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Duke’s integration was a ‘lesson to the institution’ by Imani Moise
50th Anniversary Events
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JANUARY
25: 50th Anniversary Kickoff Reception Nasher Museum of Art
26: Celebrating 50 Years of Achievement & Progress: It Starts With US Washington Duke Inn
FEBRUARY
13-14: Civil Rights Lecture Series Duke Law School
14: Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People Reynolds Auditiorium
19: Samuel DuBois Cook Society Reception & Dinner Washington Duke Inn
21: A Celebration Through the Arts Beyu Cafe
MARCH
4: Black Church & Black Mosque: An Interfaith Conversation on Faith & Race Duke Faith Council
10-15: The Roots-to-Rights Tour Jewish Life at Duke/Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
22: 12th Annual Duke/Durham Health Summit Durham Convention Center
APRIL
2: Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series Duke Divinity School
2: Art for All: Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey Nasher Museum of Art Events will continue Fall 2013.
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The three surviving members of the first group of undergraduates to integrate—Gene Kendall, Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke and Nathaniel White visit Duke (left). Students protest outside the Allen Building in 1969 (top), and others protest inside in 1967 (bottom) to increase integration on campus.
Duke had a watershed year in 1963. That year, the University ushered in a new president, Douglas Knight, as well as its first five black undergraduate students. Fifty years later, three of these five returned to Duke to reflect on a half century of racial progress. Gene Kendall, Engineering ’67, Wilhemina Reuben-Cooke, Woman’s College ’67, and Nathaniel White, Trinity ’67, were among the first class of black undergraduates. They reunited Thursday at Forlines House to discuss their Duke experiences. As they recalled it, their integration at Duke went surprisingly smoothly. “There were no outward expressions of difficulty [with our presence],” White said. Despite the common assumption that the students would have faced strong adversity, given the racial tensions in the 1960s South, the Duke community seemed very prepared for integration, White said. He thought it seemed as if administrators had had a conversation with all Duke community members in anticipation of the students’ arrival. Professors were among their closest allies on campus, Reuben-Cooke said, noting that faculty members were so supportive that it was difficult to think of one specific act of kindness. “People were aware of what we were going through,” Kendall said, recalling a gym SEE 50 YEARS ON PAGE 16
Obama faces uphill battle Dir. uses social media to for immigration reform advance student health by Michelle Menchaca THE CHRONICLE
The Obama administration is aiming to overhaul immigration in its second term. Senior administration officials and lawmakers report that the president hopes to push for a single bill to provide a path to citizenship for most illegal immigrants. Senate Democrats will draft changes and are said to be already working on a bill. If Obama hopes to pass legislation on the matter, though, he will likely have to do so early in his second term to increase the likelihood of both parties cooperating, said Nicolas Eilbaum, a lecturing fellow in the Thompson Writing Program who teaches a class
on Mexican migration to the north. “Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity,” Obama said in his inaugural address Monday. Successful immigration reform will have to address two key concerns, Eilbaum noted—what to do with illegal immigrants already in the country, and policy changes to ensure that the current controversy does not arise again. He added that he was hopeful for new legislation to pass despite partisan conflicts that have impeded reform in the past. SEE IMMIG. ON PAGE 16
by Anthony Hagouel THE CHRONICLE
Duke’s new student health leader will use his web savvy to reach out to students. Dr. John Vaughn, Duke’s newly appointed director of Student Health Services, wants to expand students’ access to health care by utilizing social media and collaboration with other departments. Prior to his appointment to Duke, Vaughn worked at Ohio State University since 2007. His views on an integrated student care system attracted the Office of Student Affairs after Dr. Bill Purdy, the previous director of Student Health, announced his retirement in Spring 2012.
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Vaughn has used social media at OSU to achieve greater audience participation in the student health system. After creating, running and overseeing BuckMD, the student health blog at OSU, Vaughn was able to talk about uncomfortable but pertiJohn Vaughn nent issues like sexual health and alcohol to over 50,000 viewers a month. “If you’re going to be delivering health care to 18- to 30-year-olds, you SEE VAUGHN ON PAGE 4