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The Chronicle T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2016
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH YEAR, ISSUE 28
Duke employees’ donations overwhelmingly go to Clinton Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle More Duke employees donated to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Deborah Ross compared to Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr by a margin of 16 to one. Almost 90 Duke faculty and staff donated to presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, whereas 43 donated to Senate candidates Deborah Ross and Richard Burr. The Democratic candidates received more than $77,000 in funding—the Republican candidates, however, raised less than $5,000. These numbers are based on faculty and staff that noted “Duke University” as their employer when donating, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. “My motivation for donating and supporting Hillary Clinton was that I know donations help get the word out,” wrote Stefanie Sarantopoulos, associate professor of medicine, in an email. “A persistent and productive lifetime politician, Hillary Clinton is the most qualified and dedicated individual in history to be nominated for this office.” Hillary Clinton received 86 donations—totaling more than $47,000—from Duke faculty and staff. Some donors highlighted Clinton’s qualifications and history in public life as a motivation for donating. Other donors
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were excited about the prospect of a first female President. “We need a president with two XX chromosomes very badly,” wrote Alexander Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy, in an email. Some donors, such as Thomas Nechyba, professor of economics, and Susan Alberts, Robert F. Durden professor of biology, were motivated to prevent a
Trump presidency. Both Burr and Trump received four donations each. However, Burr raised almost $4,000, whereas Trump only raised $860. Notably, Duke employees donated twice as much to Senator Ted Cruz than they did to Trump—$1,150 to Cruz in total. Duke employees donated to other candidates for president, as well. David
Kraines, associate professor emeritus of mathematics, donated to Governor John Kasich. “The other candidates in the [Republican] primaries were weak, corrupt, divisive and/or unhinged,“ Kraines wrote in an email. “Unfortunately, the same is true of the current candidates.” Bernie Sanders—Clinton’s primary opponent during the Democratic nomination process—received more than $25,000 from Duke employees. One donor was Dan Ariely, James B. Duke professor of psychology and behavioral economics, who donated $5,000 to the Sanders campaign. “My point in supporting Bernie was to help expand the political debate in the U.S. to include elements that I thought were incredibly crucial to our continued success,” Ariely said. “I think that the questions of education, and in particular, income equality are crucial for the long term sustainability, and they are the moral thing to do. To my deep sadness, he seemed to be the only one who was making these questions front and center.” The average donation to Clinton was more than $500, but Trump’s average donation was about $216. Burr’s average donation, on the other hand, was $200 higher than Ross’ average—which was almost $800. Third-party candidates Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein See DONATIONS on Page 5
Kennard stars in exhibition opener as injuries mount Hank Tucker The Chronicle The Blue Devils’ injury problems continued into their first exhibition contest of the year, and they were disjointed at times without their stars on the floor in a shaky victory. But Duke still won by more than 30 points. The Blue Devils knocked off Division II Virginia State 90-59 Friday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium in their exhibition opener despite looking far from the dominant team that was picked to win the ACC at the conference’s media day early on. Duke had 16 turnovers—freshman Frank Jackson had five—and gave up 19 offensive rebounds in its first contest against another opponent this year. But an impressive performance by sophomore Luke Kennard ensured that the outcome of the game was never in doubt. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard led all scorers with 30 points on 8-of-17 shooting and sparked a 13-0 run in the first half with a 3-pointer from
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the top of the key to put Duke in front 32-16. Kennard also picked up a pair of steals in the Blue Devils’ press in the first half that he turned into breakaway layups. “Luke was outstanding, but that’s how Luke has been playing,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “If you had to grade everybody, he’s played the best overall since we started practice.” Freshman center Marques Bolden, Grayson Allen and Jackson joined Kennard in double figures, but Allen’s first contest of his junior campaign was anything but smooth sailing. Allen and co-captain Matt Jones were both hurt driving to the basket early and joined injured freshmen Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles on the bench for a long stretch of the first half. Allen reentered the game after seven minutes on the bench and finished with 13 points, but exited in the second half when he appeared to injure his shoulder again on a breakaway dunk. Jones did not return to the
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Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Sophomore Luke Kennard played all 20 minutes in the first half Friday, scoring 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting. He finished the game with 30 points.
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