently dangerous player for Duke, racking up three shots as well as numerous crosses driven into the box, but the Blue Devils could not get on the end of any of them to trouble the keeper. Duke finally looked like a team playing without two sophomore starters in Taylor Racioppi and Kayla McCoy—McCoy is out for the season, and Racioppi has been out with a lower-leg injury.

“Christina has such a big heart,” Church said. “She plays as hard as she possibly can.

We’d love to have a bunch of those.”

The Blue Devil offense will look to get back on track after getting shut out 1-0 by Florida State last week, and Proctor and company will look to avoid any more lapses entering the postseason. Duke’s junior goalkeeper did not face many shots after the first goal, though she made one key save in the 14th minute when

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Against the Cardinals, Duke focused on ball control with its running game to keep Louisville’s explosive offense off the field. Jones had one of his best games of the year with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and will need to avoid mistakes once again facing Georgia Tech’s ball-control offense.

“Anthony’s made a whole lot of plays for us and been a big part of our offense, so we’re going to miss him,” Jones said. “But Chris [Taylor] and Aaron [Young] and those guys stepping in can certainly do all those things, and we have all the confidence and faith in the plays that they can make and what they can do for our offense.”

Jones’ Achilles’ heel this season has been turnovers, but he could have an easier time against one of the nation’s worst defenses in generating takeaways. Georgia Tech has only forced six this season. With redshirt senior running back Jela Duncan fully healthy after the bye week—he was not listed on the team’s injury report this week—another big game from the Blue Devil offensive line could take more pressure off Jones. Duncan is on the doorstep of becoming the sixth-ever Duke player to rush for 2,000 yards in his career but was limited against Army and Louisville.

Duncan was on the sidelines due to suspension when the Blue Devils won in Atlanta for the first time since 1994 two years ago, and could play a major part in another key Duke win against Georgia Tech.

“It’s a great challenge game for us,” Cutcliffe said. “For us to be successful against Georgia Tech, we can’t make very many mistakes…. We can’t turn the ball over, we know that. [That] doesn’t mean that you can just stop it, you need to make up your mind to do it.”

second-team All-ACC forward Catrina Atanta smashed a volley toward the near post.

But once again, one goal was enough to best the Blue Devils, who were shut out four times during the regular season and have to regroup quickly. Duke has never won the ACC tournament, and is hoping to get back to the Final Four when the NCAA tournament gets underway in a few weeks.

“I’m not overly happy where we are right now,” Church said. “The players have to look at each other and decide going forward on Sunday.... Unfortunately, this championship is over and we have to move forward for another championship.”

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Although they do not throw the ball often, the Yellow Jackets are also capable of making big plays through the air. Georgia Tech is averaging more than 10 yards per reception this season, with wide receiver Ricky Jeune leading the team with 227 yards and a touchdown in 2016. Thanks to Thomas’ craftiness with the ball, the Yellow Jackets’ play-action game is lethal with Jeune and wideout Brad Stewart often streaking past opposing cornerbacks caught looking in the backfield.

“A lot of times with these triple-option teams, they’ll lull you to sleep and then get you with the pass,” Duke redshirt junior cornerback Bryon Fields said. “Georgia Tech got us a couple of times in the past. Army tried to get us a couple times, so we have to get ready for that.”

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egistration for spring semester is a few short weeks away. That likely means you’re either cherishing the new method of semi-excusable procrastination that is bookbagging or dreading digging through course guides and taking a step closer towards the postDuke future. For second semester seniors, this iteration of bookbagging might seem particularly tedious. They have been through the process seven times before and the magic of course selection has grown dull. Their explorative freshman spark muted, many will not take full advantage of the opportunity a final semester at Duke presents.

A considerable number of seniors will instead opt to underload. Having received job offers, they will convince themselves that they have earned a chance to “take it easy” during their last stretch of classes until graduation. And while it is true that a “darty”-friendly might seem more conducive to a fun last semester though, any senior halfway out the door ought to consider whether the rarity of intellectual curiosity and breadth of resources they have at their fingertips is worth blowing away for four months of relaxation. Many seniors, after May, will wave good-bye to academia and move permanently into the workforce. They will

never again have the chance to so freely tap into the boundless resources of an institution like Duke. Having already paid tuition for the chance to engage fully at Duke, they ought to take full advantage of it.

A few other seniors, instead of relaxing in their last semester, will choose to dive even deeper into their major this spring, taking courses to give themselves a competitive edge. That is admirable, but not if it comes at the expense of exploring

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new topics. The core of a liberal arts education lies in teach students to approach problems from a multitude of angles. If a student packs their first three years full of statistics courses, reaches second semester of senior year, and decides to take four more, they limit the number of angles they know how to approach problems from. For example, if the referenced statistics major wanted to explore why a certain group of people vote less often than others, they might be able to build a Bayesian network to help their research but without having properly explored classes, might not be able to

onlinecomment “Here are the facts [link to CNN article] (if anyone even cares about such things anymore). I guess it is possible that a black police officer, working in a department headed by a black chief-ofpolice, shot a unarmed black suspect (just for the heck of it) and then planted a cocked handgun at the scene and got all the other officers at the scene to back up the lie. Sure...”

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deeply explore the literature of that group and solve the problem from another angle.

Curricular tunnel vision is not unique to students in their final year. Many of us are guilty of sticking to a comfortable track and failing to deviate from it. We are wrong to do so. This university does not aim to produce graduates with infinitely deep knowledge of one or two topics. It looks to create rounded, interdisciplinary scholars. Statistics classes should be grounded with philosophy classes, expanded with economics classes and furthered with public policy classes. Class planning and bookbagging should be thought about from the bottom-up rather than top-down. We should look to see how we can expand our base of knowledge rather than how we can fit five additional finance classes onto an econ major. Rather than constraining ourselves with double major requirements, we should linger on department course lists tangentially related to our interests and expand boundaries. A good number of new classes should offer a radically different way of thinking than our previous courses have.

All of us, seniors included, should bookbag daringly.

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n Oct. 20, the official Republican nominee for President of the United States made an unprecedented threat.

In a Delaware, Ohio speech, Trump proclaimed to a large crowd, “I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election—if I win.”

For weeks now, Trump has been casting doubt on the credibility of our time-tested electoral system. He has questioned the objectivity of the media, the integrity of federal agencies and representatives, and the legitimacy of major party institutions. He has unearthed a massive movement of false suspicion and distrust, all grounded in lies and misrepresentations of reality. Trump’s apparent refusal to accept the incoming election results represents a grave threat to our democracy. The peaceful transition of power is the core tenet of our unique American regime, and to speak of upsetting it is a serious act of disrespect and ignorance.

But one of Trump’s major claims about the

Post this August. “So far, I’ve found about 31 different incidents (some of which involve multiple ballots) since 2000, anywhere in the country.”

Levitt found only 31 cases of voter fraud that could have been prevented by voter ID laws over the course of the past 16 years. That’s over one billion ballots cast across the United States, and only 31 cases of fraud in the sense that Trump and other GOP leaders are talking about. Levitt found that some fraud exists in absentee ballots, but not much more.

If voter fraud isn’t a legitimate threat to our democratic system, then why do we see so many “voter integrity” and “voter ID laws” attempting to purge polling places of their supposed corruption? The answer represents the true legitimate threat to our democratic system.

Allegations of widespread voter fraud were used to pass discriminatory voting laws in North Carolina and in states across the nation. These laws disenfranchised voters based on race and political party, and they targeted African Americans at an alarming rate. Before enacting the voter ID law, North Carolina legislators collected

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“rigged election” is less unprecedented. His argument relies on wild allegations of widespread voter fraud.

Unfortunately, this tactic has been used by Republican politicians for years, particularly throughout the American South and especially in North Carolina.

Trump claims, via Twitter and campaign stops, that “dead people,” “illegal immigrants,” and unregistered voters were finding means of participating in voter fraud on a mass scale, even suggesting that the establishment had a hand in allowing this supposed mass-corruption. He encouraged his supporters to participate in “poll watching,” or to monitor polling places for fraudulent behavior- basically calling on the Trump base to engage in voter intimidation. The idea that voter fraud is a colossal problem has always been false, but it’s not new. In fact, it is used across the nation to justify gerrymandering and discriminatory voter restrictions.

Significant voter fraud does not happen often.

In very few cases does someone show up to the polls impersonating someone else and voting in their place.

Not only do individual cases of voter fraud occur very rarely, but it would be virtually impossible to organize a movement of fraudulent voting even remotely significant enough to change an election outcome, especially in our highly institutionalized electoral system.

“I track any specific, credible allegation that someone may have pretended to be someone else at the polls, in any way that an ID Law could fix,” Loyola Law Professor Justin Levitt wrote in a guest column for The Washington

data on polling habits by race. Immediately after, they produced a law that reduced early voting periods, required a state-mandated photo-ID, eliminated preregistration for high school students, eliminated sameday registration, and outlawed out-of-precinct voting.

All of these measures disproportionately targeted African-Americans and young people, two groups historically supportive of Democrats.

This form of voter suppression represents the efforts of one party to maintain its own power, but also a major violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Every citizen in this country has the right to vote, and to infringe upon that right for partisan purposes is a dangerous abuse of power.

Though the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned North Carolina’s restrictive voting law in July, the sentiments and perceptions of these laws will inevitably affect the election this November. Gerrymandered districts remain, and many North Carolinians are under the false impression that the law is still in effect, including those clerking polling places. Attempts to suppress turnout based on race, age, and party affiliation are much closer to “election rigging” than anything that Trump is talking about.

In sum, let’s be clear: nobody is rigging this election. But discriminatory voting laws are an attempt to do so, so let’s not act on Trump’s false claims.

Leah Abrams is a Trinity freshman. Her column, “cut the bull,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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his letter is in response to the Oct. 12 e-mail sent by Larry Moneta to the Duke student body regarding ways to contribute to Hurricane Matthew relief efforts, in which he encouraged students to donate to “legitimate aid organizations” and included a link suggesting such organizations, including the American Red Cross.

We write to Moneta as students of the Limits of Good Intentions class in the Humanitarian Challenges FOCUS Cluster, taught by Laura Wagner. In class, we have been exploring the complex implications of humanitarian aid, particularly focusing on aid to Haiti. This is a topic we are passionate about and we appreciate his

Haitians are, understandably, distrustful of the ARC. While Haiti struggled in the aftermath of the earthquake, they were struck by the country’s first cholera epidemic. Despite multiple investigations that prove that UN peacekeepers imported the disease, the UN repeatedly denied involvement. It was only 6 years later, this August, that the UN finally acknowledged that it “played a role” for the epidemic, and only this week, on Monday, that the UN agreed to pay damages to Haitian cholera victims.

Our aim in citing these incidents is not to criticize international organizations, but rather to assert while prominent organizations may have good intentions,

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he notion of academic tenure for professors at American universities came about in the early 1900s, spearheaded by the foundation of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in 1915.

At the time, a number of incidents had occurred in which professors were fired because their views did not line up with those of the university trustees or more established faculty. The event that perhaps sparked the foundation of the AAUP was the forced resignation of economist and sociologist Edward Ross from Stanford University. University co-founder and trustee Jane Stanford disapproved of Ross’s radical views on eugenics, race and Asian-

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drawing Duke students’ attention to the tragic effects of Hurricane Matthew; however, we would like to propose more effective ways through which Duke as a community can respond both compassionately and ethically, as well as suggest more meaningful ways to contribute to post-hurricane relief and recovery. In reflecting critically on and thoroughly considering the consequences the postdisaster aid that the Duke community extends, we not only grow as intellectuals, but also promote the “determination and application” and appreciation for human difference advocated in Duke University’s Mission Statement.

In 1804, Haiti gained independence through a slave revolution, and since then has fought for the rest of the world to view it as a legitimate state. The United States did not recognize Haiti as a sovereign nation until the U.S. was no longer economically dependent on the labor of enslaved people. On top of that, Haiti was forced to pay France an indemnity equivalent to more than $20 billion after the revolution.

In short, Haiti’s struggle for sovereignty was threatened from its birth by international resistance to Black independence and continues to be threatened today by NGOs and other international organizations that weaken the Haitian state and foster the idea that Haitian “progress” cannot be initiated by Haitians themselves.

The 2010 Haiti earthquake sparked a worldwide humanitarian response, with relief spending totaling an estimate of $2.43 billion (of more than $13 billion initially pledged by international donors).

According to journalist Jonathan Katz, despite this pouring of donations to the UN and NGOs, approximately 93 percent never reached the intended recipients.

Much was spent on logistics including supplies and personnel; large sums of supposed “aid” never left the donor states at all. Only a reported 1 percent went to the Haitian government. A joint report

by Propublica and NPR in 2015 revealed that despite receiving almost half a billion dollars in aid donations claiming to transform entire neighborhoods, the American Red Cross (ARC) only spent approximately 17 percent of it in Haiti and built only six houses since the earthquake.

they are imperfect, not necessarily efficient in their work, and can negatively impact the country. We echo and support the compelling argument Krystelle Rocourt made in her Oct. 21 Chronicle guest column, and we recommend that everyone review the list of local organizations she suggests. Unlike large, bureaucratic organizations like the American Red Cross, these initiatives create the most direct, sustainable change. This is because they are Haitian-run or largely Haitian staffed, financially transparent, “bottom-up,” and exhibit true solidarity with their partner communities. Instead of simply “giving to the needy,” these organizations promote Haitian autonomy.

Humanitarian work is not finished as soon as money is sent. We would like to remind the Duke community that organizations must be accountable to the people they intend to help, and transparent about how donations are used.

For example, if organizations buy and distribute free clothing, they will adversely impact the lives of Haitians who sell clothing for a living, and thus add to the cycle of dependency. When giving money, we must consider both long term and short term effects of our donations.

Advocacy, as well as monetary donation, is an important part of effective humanitarian assistance. For example, Partners in Health has been advocating for the distribution of the cholera vaccine in Haiti. With the increase in cholera after Hurricane Matthew, this work is even more important. We recommend that students push for the distribution of the vaccine as well as to continue to hold the UN accountable for introducing cholera to Haiti. Advocacy is key because long-term change requires action on a large scale, and action on a large scale requires that the relatively privileged, like us, be truly aware.

Please, think twice before making donations. Look into the background of the organizations. Think critically on the short term and long term impacts their actions have on local governments and local communities. Find out where your money is going. Talk to your friends and spread the message to ensure that Haiti gets the help it deserves.

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American immigration, pressuring his eventual leave from the university.

In their 1940 “Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure,” the AAUP outlined a set of academic rights that teachers should be entitled to and a potential outline of a tenure process for professors, which have since been adopted by nearly every university in America. The path towards becoming a tenured professor in the United States has become an arduous process that typically consists of a six-to-seven-year probationary period, during which newly minted assistant professors must demonstrate their capacity to publish papers, acquire grants and teach students. Once their performance has been deemed acceptable by more highly established faculty, they will join their ranks and essentially secure a lifetime job guarantee.

Especially in recent years, a number of people have spoken out on negative effects of tenure. Foremost, tenure can breed a sense of complacency. Once a professor is tenured, it becomes much more difficult for him/her to be let go, which is the very intent of tenure. However, some professors abuse this lenience by slacking off their responsibilities, and there is often very little action a school can take. A number of possible solutions have been suggested; most notably, Jim Wetherbe and others propose a multiyear rolling contract following the normal probationary period for new professors.

In this scenario, professors would be reevaluated every several years, keeping them in line throughout their term. But this alternative would severely hurt those who have controversial opinions or clash with administrators, making it difficult to speak out with dissenting viewpoints.

Other criticisms of tenure include the point of the probationary period. During this time, professors are under pressure to publish papers and obtain grants quickly, which can lead to focusing on trivial research projects that are bound to be successful, but may not have any significant conclusions. Furthermore, professors must be able to play politics and keep their views aligned with the current administration, muting any contrasting opinions they may hold. Therefore, many

claim that the tenure process rewards those who “fit the mold” and don’t think or reach outside the status quo. However, without the tenure process altogether, professors would never be able to get to a point at which they didn’t have to worry about these issues; fundamentally, they would persist in a constant “probationary period,” which is objectively worse than a simply temporary one.

Overall, we can boil down the issues as such: in the big picture, professors, as a collective group of people, at large institutions like Duke essentially have two objectives: first, to conduct research and develop new ideas towards extending humanity’s knowledge and ability to think;

and second, to train, teach and prepare students for whatever goal they plan to pursue following graduation.

The tenure process helps this first objective. A professor with tenure has the freedom to incite debate by raising controversial opinions without fear of retaliation, allowing universities to maintain a healthy atmosphere of free discussion and make people consider things they may never have thought about otherwise. A professor with tenure has the freedom to dive into risky research projects that may not have any shortterm gains, without the pressure of immediate publication or success.

Tenure allows the best thinkers to reach their potential, and without it, they would be intellectually stifled into simply conventional points of view or noninnovative, inconsequential research.

However, the second objective is at odds with the tenure process. There has been evidence showing that students learn worse from tenured professors than those who aren’t. As mentioned above, the job security offered by tenure can render professors, especially those who are primarily interested in doing research, indifferent to their teaching responsibilities. In this regard, it would be ideal for schools to have checks in place to ensure the quality of teaching remains high.

The question over whether schools should offer tenure to professors lies in the main priority of the school. If administrators feel that fostering critical thinking and top research is the more important aim, then tenure is absolutely necessary to offer tenure. In contrast, if successfully guiding students through the curricula of their respective major is more important, it may be beneficial to offer professors multi-year contracts to protect the integrity of the students’ training. At this point in time, tenure is too deeply ingrained within the root of academia to be completely removed from American universities. But reforms are possible, if not likely, to make the process less black and white.

Junu Bae is a graduate student in the chemistry department. His column, “interested in everything,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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The details of how the 6-foot-8 swingman went down were not clarified, but Krzyzewski said Tatum could come back even earlier, though he will likely miss both of the Blue Devils’ exhibition games before their season opener Nov. 11 against Marist.

“We were just scrimmaging. No one incident...

Those things happen. Sometimes a guy pulls something,” Krzyzewski said. “It doesn’t have to be going up for a shot or anything. All of a sudden, it just happened.”

Duke fans let out a collective sigh of relief as word spread that Tatum’s injury is not serious, marking the end to their most recent episode dealing with the highs and lows of high-profile injury news.

From Amile Jefferson’s 2015-16 foot drama to No. 1 recruit Harry Giles’ recent knee setbacks, the Blue Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Devil coaches and players have become familiar with Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Wednesday that there is still watching players go down and trying to bring them no timetable for Harry Giles to join the Blue Devils in uniform. back into the fold.

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Still no timetable for Giles Although Tatum’s foot sprain might seem like a major obstacle this close to the regular season, Krzyzewski pointed out that the St. Louis native’s predicament is much more manageable than Giles’. After tearing his right ACL in November 2015, Giles was recovering throughout the summer at Duke and had started some 5-on-0 work running plays with his teammates in September.

But the Winston Salem, N.C., native had his left knee scoped to clean up scar tissue—he previously tore his left ACL also—Oct. 3. The approximate recovery from the procedure is six weeks, but now, more than halfway through that period, Krzyzewski did not have a timetable on the star freshman’s return to playing with the team.

While Tatum has starred for the Blue Devils in practice and at Countdown to Craziness—scoring a scrimmage-high 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting— Giles has been unable to get his college career off the ground. Krzyzewski said he has been working out without contact, adding the next step will be to get back to 5-on-0 drills.

“When someone says, ‘When will Harry come back?’

Harry has never been. He’s not coming back, he’s got to be,” Krzyzewski said. “Jayson will be out for a little bit. He’ll be coming back, and he has a body of work that he’s already done even though it’s been in practice.

We have to develop that body of work for Harry over a period of time. This will be a more a gradual practice.

When Jayson comes back, I would hope boom, he can hit the ground running.”

Staying in good spirits The Blue Devils have heard the phrase “no timetable” a lot recently, as Jefferson was sidelined last December after suffering a fracture in his right foot. The team captain was expected to come back in February, but as his return date got closer, the Philadelphia native did not consistently feel healthy enough to return to action.

“It just never got to a point where I was confident enough where I could be out there and not be a shell of myself,” Jefferson said at Duke’s media day earlier this month.

Although he is much less experienced than Jefferson, Giles is now in a similar position to start his college career.

But Krzyzewski said the McDonald’s All-American has had no trouble supporting his teammates, including during Tuesday’s scrimmage periods that saw sophomore Luke Kennard pour in 44 points with different lineup combinations and several of Giles’ teammates impress scouts.

“Harry is so supportive of his teammates. They love Harry, not like him, they love him and want him to blend in,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s not like, ‘Oh man, Harry is coming back.’ It’s like, ‘When are we going to get Harry?’”

Giles could not participate during Countdown to Craziness other than showing off a few dance moves during player introductions, but the versatile 6-foot-10 big man still looked to be all smiles.

According to Kennard, that should be no surprise— the sophomore said at Duke’s media day Giles is one of the funniest players the Blue Devils have.

“We never have to pick him up because he’s always such an upbeat guy,” Kennard said. “He’s always trying to be a guy that is building confidence in other guys.

Even though he’s not in, he’s always engaged.”

Like Jefferson, senior captain Matt Jones is also familiar with both the impact players can have from the bench and the potential for unheralded role players to step into prominent positions when holes in the lineup open up. Jones struggled with his own health for much of last season, but he led the Blue Devils in scoring in their Elite Eight win against Gonzaga and played lockdown perimeter defense to help Duke capture its fifth national championship in 2014-15.

After watching Jefferson go down last season, Jones said Wednesday that the team’s captains are doing everything they can to prepare the rest of the team to find their own roles as the season unfolds—regardless of who is on the court.

“I know all too well how injuries can derail a season, so when Coach says don’t take it for granted, we try to hone that message in to the freshmen, knowing that any given day, any given practice, any given game, somebody can go down,” Jones said. “You have to figure out what’s next. It’s all about perspective. We’ve been through it.

For us to make sure that they know it can happen is best for us.”

Brian Pollack contributed reporting.