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Questions remain after attack on hospital employee Abigail Xie The Chronicle After a female employee at Duke University Hospital was attacked Sept. 20, questions surround the nature of the attack, how it occurred and how it was handled by hospital administrators.

Although early reports described the incident as a sexual assault, statements from the hospital and a memo emailed to all employees Sept. 24—four days after the attack—asserted that this was not a case of sexual assault. The memo, sent by Kevin Sowers, president and CEO of DUH, acknowledged that communication to all staff in the hospital “should have been handled differently.” Sowers also described a “sense of vulnerability and fear” among hospital employees after the incident occurred, noting that “inconsistent information” was passed on after the incident. No notification was sent under the federal Clery Act, which requires DUH to send out timely warning notices when certain crimes occur. Some employees were not informed until about 24 hours after the incident.

“It’s not just whether or not the Clery Act or any other provision of law mandates that they report to people—it’s that, out of an abundance of caution for the safety and security for the patients and employees, the prudent thing to do would’ve been to notify everyone immediately, so everyone would be on high alert,” said Justin Bamberg, one of the victim’s attorneys, who related his client’s account of what transpired to The Chronicle.

According to Bamberg, the 26-year-

Han Kang | The Chronicle The lawyer of a hospital employee attacked Sept. 20 is questioning Duke’s handling of the situation. The University did not send out a notification to patients and employees immediately following the incident.

old employee performed a routine electrocardiogram procedure on a patient at approximately 5 a.m. during her shift Sept.

20. She then used the restroom on the ninth floor of the hospital at around 5:15 a.m.

While she was checking her hair in the mirror of the bathroom, the assailant came up behind her, choked her until the blood vessels in her eyes began to burst and she

lost consciousness, Bamberg said. She woke up with her pants down, unsure of whether she had been sexually assaulted or violated in any way.

Unable to walk, she called for help and was assisted onto a stretcher and taken to the emergency room, Bamberg said. Sexual assault nurse examiners then performed a rape kit exam on the victim.

“It is my understanding that the rape kit won’t be tested until they have a suspect, and that is a systemic issue,” Bamberg said. “It’s not uncommon for law enforcement to not completely test a rape kit until they have a suspect, and it’s my understanding it has not been processed yet.”

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Special to The Chronicle DUPD elected to implement body cameras this year in addition to the vehicle cameras that have been used for nearly 10 years.

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As police forces across the country face questions about accountability, Duke University Police Department has taken the step of placing body cameras on its officers.

DUPD decided to pilot the program last spring after reviewing the technology for several years, then purchased the cameras this summer. As of this fall, all Duke police officers are equipped with body cameras visible on the center of their uniforms.

Chief of Police John Dailey noted that the decision was not made in response to any specific event. Rather, the cameras fit into the department’s efforts to stay up-to-date with the precedent set by other police forces, explained Kyle Cavanaugh, vice

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“We’ve been fortunate that the Duke police department has had a history of trying to stay current with technology and constantly looking at best practices,” Cavanaugh said. “I think [body cameras are] increasingly being viewed as a best practice.”

DUPD’s decision to implement body cameras is the latest in a long line of police departments in other cities and college campuses that have made the same decision, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The use of the equipment has increased during the past year in the wake of a number of police brutality incidents that have sparked national outrage, most notably the August 2014 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

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Last week, the Obama administration announced that $20 million in federal grants will be provided to 73 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. to purchase 21,000 body cameras.

Duke Police has tested and trained all officers on how to use body cameras effectively, Cavanaugh said. He added that although DUPD has only recently started using body cameras, the department has already been using dashboard cameras in police vehicles for nearly 10 years.

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TC: What brought you to Duke? Why did you decide to come here?

VA: I decided to come to Duke for many of the reasons I’ve decided to go everywhere. Great faculty—I always want to work with collaborative faculty who are great scholars and great teachers. And I will go anywhere for great students. I really love teaching—I usually teach undergraduate organic chemistry and graduate courses in materials chemistry. And, by the way, it matters that you have great leadership. Dick [Brodhead] and Sally [Kornbluth] are pretty special and have similar values around education and trying to deliver the absolute best experience for the faculty and the students. All of that feels very comfortable to me.

faculty leadership training.

The third is around issues of inequality and diversity.

Again, the question for me is what is it that Duke has that we are not maximizing? We have a really unique position in that Duke is the only top institution in the South.

That context of living of the South affects all issues of inequality, gender, economics, race, sexuality—you name it. There’s something about the context of being in the southeastern part of the United States that changes all of those discussions. We are in the city of Durham, which is also an interesting context. It has a lot of history around all of these topics.

We have scholars who are experts in all of these areas, not just in Trinity but all over campus. Public policy, law—we have a brain trust around these issues. What we haven’t done is try and codify something that we deliver to the students around these issues. There are workshops here and there, there are classes here and there, but we would like for every student to have experienced thinking of issues of inequality. Our students will go out into the world to be of service in various ways, and they’re going to interact with people who are very different. It’s just a diverse world.

This is a major issue nationally and internationally— everywhere. Almost every issue in some way is tied to this.

So if our students really want to make an impact, then are we fully equipping them to do that? I think we may be doing that here and there, but we’re not maximizing what we could be doing. There is so much brilliance on campus around these issues. We need to engage in a consistent way these topics and conversations that are sometimes challenging and uncomfortable, more than when there’s an issue, more than when something comes Special to The Chronicle up and suddenly everyone’s talking about it, and then two Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby is prioritizing efficient use of months later nobody’s talking about it. We ought to have resources, faculty leadership opportunities and increasing a consistent approach that’s part of the Duke student’s diversity in her first year on the job. experience.

TC: Let’s talk about some of your main goals both in the short term and the long term. What are you most excited about?

VA: We have three places where we are going to begin.

One is considering this idea of how we can increase the excellence in research and teaching in our departments without significant growth of the faculty. We grew the faculty significantly about a decade ago without changing the size of the student body, so the faculty-to-student ratio is pretty doggone good now. So it’s not a question of necessarily adding a lot more people, but really making sure that we excel with what we have, and when we do actually hire people, that we really hire the very best people who are going to be great teachers and great scholars overall. We don’t see those as two separate things. You can’t be a great

scholar without working on your teaching and getting the benefits of interacting with students—your scholarship gets better when you do that.

The second area is really working on faculty leadership.

We need leaders all over the College of Arts and Sciences, whether that’s for student initiatives or research teams or centers or institutes or department chairs—everything requires great leadership. We have been really blessed that we have good leaders. But we haven’t really had leadership training and leadership support. The question is how much better could we be doing if we supported and developed our leaders more. We’re really talking about using all of the talent that Duke has and making sure that we identify all of it and then support it. The staff leadership training is great, but there hasn’t been a significant effort around

Ryan Zhang The Chronicle Valerie Ashby became dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences this summer after a nationwide search to replace outgoing dean Laurie Patton, now president of Middlebury College. Prior to Ashby’s appointment, she served as chair of the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Chronicle’s Ryan Zhang spoke with her about her goals for Trinity and why she chose to come to Duke.

The Chronicle: How has the transition to Durham been for you so far?

Valerie Ashby: I’ve been a resident of Durham! My first academic job was at Iowa State, in the Midwest. I left Iowa State in 2003 and moved to UNC-Chapel Hill, but I lived in Durham. I love living in Durham. It’s actually quite nice—I just drive 15 miles in the other direction now. Actually, all of my activities, other than when I was working at UNC, are pretty much in Durham—friends, church, social things. I love DPAC.

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TC: How do you see that sort of consistent conversation happening?

VA: Of all the three topics, this is the one that is going to take the most work to develop. I really feel strongly that the faculty need to own this conversation for it to be sustainable.

Students are going to come and go, right? You can have a really zealous student, and then they graduate. But if the University—via the faculty—owns that this is who we want to be, then that’s a sustainable thing. So we will start by engaging faculty, some key people in different areas, and start to think about what Duke could uniquely do around this topic that would be of the highest impact to the most students. And I don’t actually want to prescribe what that is, because I think See ASHBY on Page 16

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Iranian journalist Bahari calls his country’s hardliners ‘stupid’ Kenrick Cai The Chronicle Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist who was imprisoned by the Iranian government for alleged espionage, said Tuesday that he sees a positive place for his home country within the international community.

In a talk that centered around the American-Iranian relationship in the wake of the July nuclear deal, Bahari emphasized the changing conditions within the country. He noted that the Iranian people have gradually become more liberal and supportive of reform, challenging the government as the older generation is either “dying or reforming.”

“Maybe we do not see the manifestations of those challenges on the streets, but in terms of acceptance of others, in terms of embracing Western values such as democracy, human rights, even other subjects that were taboo such as homosexuality or certain religious minorities, they are much more acceptable these days in Iran,” he said.

“Many of the hardliners in Iran are simply just stupid.”

Bahari returned to Iran in 2009 to cover the presidential election but was detained amid widespread protests over the result. He then spent 118 days in solitary confinement while being tortured. His memoir “Then They Came for Me” was adapted into the film “Rosewater,” directed by Jon Stewart, in 2014.

Bahari emphasized that the recent

Jim Liu | The Chronicle In a talk Tuesday night, journalist Maziar Bahari discussed American-Iranian relations and his confinement in 2009 after covering the Iranian presidential election.

nuclear deal was limited to covering nuclear issues. As such, a number of other problems plaguing Iran, such as human rights violations and the government’s general anti-Western sentiment, were not addressed. Bahari also noted that there is a long way to go before relations with Iran are normalized.

Still, Bahari said the beginning of

negotiations with the West indicates an opportunity for a shift toward democracy in Iran and freedom for its citizens.

“We have to understand that the nuclear negotiations are not a magic pill that is going to resolve years of mistrust by Iran with the rest of the world,” Bahari said. “But it is a way to prevent another war in the Middle East.

It is a way for the peaceful development of events in Iran, and it prevents militarization of the country.”

He also noted that the younger generation is much more vocal than its predecessors, thanks in large part to social media.

“What we are seeing in Iran is a 20th century dictatorship now having to fight its people on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram,” he said. “The regime uses the same old methods of repression in the digital age, but it cannot work forever.”

Despite the nuclear agreement and shifting social norms, the government continues to impede change. He noted that the upcoming parliamentary elections in March will present an important opportunity for progress.

“My guess is that if [the non-hardline candidates] are allowed to run, we will see a majority reformist parliament,” Bahari said.

Bringing Bahari to campus was a student-coordinated effort led by the Duke International Relations Association.

“We felt that with the nuclear deal, he would have an incredibly timely, relevant and particularly unique perspective,” said junior Ilana Weisman, a member of the organization.

Students, faculty and community members filled Schiciano Auditorium for Bahari’s talk. Freshman Daniel Allred said he came after learning about Bahari in “Rosewater."

“I wanted to see how far he had come since then,” he said. “It was a great talk.”

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Devil’s Krafthouse was chosen in part because of the student body’s desire for local eateries, said Barbara Stokes, assistant director of dining services.

Magowan supported Duke Dining’s decision to incorporate local eateries as opposed to large chains like Chickfil-A and said vendors connected to the community have more of a stake in serving good food. He also said that the decision seemed to reflect a trend of decreasing boundaries between Duke and Durham.

“When I first came here, it definitely seems like Duke students only came to one or two places off campus deemed ‘their thing’—and now I see Duke students all over town,” he said. “It’s nice for them to get out and see the town.”

Grace Mok The Chronicle Devil’s Krafthouse, the first vendor that will open in the new West Union, received many positive reviews from students after serving free samples at the Bryan Center plaza Tuesday afternoon.

The event was the first of the Taste of West Union series, intended to pique student interest in the future venues of West Union, scheduled to partially open in February 2016.

Operated by local Durham restaurant Geer ur goal for Street Garden, the food is Devil’s Krafthouse to be very simple served make-yourown tacos with but also very high carnitas, grilled quality... a little chicken and black beans alongside something for pico de gallo, sour everyone. cream and pickled Despite — Andy carrots. the rain, students Magowan criss-crossed the Bryan Center plaza waiting in line for free samples.

Many students enjoyed their tacos, complimenting Devil’s Krafthouse for their authentic taste.

“I was born in Houston and lived there for the first 14 years of my life. This really ranks up there, though it could use a few onions,” said sophomore George Bernard.

Students compared their sample tacos to other options on campus. Freshman Vishnu Menon commented that the sample taco tasted much better than its Marketplace

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Ian Jaffe | The Chronicle Geer Street Garden served students tacos in the first Taste of West Union event on the BC Plaza Tuesday afternoon.

equivalent. On the other hand, senior Chrislyn Choo said she could have made the sample tacos herself and preferred the tacos at Cafe Edens. Junior Kevin Lin said the tacos were reminiscent of those at NanaTaco.

Although he enjoyed his taco, senior Chris Woodard expressed concern that the taste of the sample tacos would not reflect the future offerings.

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Andy Magowan, owner of Geer Street Garden, said that quality would be maintained through a good staff and decent standards.

“Our goal for the food is to be very simple but also very high-quality...a little something for everyone,” he said, noting Chronicle File Photo the availability of vegetarian, vegan and The new West Union will be fully open next Fall, though Devil’s Krafthouse will open in gluten-free options.

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EAGLES READY TO SOAR Sam Turken The Chronicle

After winning a combined six games in 2011 and 2012, Boston College has rebounded with consecutive 7-6 seasons and back-to-back postseason berths in the past two years.

But the Eagles have set their sights on contending for the ACC Atlantic Division.

A victory against Duke Saturday afternoon would be a major step in the right direction. With a young squad that has already suffered several injuries early in the season and has yet to play away from home, Boston College head coach Steve Addazio knows the road game will be a major test. “[Duke is] well-coached. They are sound,” Addazio said at his weekly press conference Monday. “[They’re] a good football team and we have got to go on the road and play them, which adds another element that will be a new and interesting element for our team, being that we have a lot of guys who have never played on the road.”

Boston College has had its ups and down through the first four games of the season.

After beginning the year with two victories against Maine and Howard, the Eagles came up short in a 14-0 loss to then-No.11 Florida State. Although Boston College remained within striking range throughout the first two and half quarters, a fumble that the Seminoles returned for a touchdown

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Lily Coad | The Chronicle After leading the team in scoring a year ago, junior Brody Huitema finally notched his first goal of the 2015 campaign Tuesday night in the Blue Devils’ draw against Davidson.

defending because if we do, then we’ll be able to hold the lead longer.”

As has been in the case in many of their contests this season, the Blue Devils (4-3-2)

Let the offense take flight

fell behind early. Coming off an assist from midfielder Matthew Gandier, forward Maxi

and 7.8 points per game, which ranks second in the country.

Up front, the Eagles have an experienced group of defensive linemen as well as a fast and physical linebacking corps. Led by defensive linemen Harold Landy, Connor See SCOUTING on Page 12

The Blue Devils held a 2-1 lead late in the game, but were unable to hold on and capture the victory.

Duke tied Davidson 2-2 Tuesday night after 20 minutes of overtime at Alumni Stadium in Davidson, N.C., as it failed to earn a win for DUKE 2 the fifth straight 2 contest. The team DAV did snap a threegame losing streak with the draw, but a goal by Wildcat senior Alec Rotunda in the 74th minute prevented the Blue Devils from coming home with a victory.

“It’s frustrating because it’s not like we’re in bad positions or our defense is terrible. It’s just a case of stepping up and doing the job and getting in the other team’s face while they’re shooting,” Duke head coach John Kerr told GoDuke.com. “They scored two goals from the top of the box again, and we have to improve that facet of our

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Handoff. Screen pass. Quarterback scramble. Punt.

T h r o u g h four games, this sequence has become all too familiar for Blue Sameer Pandhare Devil fans.

Despite starting the season 3-1 and sporting one of the best defenses in the nation, Duke’s offense has been lacking fluidity and consistency. The Blue Devils are averaging 34.0 points per game to this point in the season, but have also frequently stalled on the field with predictable play-calling.

Quarterback Thomas Sirk had just 14 passing yards in the second half Saturday against Georgia Tech, when the Blue Devils scored second-half touchdowns via a DeVon Edwards kickoff return and a 30-yard Shaquille Powell rush set up by good field position following a Yellow Jacket fumble.

After losing one of the most successful quarterback-wide receiver combinations in program history in Anthony Boone and Jamison Crowder and the graduation of experienced members from the team’s offensive line, growing pains were to be expected early in the season.

But it’s hard to chalk up Duke’s offensive struggles to growing pains— this isn’t an issue of mistiming or poor route-running. This is an issue of a conservative system that has opted for a more methodical approach down the field.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ve never coached the Manning brothers—or anybody, if we’re being honest—like Cutcliffe has and I’m sure there is merit to the scheme offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery and the Blue Devils have used this season. But some of the earlyseason numbers are alarming even when considering the team’s lopsided wins in matchups against a 1-2 Tulane squad and crosstown FCS foe N.C. Central.

Sirk is only averaging 6.9 yards per pass attempt and has been relegated to short passes since the competition has taken a step up. In their last two games, top receiving targets Johnell Barnes and Max McCaffrey have combined for only 117 yards receiving—150 yards less than TCU receiver Josh Doctson racked up individually a week ago.

And perhaps most frightening of

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Running back Shaquille Powell rushed for three scores last week against then-No. 20 Georgia Tech, but will face a stiff challenge this week against a very tough Boston College defense.

ultimately did the Eagles in. But they quickly rebounded with a 17-14 win against Northern Illinois to push their record to 3-1.

Boston College’s main strength is its defense. Through four games, defensive coordinator Don Brown’s unit has limited opponents to a nation-best 118 total yards

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Duke got off to a hot start in its first action of the season, but wasn’t able to maintain its momentum through the final 36 holes as the competition quickly pulled away.

The Blue Devils teed off for the first time this season at the Annika Intercollegiate in Orlando, Fla., where they finished fourth out of 12 teams. The 54-hole tournament was held across Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the par-72 Watson Course of Reunion Resort and was hosted by LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam. It was a respectable start for a Duke squad—which won the national title two years ago—that was hungry to find success at the highest levels once again after an emotional semifinal loss during last year’s national championship.

“They did a great job of staying focused and playing hard,” Duke head coach Dan Brooks said. “We didn’t get the numbers that we want…Our last two days we just didn’t get the scores but we fought hard, so that’s all I can hope for.”

No. 6 Duke started off the week with promising signs, finding itself in second place after the first round and just one stroke behind No. 3 Southern California. The Blue Devils’ first-round efforts were headed by decorated sophomore Leona Maguire, who shot a fiveunder-par 67 and was tied for second overall among individuals after 18 holes.

Maguire is returning from a successful 2014-15 campaign during which she took the women’s golf world by storm, capturing National Player of the Year honors and also earned the Golfstat Cup—given to the country’s scoring average leader.

Sunday night, she was bestowed with yet another honor when she accepted the

SCOUTING from page 11 Wujciak and Mehdi Abdesmad, Boston College penetrated Florida State’s offensive line and shut down its rushing attack, holding star running back Dalvin Cook—who at the time ranked second in the nation in yards per game—to 54 yards on 15 carries.

Despite many questions about their young secondary during the offseason, the Eagles’ defensive backs have also blossomed, limiting opposing passing attacks to 72.0 yards per game.

“This Boston College team is really something to watch,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Just watch in general, a team that the most yards anybody has scored [against] was Florida State. They’ve only given up two touchdowns in four games. They defend every aspect [of the field]. They have [a] great run defense, but they also have a great pass defense.”

But on the other side of the ball, it is a different story. Several of the Eagles’ offensive weapons—including starting quarterback Darius Wade and running backs Jon Hilliman and Myles Willis—are questionable or sidelined with various injuries.

The Eagles’ offense has struggled to find any rhythm and execute consistently at a high level. After beginning the season with a 24-point performance against Maine,

Chronicle File Photo Senior Celine Boutier finished tied for 13th as the Blue Devils kicked off their fall slate with a fourth place finish at the Annika Intercollegiate Invitational.

2015 Annika Award, a separate accolade that recognizes the nation’s best player as chosen by coaches, players and the media.

As a result of her strong play last season, Maguire sits atop the Women’s Amateur Golf Rankings and has an opportunity to lead the Duke squad to another national title this season.

Senior Celine Boutier posted the Blue Devils’ second round in the 60’s, firing an opening-round 68 Sunday. Boutier’s dayone efforts showed a player who had kept her game in shape this summer, a result of competing in two professional majors and winning the Ladies’ British Open Amateur

Championship.

The rest of the Blue Devil lineup featured two familiar faces and one new one. Freshman Virginia Elena Carta competed in her first round for Duke Sunday, notching a birdie on the first hole en route to a one-under-par 71. Junior Sandy Choi also carded a 71, and sophomore Gurbani Singh rounded out the team’s day-one scores with a 73. Brooks reflected on the team’s first round performance as a hopeful sign of its potential.

“That was an excellent first day,” Brooks said. “The scores we got the first day showed me that we’re there…not anybody can go shoot 11 under [par] in a day.”

Boston College exploded for 76 points against Howard. Although the offensive line has at times controlled the line of scrimmage and shown great potential, it has also missed many key blocks.

Since the injury to Wade, the Eagles have used a two-quarterback system featuring Troy Flutie and Jeff Smith—with Smith usually entering in running situations. Like Northwestern, Boston College relies mostly on its ground attack to wear down opposing defensive fronts and surprise defenses when they do pass the ball. The Eagles average 231 yards per game on the ground and have only completed a combined 10 passes for 148 yards in their last two games.

“We are very inconsistent on offense,” Addazio said. “It’s been the same since Maine. So what’s happening right now, you’re trying to get a little consistent, but all these new bodies are taking you back to the starting point. We have had plenty of opportunities and we are missing those opportunities, whether it be a play-action pass or a run. We are just one block off, one guy off, one misread off.”

The Duke matchup marks the beginning of a month of crucial games for the Eagles.

After a relatively easy schedule to begin the season, Boston College now hits the meat of its schedule with road contests against Louisville and No. 12 Clemson, as well as a home game against No. 6 Notre Dame.

COLUMN from page 11 all, Duke’s attempts to limit turnovers by playing things conservatively have not worked. Heading into this week’s game against Boston College, the Blue Devils rank 95th in the country with eight turnovers. If you’re giving the ball up when calling short passes and power runs, why not open up the field more in hopes of making something happen?

The solution to Duke’s offensive woes is not yet clear at this point. Sirk certainly shouldn’t be expected to play like the next Tom Brady right away, but the redshirt junior has struggled throwing the deep ball and looking off defenders.

The Glen St. Mary, Fla., native has flashed the ability to throw well on the run, and rolling Sirk out of the pocket more may allow him to see the field better.

Another forgotten piece in the early going has been tight end Braxton Deaver. After being named a third-team All-ACC choice in 2013 and recovering from ACL surgery last season, the sixthyear senior has only two receptions for 17 yards this year.

But perhaps the best way to keep the defense off balance is to throw in a couple of gimmicks. The Blue Devils have never been afraid to utilize strange

Although the first competitive round of the year looked optimistic for the Blue Devils, their second was full of frustration. Duke’s worst individual score from the first round nearly became the team’s best in the second round, with the low number being raised out of the 60’s by Maguire’s team-leading even-par 72. The rest of the team turned in a trio of 73’s and a 74.

By the end of day two, the Blue Devils managed to post a score of 291, a full 14 strokes worse than their day-one total of 277. Duke fell from second place to fourth Sunday, as the Trojans surged to a 17-stroke lead ahead of second-place Texas A&M and 21 strokes ahead of Duke. Despite the fact that the team’s scoring tapered off in the final two rounds, Brooks was not concerned about the Blue Devils’ ability to find the winner’s circle in upcoming tournaments.

“I’m not making a huge deal out of it,” Brooks said. “Not all tournaments are going to [have] the low numbers. You can do almost all the right things and sometimes you just don’t get the scores, and I see it more [as] that kind of a tournament rather than a tournament where we were not prepared.”

In round three, Duke showed slight improvement, but failed to return to the form seen in its first round. The team improved three strokes from the previous day, as all Blue Devil players remained in the 70’s—with Gurbani Singh carding a 71 to lead the team in Tuesday’s final round.

By the time the final putt was holed, Duke remained in fourth place, finishing 28 strokes behind Southern California, which totaled an impressive 36-under-par to claim the victory by more than 20 strokes.

The Blue Devils will return to North Carolina for their next competition, the Tar Heel Invitational beginning Oct. 9. formations—as they did when Crowder threw a touchdown pass with his left hand late in the team’s Sun Bowl loss to Arizona State last year—and it may be time to do so this season.

Duke appears to have a potential fit for such a system in backup-quarterbackturned-running back Nicodem Pierre.

With the running back position slowly getting healthy thanks to the return of redshirt junior Jela Duncan, this may be the time to head back to the twoquarterback system the Blue Devils have used so often in the past.

Regardless of the path Cutcliffe and his staff opt for, it is clear that something must be done and in short order. Duke’s defense is starting to gain this year’s Blue Devils national recognition, but the offensive performance against Northwestern may linger in the back of poll voters’ minds until Duke gives them reason to think otherwise. Upcoming matchups against Boston College and Army should be great opportunities to experiment with changes before beginning a tough stretch of games against Virginia Tech, Miami and North Carolina.

In the end, the team’s defense can only take the squad so far. To reach the next level, the Blue Devils must let their offense take flight.

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of the season. The Blue Devils began the season 4-0—their best start in the past six years—but have dropped three games and finished with two ties since.

“We scouted them well and we saw there were some weaknesses down their flanks and our guys were great. We just [have] to make sure to make our runs properly and finish,” Kerr said. “[I am] just disappointed for the group because we deserve better. We should have gotten a win tonight, and it’s one that got away, but at least we didn’t lose.”

Duke returns to Koskinen Stadium from its three-game road trip Friday, as it resumes ACC play against Syracuse.

In the overtime period, both teams had chances—with the Blue Devils and Davidson getting off two shots on goal apiece—but neither team could capitalize on their opportunities. Duke had one last corner kick on the final play of the game, but once again, could not convert.

Though the Blue Devils led in every offensive category—recording nine shots on goal to the Wildcats’ six and outshooting them 19-12 overall—the scoreboard read 2-2 when the final whistle blew for the end of the game.

After coming away without the victory, Duke will try to find that spark that guided it to a hot start at the beginning

Pragnell scored his first goal of the season for Davidson (3-3-3) from just outside the box in the 10th minute to give the Wildcats a quick 1-0 advantage.

Duke fought back, getting off six shots in the 20 minutes following the Davidson goal without allowing a shot, but none of these attempts found the back of the net. It wasn’t until the 38th minute that the Blue Devils were able to get on the board with a score from forward Brody Huitema—his first of the year after leading the team with five goals as a sophomore last season. Huitema took a cross from defender Carter Manley and volleyed it past Wildcat goalkeeper Matt Pacifici to even the score at 1-1.

“I thought we did well to recover from being a goal down again and we need to get out of that habit of trying to… chase the game,” Kerr said. “We did ever so well to equalize. Brody Huitema scored a [wonderful] goal and then we go up early in the second half 2-1 and had total control of the game.”

Following halftime, Duke came out firing, and sophomore Macario HingGlover scored just two minutes into the second half following a misplay by a Davidson defender.

It looked as if the Blue Devils would finally be able to pull out their first road win of the season, as they remained ahead 2-1 for a majority of the final period.

But in the 74th minute, the Wildcats equalized with Rotunda gathering a loose ball in the box and burying it past Duke goalie Wilson Fisher for his third goal of the season.

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uke Conversations is taking campus by storm. The program is a series of studentorganized dinner discussions between groups of about 20 students and a faculty member host. Thus far in the semester 800 students signed up for the listserv. As reported earlier this month, faculty interest in hosting the dinners was also high with replies across the board, indicating faculty very much want to break bread with students.

In the past when discussing summer reading and academic exploration, we have bemoaned the lack of social events that seek academic unity on campus. The success of Duke Conversations this semester demonstrates that both students and professors desire to form more and deeper bonds in academic communities, however. We applaud how this program expands on the existing FLUNCH and FOCUS programs by opening up group settings to all students and making the program regular through a series of dinners. Conversational dinners can give confidence to students who want to start as flies on the wall and also open professors up to students not enrolled in their classes.

The value of these social academic interactions is in broadening student horizons through exchange of experience. By sitting with faculty members in less structured settings, students gain the same benefits

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Increasing opportunities for students to exchange academic backgrounds as groups also increases mentorship between classes. Students also stand to informally gain exposure to topics in their major that are unfamiliar to them and also to professors outside their major who can add new perspectives to their experience. In these ways Duke Conversations shines with the interdisciplinary and exchange-driven ideals

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Specific departments could even consider inviting experts or prominent members of the field to host special majors-only dinners.

Of course, part of the difficulty in bringing students together for any kind of tradition is that these events’ success depends on students with existing connections attending with already-formed groups of friends. Academic and dinner engagements that offer the occasion of shared academic interest and passion sidestep that weakness, similar to how Tea with Strangers derives attractiveness through the shared interest in meeting new people. Here, the University can take advantage of student interest in academic conversation, particularly where there is utility in showing students uncommon paths not taken after graduation.

We are looking forward to seeing Duke Conversations continue with this momentum and how it may be adapted by academic departments.

The academic culture of the University, built on peer-to-peer and peer-to-faculty relationships, stands to gain much from the expansion of this kind of program. The return of academic homecoming and focus on creating programs that emphasize what students have in common but also what they have to learn from one another will give students a true sense of having an intellectual home and family at Duke.

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e are constantly inundated with information about our nation’s poor, our welfare recipients and socio-economic decline. What has happened to our society and led so many fellow citizens into dire inter-generational poverty? How can we help them without bankrupting the federal government?

Poverty in America is generally caused by the breakdown of the nuclear family and a lack of education. Both of these contribute to the cycle

poverty. It is possible to lower the teen pregnancy rate by adjusting the focus of welfare to providing children at a young age with stable and supportive community environments, local after-school programs and better access to contraception.

There are also many federal programs aimed at improving the education of the poor. These programs aim to increase the income of impoverished families and attempt to end the cycle of poverty through higher education. Converting the welfare system to

Duke Political Union BURKE & PAINE of poverty, entrenching hundreds of thousands of American families to lives of need. Before the spike in single parenting and teen pregnancy, there was drastically less poverty even when controlling for socioeconomic class and race.

The breakdown of the traditional family model in America has led to many teen pregnancies and single parent households—social norms and legal bindings holding the family together have been eroded.

Teenage women become pregnant and often drop out of school in order to take care of their child. With little education and little opportunity for a decent paying job, there is little hope for breaking the cycle of poverty. These women often must rely on welfare to survive because of inadequate options for childcare or for work.

Similarly, children from single-parent households are more likely to grow up in poverty and remain in poverty due to lack of education or joblessness. A lack of education often leads to a spiral of either underemployment or unemployment, which contributes to the continued poverty of the family and decreases the chance for the upward mobility of the child. In a vicious cycle, children born into poor cicumstances receive inadequate education because of their parents’ poverty and lack of emphasis on education.

However, by adjusting the way we approach welfare, America can eradicate the scourge of poverty. Besides encouraging existing government programs targeted at ending teen pregnancy and fostering education among the poor, Congress should consider the implementation of a more state, instead of federal, oriented approach when the government contemplates welfare reform in the coming months.

Much consideration has been given to reducing the teen pregnancy rate and lowering the number of children out-of-wedlock in America. There are many existing programs that encourage abstinence or safe sex, but these methods are far from satisfactory.

Research finds that teens are more likely to become pregnant mothers if they grow up in a dysfunctional or impoverished family, a result and a cause of the cycle of

be more state and community oriented would provide more specific relief to the impoverished. Beginning with the New Deal in the 1930s through the Great Society in the 1960s to current day policy, the federal government has shouldered more and more of the burden of welfare administration. But they are failing.

Because each state is different and the needs of the impoverished can change between Miami, Portland and New York, community programs are better suited to fight poverty at this local level.

With the help of state funding, these programs can provide job training, educational assistance, housing aid and drug rehabilitation. The key to embracing these local programs is their emphasis on the entire family.

Many such programs help parents keep their jobs or return to school while providing childcare, community services and educational help for their children.

Recently, a bill was introduced by Representatives Young and Delaney to Congress to create social impact bonds (SIB) which provide rebates to successful state and local nonprofits who can prove a sustained commitment to help local, poor communities. Federalized legislation like the SIB Act will allow more tailored solutions to America’s poverty problem.

Obviously, we cannot solve the problem of poverty overnight. Many have tried, and Congress is thinking about trying again. I believe the best way to combat the poverty we see today is to observe and analyze the root causes of poverty within America—teen pregnancy and single parent households—and work to address them. By transitioning the majority of our welfare system to the states, giving the power to local institutions that know more about community needs, we can finally return to a society of low unemployment, which will also help close the wealth gap threatening to divide our nation.

DPU’s Burke & Paine is a biweekly column that runs on alternate Wednesdays. Each column will feature a different writer and will cover a different topic related to political engagement. Trinity junior Beth Sercombe wrote this week’s column.

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f my father had ‘come out’ in his youth, if he had not met and married my mother… where would that leave me?”

When I read this sentence of Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” my heart expanded and my eyes gaped open. The risky game of “what if?” started rolling through my mind at lightning speed. You see, I have been an avid activist for the LGBT community since I was in 7th grade. I firmly believe that society, especially in the Bible Belt, my home, forces

advertise their sexuality. If my dad told even one coworker, no matter how close they were, that he was gay, someone else would find out.

Eventually, the person deciding whom to lay off in the recession would find out. And why employ a gay person when you can employ a straight Christian with a loving wife and family? As silly as it sounds, the logic has a tragic ring of truth to it.

My dad has placed his own “do not ask, do not tell” mindset on his life. He will

The joy of Pope Francis

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n Sunday, Pope Francis concluded a momentous visit to the United States. Over his six-day visit, from his opening remarks at the White House to his closing Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia in front of a million faithful, all eyes were on the pontiff.

Before his arrival, many speculated: what message would he send? How would he react to America? Would he slam capitalism or overemphasize environmentalism? Would he speak

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Should the Pope even be commenting on issues of potential political significance? We Americans were ready to do what we do best: politicize people, events and institutions.

But by the end of his congressional address on Thursday morning, it already had become clear that Francis’s visit would be different. It would not be reduced to the American categories of left or right. His strong but careful words throughout the week challenged us to think differently.

When the time came for his departure on Sunday evening, he had spoken on virtually every issue facing the Church and the world today. Each time, he spoke with a graceful, concise and unfailing orthodoxy that transcended politics.

Pope Francis is neither liberal nor conservative, neither a Democrat nor a Republican. He is a Roman Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus, the vicar of Christ on Earth and the 266th successor to Saint Peter. He does not see politics, society or people through the binary American lens. And as a result, he unified us, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, in communion through his inspiring words, inviting demeanor and humbling actions. It was beautiful.

It was so beautiful that the media were completely won over. Typically cynical of the Vatican, mass media outlets abandoned their early attempts to conjure up and pick apart a political agenda, moving instead to an enthusiastic embrace of Francis’s humility, holiness and love.

But why? What was it about one man that was so illuminating and unifying?

Francis is no cult of personality. He is not a rock star. He puts on no spectacle and is not a celebrity in a popularity contest. He is, however, “iconic” insofar as an icon represents and leads us toward something greater than himself. We never idolize the icon but rather look through and beyond him to the ultimate attraction, which here is nothing short Hannah Collins is a Trinity freshman. Her of the truth, beauty and goodness of essay was selected by members of Honor Council God himself.

Pope Francis is attractive because through the group’s summer reading essay contest. of the way he enlivens in each of us, deep down, that innate and immutable human yearning for the transcendent.

He brings out of us the insuppressible desire to Turn Upward. When Francis speaks of a Gospel of non-violence, community and collaborative human interaction, he is touching on the spiritual dimension of each person.

When he speaks of the equality of all persons, he is not referring to our material composition, as we all differ in talents and circumstance, but of our www.dukechronicle.com/opinion equality in the eyes of God and the love that God has for each unique person.

Francis does not sermonize but sets a

young homosexuals to remain “in the closet,” get married and have children. This is the land of the free, not the land of the free if you follow the will of one God in one religion. So why, then, did Bechdel’s thought process in the aforementioned quotation send my head into a tailspin?

My dad is gay.

I have left some space for you to process that, as I have to do every time I state this in a conversation. It is one thing to read a popular tragicomic about a woman you have nothing in common with and have never met. But I am very similar to you. I grew up in the technology age. I suffered through standardized tests, homework, essays, practices and working a low wage job in the summers. I applied to, was accepted to and chose to attend Duke University. Just like you, my goal in life is to be happy and avoid suffering. Unlike you, my dad is gay.

There was a short period of time between my parents’ divorce and my dad’s coming out to me. It was 6th grade, already a very awkward time in anyone’s life. I remember my mother telling me, “I rescinded our membership from the church.” I was blown away! She explained to me that the weekly church email bulletin had a subject line of “We are Loving the Gays Straight to Hell.”

She was infuriated and replied immediately to leave the congregation. I was confused.

Why was my mom suddenly pro-gay rights?

My entire life beforehand, I had thought homosexuality was a sin and should be kept private and out of society’s eye.

When my dad came out to me, I was the first person other than my mom to know. After telling me, he told his surprisingly accepting family. The first time I truly understood the magnitude of my dad’s life (a life that surely our society wanted to push back into the sphere of normal) is when he explained to me why he could not and would not ever let the public know of his homosexuality. At the time, we were in the recession, and everyday he came home telling of more people from his company who were laid off. He explained to me that his coworkers and supervisors all grew up with the same mindset I had. While they think gay people should be treated as human, they do not think gays should

not post pictures with his boyfriends on social media. He rarely brings them home to meet his family. They will only go to gay friendly bars with the rather small LGBT community of Nashville. My dad swears he will never get married, even though he can.

He refers to boyfriends as friends to make it more comfortable for my sister and I, even though we are very comfortable with the situation. As I found a more socially liberal circle of friends, I began to discuss my dad’s sexuality. The majority of my friends know that my dad is gay, and they are not fazed by it. However, my sister and I shared a small school. She did not want her friends to know my dad is gay. The occasional friend will find out, and it becomes a step backwards as she has to adjust to another friend politely judging our family.

Is it fair that my dad had to grow up and suppress his true sexuality? No. Is it fair that I had something major about my life change in my early teens and had no friends I could really talk to about it? No. Is it fair that for every positive LGBT news story there is a negative one? No. But then, I have to consider Alison Bechdel’s thought. If society had not pushed my dad to marry my mom, I would not be here. Society wanted my dad to be a straight, middle-class man with children.

So that is what he became. It was not fair or just. However, because of that, I have been able to enjoy a wonderful world and family.

For every person in my life and yours, he or she will have an experience of wanting something that society does not consider normal. Depending on the person, society will win out at least for a while. That is not fair.

But life is not fair. With that thought lingers an old adage: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. My dad was given social pressure, and he made me. So, while we all will face suffering, participate in debates that make us red in the face, find life to be unfair, cry, scream, quit jobs, storm out of rooms and feel beaten down, society will never beat us if we find the positive in any situation and stay true to ourselves.

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moral example through his actions. He is the first to call himself a sinner and to ask others to pray for him. Francis has presented—in a tangible way—what it means to live and treat others as the imago Dei, one worthy of full dignity and respect. He engages every one of the millions of people that he meets as a “someone” who has goals, ideas and real, lived experiences and not as “something” to be used instrumentally or placed at the disposal of another. The Pope’s public appearances and private

meetings with both privileged leaders and those on the margin—the homeless, imprisoned and sick—demonstrated the power of his moral vision. And his natural joy and friendliness demonstrated the fulfillment found in that way of life.

What drives Francis’s appeal? A robust, living presentation of objective truth. Indeed, all of Francis’s moral exhortations—from our human responsibilities to be stewards of the environment to his emphases on the sacredness of life at all stages and the complementarity of men and women— are grounded in “a moral law written into human nature itself.” It is from this natural moral law, this rational human participation in the Eternal Reason, that all of Francis’s grace and humility flow.

And he invites us, too, to join him in that blissful, fulfilling participation in Truth.

The Catholic Church is amidst a “New Evangelization,” which calls for new ardor, new expression and new methods in communicating the joy of the Gospel. It seeks to renew enthusiasm for its timeless, 2000-year old message with roots 3,500 years deep. It aims to reinvigorate societies that have turned away from the transcendent and inward upon themselves with the splendor of truth. Saint Pope John Paul II initiated the New Evangelization, and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI moved it forward.

Last week, Pope Francis put the New Evangelization on full display. The American response was overwhelmingly positive. The media loved it. The politicians loved it. The American public loved it, especially Millennials, the generation sometimes labeled “areligious.” For just six days, it seemed as if the pause button had been pressed on the bickering, the politicking and the moralizing.

Now, in the wake of Francis’s departure from our shores, let us embrace the joy and humility that Francis modeled so well, even though those qualities may seem contradictory to 21st century, uber-individualist Americans. To all of us, but especially to the “nones,” that quickly growing demographic of people unaffiliated with a religion, he presented faith, hope and love as they are: liberating, empowering and beautiful. He illuminated the reality of the fulfillment we find in infinite truth, beauty and goodness when we turn our moral and spiritual compasses upward, beyond mere utility maximization or absolute self-autonomy. Even more, let us embrace the truth, beauty and goodness—the transcendent and immanent God—to which Francis’s every word and deed pointed. As our national motto suggests, in God we must trust.

William Rooney is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

HOSPITAL from page 1 Bamberg added that the severity of the crime was not accurately reflected in Sowers’ employee memo, which said “an intruder approached an employee and put his arm around the employee’s neck and then shoved the employee to the ground.”

Duke University Police Department and Durham Police Department are not investigating the attack as a sexual assault, but as an “assault by strangulation” consistent with the police report, according to a statement released by DUH Tuesday.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for government affairs and public relations, and Sarah Avery, media relations officer for the School of Medicine, previously denied that the case involves sexual assault.

DUPD policies created to uphold the Clery Act require “timely” notice for certain crimes, including aggravated assault, burglary, criminal homicide and sex offense, among others. Schoenfeld previously stated that the attack did not meet the Clery criteria, which is why it was not communicated immediately to students, faculty and staff.

According to Bamberg’s understanding, administrators met with the directors from each hospital department after the incident Sunday. Directors were instructed to meet with charge nurses, who were instructed to notify employees of what had happened.

“By its very nature, this is a system that would take forever, which is why you see such a breakdown in notifications,” Bamberg said.

“Rather than locking down the hospital, which could’ve aided in the capture before they were able to leave the premises, or notifying the employees there was an assailant on the loose, none of that was done. The question remains—why was that not done?”

Bamberg also raised questions as to how the intruder was able to get into the hospital

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during the early morning, as DUH visiting hours are between 5:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. and entering as an approved visitor outside those hours is a longer process. According to information he has obtained, employees have reported coming into the hospital for their shifts and seeing security officers asleep at the front desk or not even present.

“For this attack to have happened around 5 a.m., how did this assailant even get into the hospital? Was he not stopped by security? Was he required to check in?” Bamberg said. “It’s not just that [the assault] happened or how it was handled, but what was it that opened the door to allow this to happen?”

Sowers stated in the email memo to employees that police and security presence has been increased in DUH since the attack.

A security assessment team will evaluate the current security system and report back with recommendations for improvements.

“In addition to [increased] personnel, there are procedures and equipment, such as the metal screening machine in the Emergency Department that people must pass through,” Chief of DUPD John Dailey wrote in an email. “We are currently working closely with hospital administration to review all aspects of security to ensure there continues to be a safe environment.”

Although Bamberg gave credit to the administration for acknowledging mistakes in communication and increasing hospital security after the assault, he noted that when incidents like these occur, they need to be addressed directly for what they are.

“When women are sexually assaulted or attacked in some way that impeaches on their womanhood, they don’t want to come forward because it’s already embarrassing and dehumanizing in the first place,” he said.

“When the hospital administrators come and downplay the situation and deny sexual assault, the victim has to read these things in the paper, and they’re put in a position where they’re

victimized a second time.”

In the statement released Tuesday, DUH did not directly respond to Bamberg’s information “in the interest of protecting the confidentiality of the ongoing police investigation.”

Sowers could not be reached for comment in time for publication.

ASHBY from page 2 the brilliance in the room is going to come up with something that is even better than anything I have thought of doing.

And once we have some ideas on the table, then we are definitely going to engage with staff and students, because this is an issue that is not just about faculty.

It’s about faculty, staff and students.

Everybody that steps on this campus is affected. So this will be a process that will happen over several months of conversations. Whatever we decide to do will be finite, meaning we won’t have 12 initiatives. We will try to pick the two or three things that we’re going to start doing that could mean the most.

Rather than having to respond or react to some event or some horrible something, we’re actually saying, let’s decide how we’re going to talk about this, what we’re going to do, how we’re going to educate our students and ourselves.

We don’t assume that the faculty are holding all the knowledge on all this— that is not the case.

TC: Have you been able to look at the curriculum review process? That was a big priority under Laurie Patton—what directions do you see that going?

VA: The first year was thinking about all of the details of the process. The second year has kind of been vetting it through

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these cameras may provide helpful information,” Dailey said.

The decision, however, has raised some concerns within the student body.

“I think it’s a little strange that they have body cameras, and I think people should at least be informed,” said freshman Diana Zabala. “I don’t know if they’re necessary just because I don’t think there’s ever been an incident where there was something so serious... that a body camera was needed.”

Freshman Michelle Li said she believes police officers should inform people that they are wearing body cameras when stopping them. “[The aim of the body cameras is to] ensure that [DUPD is] the bestequipped, best-trained, and best75004 deployed force that we can possibly put together,” Cavanaugh said.

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We’ll start to get the framework so we can start to talk about more of the specifics.

We’re just early on in the process.

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