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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
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Hospital employee attacked
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 22
Majority of FACs still Greek-affiliated
Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle
See ATTACK on Page 8
Graphic by Lucy Zhang | The Chronicle
A WRAL report stated that a Duke Hospital employee was sexually assaulted Sunday morning, but multiple administrators said Tuesday that the report was incorrect. The WRAL story cites anonymous witnesses, who said that the employee was “choked, shoved to the ground and sexually assaulted.” Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for government affairs and public relations, and Sarah Avery, media relations officer for The School of Medicine, said Tuesday afternoon that the report of sexual assault was inaccurate. Schoenfeld noted that the reason no message was reported to students, faculty and staff under the Clery Act—which requires colleges and universities to provide timely notification to members of the university community of certain crimes reported on campus—was that the crime did not meet the criteria to be
Adam Beyer The Chronicle
Special to The Chronicle WRAL incorrectly reported that the victim of an attack at Duke Hospital Sunday moning was sexually assaulted. The victim was an employee.
Although Duke’s First-Year Advisory Counselor Program has focused on improving its diversity and has added new training sessions, it remains disproportionately Greek-affiliated. FACs are often the first upperclassmen freshmen interact with when they arrive at Duke, as they assist with the move-in process and lead small group discussions during Orientation Week, but diversity has not always been emphasized in the FAC selection process. According to statistics from FAC Board co-chairs Sherry Zhang and Leah Mackay, both seniors, 34 percent of this year’s FACs identified as Caucasian or white,
11 percent as East Asian or Southeast Asian, 7 percent as African American or black, 6 percent as Hispanic/Latino(a), 5 percent as biracial or multiracial and 1 percent as Pacific Islander. Of the 240 FACs, 35 percent did not disclose their race or “preferred not to share.” In addition, 58 percent identified as female and 42 percent as male, and 81 percent were in Trinity compared to 19 percent in Pratt. “The diversity of our group is highly dictated by the students that apply,” Zhang and Mackay wrote in an email. “We definitely believe that racial and affiliation diversity is important, and therefore we do our best to make the FACs represent Duke as best as possible.” The program has come under criticism in previous years for having disproportionately high numbers of Greek-affiliated participants.
Of this year’s FACs, 54 percent were affiliated with a fraternity or sorority, and 12 percent were affiliated with a selective living group. Only 34 percent of Duke students overall are affiliated with a Greek organization, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Max Schreiber, senior and president of Interfraternity Council, noted that many Greek-affiliated students are encouraged to participate in the program as a “great opportunity to practice empathy and communication.” “Campus leadership is something that’s encouraged and expected across all Greek chapters at Duke, and FAC is just one of many ways Greeks get involved,” Schreiber said. “For my chapter [Alpha Epsilon Pi] See FAC DIVERSITY on Page 8