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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, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 DUKECHRONICLE.COM
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Program hires first female manager since 2014-15
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 12
RALLY FOR THE PLANET
By Derek Saul Sports Editor
The 2014-15 men’s basketball season holds a special place in Duke lore, as the season ended with the team cutting down the nets in Indianapolis, capturing the program’s fifth and most recent national championship. On a less rosy note, that season also marks the last time that the program had a female manager. Until now. For the first time in nearly five years, there will be a female manager for the Duke men’s basketball team, Mike DeGeorge, the team’s director of sports information, confirms. Though the team maintained its position that manager positions were open to applicants of all genders, allegations arose in 2014 that the program would not hire women in the capacity anymore. In 2017, The Chronicle got messages from 2014 that a male manager “said the team would only accept female applicants in special cases.” Managers play a key role in day-to-day operations for the program, doing everything from setting up for practices to loading luggage prior to away games. There are typically about a dozen managers with Duke every year. Managers do not receive a salary, but are eligible for scholarships, meaning the group must follow Title IX.
Rebecca Schneid | Associate Photorgraphy Editor Students rally at the Bryan Center plaza to raise awareness about climate change, capping off a week of climate strikes across the globe.
By William He Contributing Reporter
Kaylee Rodriguez Contributing Reporter
Duke students added their voices to those participating in the global climate strike last week. As part of the week-long global strike inspired by 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg, the Duke Climate Coalition and the Undergraduate Environmental Union collaborated to host the Duke Climate Rally at the Bryan Center plaza Sept. 21. The event followed a youth global climate strike Sept. 20. “We really want [students] to feel like there is something that they can do and that they can feel empowered and hopeful,” said senior Margaret Overton, who serves as UEU president. Overton explained that the main focus of the rally was to promote engagement in climate change issues among the student population.
With Locopops and colorful signs in hand that read “I’m with her [mother earth]” and “Why should we study if there is no future?”, dozens of students and visitors gathered under the glaring sun to demonstrate their support for action against climate change. Although the rally itself lasted two hours, the event’s organizers focused on long-term impact through legislative petitioning and voter registration. Leading up to the rally, DCC and UEU hosted a sign-making event and drafted letters for students to send to various politicians and Duke administrators including President Vincent Price, Gov. Roy Cooper and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. Sophomore Dana Adcock, who studies environmental science and policy, stressed the importance of such engagement. “Especially with this administration and the lack of care put into climate change, defending the EPA and lack of accountability for corporations happening right now, it’s more important now than ever See PLANET on Page 4
Price outlines five values at Academic Council By Jake Satisky Editor-in-Chief
Henry Haggart | Asst Sports Photo Editor The managers stand in blue shirts behind the team.
PREPARE. EXPLORE. CONNECT.
In order to avoid any more research misconduct, Duke has taken several steps, like forming a new Office of Research. Another step? Having values. At Thursday’s Academic Council meeting, the first of the academic year, President Vincent Price addressed the faculty governance body, laying out a list of values to serve as a statement of Duke’s commitment to integrity. He convened a committee to think about Duke’s guiding values, and they came up with five: respect, inclusion, trust, discovery and excellence. “These are intended to be, at the highest level, a statement of our aspirations as a
community,” Price said. Price mentioned that Duke, in fact, has multiple sets of values. The Duke University Health System had its own set of principles, and so did different units within it. The University had a list of values—trustworthiness, respect, diversity, learning and teamwork—from 1997 that were created by then-President Nan Keohane and was passed down to the next two presidents, Richard Brodhead and Price. In 2018, Price said, the National Institutes of Health “expressed concerns” about Duke’s research ethics and faculty accountability. Duke agreed to pay $112.5 million to the U.S. government in March 2019 because of a lawsuit alleging that Duke falsified data in applying for research grants. Price told Academic Council that Duke now
aspires for a culture of the “highest integrity” and of accountability, where faculty aren’t afraid to speak up and ask questions. He wants the five values to serve as an umbrella for all of Duke and extend beyond research. They should be incorporated into residential life reforms, Price said, as well as a potential Duke 101 program for first-year students and faculty hiring. After Price’s speech, Ara Wilson, associate professor and director of graduate studies for gender, sexuality and feminist studies, pointed out that compensations are not evenly distributed among the five values. She said discovery and excellence are highly rewarded among departments and individuals, but neither inclusion nor diversity are endowed See COUNCIL on Page 4
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