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The Duke-North Carolina basketball game has been rescheduled to Thursday, Feb. 20. No game time has been set. Wednesday’s Duke-North Carolina basketball game at the Dean E. Smith

Center in Chapel Hill was canceled because of the winter storm in the area, according to an official press release. Winter Storm Pax dumped more than six inches of snow on the Triangle between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday. “Duke’s bus is not able to get to their campus to pick up the team in

time to be able to make the trip to Chapel Hill so we can’t play this evening,” UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said in the press release. “The safety of the teams and officials is the number one priority and this was the best decision to make at this time. Coach Williams, Coach

Krzyzewski, Kevin White and I will be on the phone with the ACC and make a decision as to when to play the game as soon as possible.” Duke vice president and director of athletics Kevin White did not release See POSTPONEMENT, page 9 GRAPHIC BY ELYSIA SU/ THE CHRONICLE

Wednesday’s game between Duke and North Carolina in Chapel Hill was canceled after Winter Storm Pax dumped more than six inches of snow on the Triangle.

severe weather policy cancels duke’s Thursday classes by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE

Duke issued its first multiple-day class cancellation since 2000 Wednesday night. Duke’s severe weather policy—activated at 1 p.m. Wednesday—was extended to Thursday at 7 p.m., canceling classes for the second day in a row. A Duke Alert sent at 9:41 a.m. Wednesday announced to the student body that classes would end at 12:50 p.m. as a result of Duke’s severe weather policy. This is the

second winter storm this year that resulted in canceled classes. Duke last canceled classes for snow in 2004. Only several Duke clinics will be open tomorrow, according to a Duke Alert email. Patients scheduled for Thursday should have already been notified as to whether their appointments have been canceled. See SNOWDAY, page 12

Duke shuts down C route buses and van services by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE

Several bus routes and all van services shut down at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday due to the ongoing winter storm. There is no notice on when they will become active again. The C route buses and van services stopped running due to the worsening road conditions. The LaSalle Loop line and H Routes will continue to run. Vice President for Administrations Kyle Cavanaugh said

there were reports throughout the day of buses skidding on campus due to the snow, though no bus accidents have been reported. Cavanaugh noted that it is important to keep the hospital routes opening for employees so that they can access their vehicles. The H Routes and LaSalle Loop primarily serve those accessing Duke Hospital. See TRANSPORTAION, page 12

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Students brought inflatable mattresses to the Duke Gardens today to sled down and frolick in the snow.

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Classes have been cancelled due to snow for two days in a row, which has not happened at Duke since 2000.

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Daniel Strunk resigns from Yadav hopes to bring global DSG chief justice post view to Board of trustees by Carleigh Steihm THE CHRONICLE

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Following contentious debate surrounding the 25 Percent Compromise and the 40 Percent Plan at last night’s Duke Student Government meeting, senior Daniel Strunk resigned from his position as chief justice of the DSG judiciary. Strunk is one of the founders of the 40 Percent Plan—a petition to allow students to designate where they would like to allocate 40 percent of their student activities fee each semester. Currently, the approximately $120 fee per semester is allocated to student groups by the Student Organization Funding Committee as members see fit. After collecting more than 1,000 signatures in support of putting the plan to a vote, Strunk said the plan will be voted on by the entire undergraduate student body during the DSG president, executive vice president and Student Organization Funding Committee chair elections March 4. Strunk said it was a sense of “judicial ethics” that lead him to decide to resign. “I have always recused myself from any case that I had an interest in,” Strunk said. “Going forth this semester it would be unlikely that there would be any case brought forward that I would be able to sit in on.” He noted the possibility that cases regarding the plan or a DSG presidential candidate would likely come before the justices. He felt there might be a perceived conflict of interest when debating about a candidate that did or did not sup-

port the plan. “I didn’t think it was right for me to continue,” Strunk said. Although it is not certain who will fill Strunk’s open position, Associate Justice Max Schreiber, a sophomore, will fill the role until the Senate confirms a new chief justice. DSG President Stefani Jones, a senior, said the process of looking for a new chief justice will begin immediately. At their meeting Tuesday evening, the DSG senate defeated the 25 Percent Compromise—an alternative to the 40 Percent Plan for allocating student annual activities fees. Strunk was present at the meeting, and spoke in favor of the 40 Percent Plan or the 25 Percent Compromise under its initial conditions. “If this gets put on the ballot, there is a very high likelihood that it will pass,” sophomore Jay Sullivan, senator for residential life, said of the 40 Percent Plan at the meeting. Many members of the senate—including junior Ellie Schaack, vice president for facilities and the environment, and junior Jacob Zionce, vice president for residential life—spoke against the 40 Percent Plan at the meeting. Schaack said it will be important to educate the student body of the flaws of the plan so they do not vote for it.

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Amol Yadav, a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate, is the current president of GPSC.

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Amol Yadav hopes to bring a unique international perspective and a wealth of different campus experiences to the table as a graduate Young Trustee. Yadav is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering and current president of the Graduate Professional Student Council. From India, Yadav attended the University of Mumbai for his undergraduate studies, and has already completed a master’s degree in biomedical engineering at Duke. In a time when Duke has an increasingly global presence, he believes that his international background can provide significant value to the Board of Trustees. “Duke is going global in the Fall of 2014 with a campus in Kunshan, and as an international student, my perspective will be crucial for the Board as it wants to go create a global brand,” he said. The election will take place on Feb. 18. Only members of GPSC vote on the position.

As graduate Young Trustee, Yadav wants to help make Duke need-blind for international graduate students. Only six universities in the United States are need-blind for this group, and he hopes to make Duke the seventh. For his Ph.D., Yadav focuses on treating neurological disorders through spinal cord stimulation. As a graduate Young Trustee, he would try to apply these academic interests to the needs of the Duke student body. “I’m inspired to become a neuroscientist, so one of my focuses is to advocate for mental health and improved mental health resources for students,” Yadav said. “I want to help build a better support system for students.” He believes that his wide range of experiences in student activities, research and work life have given him a good pulse of the student body and would allow him to effectively represent a wide-ranging group of people. Some of the other organizations and activities he has been involved with include: the Outing Club, the student-run production Awaaz and the Undergraduate Faith Council. “I have had really diverse work experiences in my six years at Duke, and I think those will really help me represent the entire graduate body,” he said. Jacqueline Looney, senior associate dean for graduate programs and associate vice provost for academic diversity, has worked with Yadav in his role as GPSC president and said she is impressed with his leadership skills and insight. She believes that all the candidates are extremely qualified, and Yadav is far from an exception. “With the excellent pool of candidates for See YADAV, page 12

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The seven 2014 Cook award winners represent a broad selection from the Duke and Durham communities. Named for the first black faculty member at Duke, Samuel DuBois Cook, the Cook Society award honors those who bring positive advancement for the black community. The winners will be recognized at the 17th annual celebratory dinner Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club. Professors, students and faculty members were all represented in the pool of winners. Cook became part of the Duke staff in 1966 as a political scientist, educator and human rights activist. According to a press release by Duke news, this made him the first black professor to hold a regular rank faculty appointment at a predominately white college or university in the South. The Cook Society was founded in his honor in 1997 to recognize and celebrate the black faculty and student presence at the University. Among this years recipients is Rev. William Barber, Divinity ‘89 and president of N.C. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Barber was selected as the Cook Society’s distinguished service award. Barber has been a steady fixture in the recent Moral Monday protests, calling for secure pro-labor, anti-poverty policies that ensure economic sustainability. He also has worked towards an improved system of public education and health rights, reforms to the criminal justice system, fair voting regulations and the rights for immigrants and members of the LGBT community.

Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and African and African American Studies, is the director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender. Before winning the Cook award, Haynie was the co-winner of the University’s 2012 Diversity Award. The only undergraduate student chosen, Naureen Huda, a senior, has volunteered for the Girls Club, a mentoring program administered through the Emily K Center, since she was a freshman. Camille Jackson, a writer and communications specialist in Duke’s Office of News and Communications, led communication efforts for the 50th anniversary of the University’s first black undergraduate students in 2013. Patricia James, a staff specialist in the Duke Community Service Center managing finances and payroll, founded the Durham Triple Play-Long Ball Baseball Program for local teenagers. The group aims to keep boys from dropping out of school by engaging them in athletic activity. A fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in genetics and genomics, Roketa Sloan has coordinated outreach programs to encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue graduate work in the sciences at local colleges and universities. David Stein, senior education partnership coordinator for the Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership, has worked to develop and run programs to help local underrepresented minority students to set future goals—including ones that demonEMMA LOEWE/THE CHRONICLE strate options in the medical careers and Gertrude and Eleanor, two female Sifaka lemurs, were born on Jan. 5 at the Lemur Center. take students on college visits.

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More than six inches of snow and ice from Winter Storm Pax brought traffic to a virtual standstill throughout the Triangle, leading to the postponement of the Duke-North Carolina game.

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There are more than 80,000 miles of road in the state of North Carolina. But Wednesday the eyes of a nation were trained on an eight-mile strip between Durham and Chapel Hill. The year’s first showdown between Duke and North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center was postponed as Winter Storm Pax swept through the Triangle, bringing with it more than six inches of wintry precipitation. Despite the best efforts to prepare for the storm, road conditions were subpar enough to warrant the first cancelation of a Blue Devil-Tar Heel matchup in the rivalry’s 94-year history. “It was the right decision for public safety,” said John Dailey, Duke’s chief of police. “There were really two separate issues. The weather reports even up to a See SNOWY ROADS, page 8

I’ll freely admit I was a little nervous. Six inches of snow on the ground, a number of car crashes and canceled classes were all signs that driving from Durham to Chapel Hill wasn’t a good idea. But this was Duke-North Carolina! It was a battle between Jabari Parker and Marcus Paige. It was a matchup between the top two offensive teams in the ACC. With a win, Duke would win three straight against North Carolina on the road for the first time since the 2001-02 season. How on earth was I going to miss out on attending this game!? Apparently not everyone agreed. Wednesday’s basketball game at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill was postponed because of the winter storm in the area. In a press release, UNC Director of Athletics

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Bubba Cunningham stated that safety was the main reasoning behind postponing the contest. “Duke’s bus [was] not able to get to their campus to pick up the team in time to be able to make the trip to Chapel Hill so we can’t play this evening,” Cunningham said. “The safety of the teams and officials is the number one priority and this was the best decision to make at this time.” Cunningham raises a great point: driving from Durham to Chapel Hill starting in the evening would have been a safety hazard. Students at Duke and North Carolina may have enjoyed having no class, but driving on the roads Wednesday with 2-4 inches of snow on the ground was difficult to say the least. I’m from Virginia, so I’m not going to give the same “this isn’t real snow” lecture that all of your friends from the North are probably giving you. We get it guys, it snows more in the North and southerners don’t know how to react to snowfall. Regardless, it was a difficult day to drive for anyone. See NOLAN, page 7

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Duke looks for revenge against UCLA by Helen Liljenwall THE CHRONICLE

Duke’s women’s tennis team took home the title at the ITA National Team Indoors last weekend. Now the Blue Devil men have a chance to match them. Competing against the top 16 teams in the nation, No. 13 Duke will open its run at the ITA National Team Indoors at the Downtown Club at the Met No. 13 in Houston Friday Duke against No. 2 UCLA. vs. After dropping their No. 2 match against No. 14 UCLA Tennessee last weekend, the Blue Devils FRIDAY, 1 p.m. enter tournament Downtown Club play seeded 15th. The Bruins are the tournament’s second seed. After dropping two home matches in its opening weekend, including the first loss in program history to Elon, Duke put together a four-game winning streak before falling to the Volunteers but rebounded by taking down Michigan Sunday. “We certainly had a really rough first weekend, but we have certainly learned from that and have done much better since,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “Losses give you time to really reflect and figure out what you need to do better, so I think we have learned a lot from our losses and bounced back really strong, and we are

playing some good tennis right now.” In facing UCLA, Duke has a chance for revenge. The Blue Devils (5-3) were swept by the Bruins in the NCAA quarterfinals last spring. UCLA went on to lose to Virginia in the national championship match. UCLA (5-0) is currently undefeated on the season and has played two of the top 16 teams already this season. The Bruin lineup includes the nation’s top-ranked player in Clay Thompson in addition to two other players ranked in the top 30. Duke’s topranked singles player is sophomore Michael Redlicki at No. 34. “We are very excited to play UCLA. We have played them quite a few times over the years at the National Team Indoors,” Smith said. “They are a really good team, and are very deep, but our guys are not intimidated by UCLA. We are going to go in there feeling like we can win and it will be a great challenge.” After a long weekend, Duke had a quick turnaround to work out kinks from its previous matches. “It has been a very short week. We have been fine-tuning a couple of things and continuing to focus on being aggressive and playing on our terms.” Smith said. “We have been working a lot on serving and trying to get some free points on our serves.” Duke had yet to play a match away from Durham before hitting the road last week-

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After being knocked out by UCLA in the NCAA quarterfinals last spring, Duke will square off with the Bruins once again at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. end, but logged considerable miles with their trips to Tennessee and Michigan. With a longer trip to Houston ahead, the Blue Devils hope they will enter tournament play better-suited to win on the road. “It was our first road trip last weekend and we played some good tennis, especially finishing with that Michigan match,” Smith said. “We played extremely well, so that gives us some pretty good momentum going into this weekend.” If the Blue Devils are victorious against UCLA, they will most likely face No. 7 Okla-

homa in the second round. Duke defeated the Sooners 4-0 at last year’s National Team Indoor Championships. Duke’s other possible opponent for the next round is No. 22 Illinois, which the Blue Devils beat 5-2 at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center less than three weeks ago. “All we know is we are going to get a bunch of really good matches and every opponent is going to be tough,” Smith said. “But, our full focus is on UCLA and after that match we will look forward to the next one.”

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Blue Devils ready for first road trip of the season by Delaney King THE CHRONICLE

After dominating its opening weekend from the comfort of Koskinen Stadium, Duke will take its undefeated record on the road. The No. 5 Blue Devils will face Richmond and William & Mary on a weekend trip to Virginia, beginning Friday No. 5 Duke with the Spiders vs. and returning after Richmond their matchup with the Tribe Sunday. The two opponents FRIDAY, 5 p.m. have beaten Duke Robins Stadium only four times combined since No. 5 Duke their first meetings vs. in 1996. “Both teams do William & Mary very well…. I think what’s nice is that SUNDAY, 1 p.m. we have a lot of difMartin Family Stadium ferent people who can score,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “It’s early in the year, and I’m pleased that we’re scoring so much and so balanced.” Richmond (1-0) will enter Friday’s contest following its season-opening victory against Liberty. The Spiders tied for third in the Atlantic 10 conference in

2013 and return six starters, including juniors Emily Doyle and Anna Jeszeck. Doyle and Jeszeck combined for six of their team’s 16 goals against Liberty, with Doyle also contributing four assists for a team-high seven points on the day. Senior Blue Devil Kerrin Maurer—who tops the charts for Duke with 11 goals and five assists in its first two games—will look to match Richmond’s attack Friday. Behind Maurer’s play, the Blue Devil offense has charged into the 2014 season, scoring 39 goals in two games. “I know Kerrin had a really big weekend and she’s had a lot of scoring, but we had a lot of other good options,” Kimel said. “We can score within that group of six kids as well, and so we’re going to keep looking to develop that.” Although Sunday will mark their 18th meeting, Duke (2-0) takes on a William & Mary team with an entirely revamped coaching staff. Head coach Hillary Fratzke took the reins for the Tribe after a three-season stint as assistant coach for Northwestern, where the Wildcats clinched a semifinal appearance as well as back-to-back national titles. Despite graduating its leading scorer following the 2013 season, the Tribe See W. LACROSSE, page 8

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However, I do not believe that canceling the Duke-North Carolina game was the right decision. Let’s start with the obvious: safety concerns. Despite everything I just mentioned about driving, as of noon Wednesday there was no precipitation. Duke’s classes were canceled as of 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. The weather was going to be bad Wednesday evening. With all of this accounted for, why not travel to Chapel Hill earlier in the day? I know we don’t always see eye-to-eye with our neighbors down Snow-bacco Road, but I’m fairly positive both athletic departments could have found time for both teams to practice before the game in the Dean Dome. Additionally, since both Duke and North Carolina had no class Wednesday, wouldn’t it make sense to think ahead and travel a whopping eight miles down the road so inclement weather wouldn’t be an issue? ELYSIA SU/THE CHRONICLE If for no other reason, think about the fans. Few dared to take to the roads Wednesday as Durham was blanketed in a thick and slick coat of snow. This year, the average ticket price for the game was $332, the cheapest in any of the past four years by almost 20 percent, according to data BAC K ON CA M P U S FOR TWO D INNE R S WIT H U NDE RG RA DUAT ES : from SeatGeek.com. Prices could be impacted by a less sexy matchup (No. 8 Duke against unranked North Carolina isn’t exactly must-see TV), but apparently fans weren’t going to be stopped by snow. Executive Director, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue Numerous images on Twitter today all showed fans actually leaving their cars on the side of the highway so they could walk the rest of the way to the Dean Dome. We’re not talking a few blocks; no no, we’re talking miles... in the snow. I picture fans sprinting to Chapel Hill, reaching the top of the stairs of the Dean Dome and screaming, “There can only be one highlander!” Lastly, there’s the difficult schedule that the Blue Devils now face. In a span of eight days, Duke will play four games against Maryland, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Syracuse. The last two games against the Tar Heels and the Orange will be played in a three-day period. It’s not the scariest stretch in the world, but it is certainly Co-sponsored by demanding this late in conference play. I do not disagree with the decision to postpone Duke Career Center and Duke Alumni Association the game. I simply wish that both schools had taken the necessary steps to ensure the game would Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence Dinner: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 6-7 p.m. be played.

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little while ago called for significant accumulation of freezing rains. That sticks to power lines. That has the potential for widespread power outages.... And just to re-emphasize, the roads are really not in good shape.” The North Carolina Department of Transportation supported the decision to postpone the game, which aligned with the recommendations from Gov. Pat McCrory and Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata to avoid driving in the winter weather at all costs. “We knew this was going to be a dangerous storm—a furious storm,” said Mike Charbonneau, deputy secretary of communications for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. “While our crews are ready to handle what’s coming, it’s going to take some time. So we’re going to encourage people to stay off the roads unless it’s absolutely necessary.” In a brief statement following the game’s postponement to Feb. 20, North Carolina Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham cited the inability of Duke’s bus to reach its campus and pick the Blue Devils up as the reason the teams did not play. ACC rules dictate that a game can only be canceled if either of the teams or two of the contest’s three referees are unable to travel to the stadium. The ACC’s referees were on site at the Smith Center at the time the game was canceled. A snowy blanket turned North Carolina’s roads into a combination of an ice rink and a parking lot. In a team release at the time of the game’s cancellation, Duke athletics estimated that the trip from Durham to Chapel Hill—which usually takes 15 minutes—would have taken between two and four hours. On North Carolina Highway 54, 2.5 miles away from the Smith Center, drivers began to abandon their cars. Members of the media made the trek to Chapel Hill more than six hours prior to game time before being instructed to turn around and head home. Charbonneau added that although the snow was expected to dump a heavy layer of snow and ice on the Triangle, an adjustment in Pax’s patterns resulted in more difficult gameday travel for fans.

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A thick layer of ice that rested on top of the snow made matters worse for drivers on the roads Wednesday.

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The Blue Devils weren’t the only ones who got the day off—tenters in Krzyzewskiville received grace due to the inclement weather. “This has been a rapidly changing storm,” he said. “If you look at what they were predicting a couple days ago up and through this morning and afternoon, the models have continued to shift and change.” The pace of the storm also made it difficult for crews to treat the rows. Snow began falling rapidly shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday and continued at a consistent rate through the early evening. “When we get heavy snow, we’re able to go out and pre-treat roads in advance,” Charbonneau said. “In this case, with the amount of snow coming down so quickly in the Triangle followed by the ice that comes on top of it, there’s only so much our plows can do.” With many fans from around the state and around the country unable to make it to Chapel Hill for Wednesday’s game, ticket prices plummeted in secondary buying markets, which led some Duke students to brave the storm and purchase seats. To fill the remainder of the arena, North Carolina was prepared to allow additional students to attend the game. The last time North Carolina allowed this was in 2000 for a game against Maryland after the Triangle had been hit with more than 20 inches of snow. At 6,000 strong, the Tar Heels already have one of the conference’s largest student sections. With additional students in the stands to fill the rest of the Smith Center’s 21,750 seats, a usually-hostile road crowd in Chapel Hill would have been exceedingly raucous for the rivalry game. “It would be a disservice to have a game as big as the Duke-Carolina game when it would have been unsafe for the fans, unsafe for the teams, unsafe for the employees who are needed to support the game,” Dailey said. “So I’m sure it was a difficult decision for [the ACC], but for public safety it was the right thing to do.”

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returns four members who scored double-digit goals last season. On the defensive end, senior goalkeeper Colleen Nofi has the luxury of experience when it comes to facing off against Duke, as she was in the net last year when the Blue Devils came to town and notched a career-high 19 saves in a 15-8 loss. Welcoming Duke to Williamsburg for its season-opener, William & Mary will hope to break the Blue Devils’ 14-game win streak against the Tribe come Sunday. “[Sunday against Louisville] we learned

what we need to do better and what we need to do more of and less of,” Kimel said. “William & Mary has a whole new coaching staff, so we’ll be going into that kind of a little bit blindly, ready to make adjustments on the fly.” The trip is relatively short, but the weather on the road may make the team feel further north than they really are. The recent wintry conditions are expected to persist in Virginia throughout the weekend, raising a potential issue for the outdoor facilities at both schools. After the weekend bout, the Blue Devils will return to Durham in preparation for a matchup against No. 4 Northwestern.

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incredible people in my life. What I lack, though, are meaningful relationships that extend past the platonic. And sure, I can ramble all day about how I’m too busy, how it’s not a good time, how I don’t like Duke guys, how I tried the boyfriend thing last year, how the very word “boyfriend” makes me want to vomit …There are plenty of perfectly valid reasons to stay entrenched in the comforts of remaining uncommitted. But the

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in the air, I thought I would take this time to talk about all the loving, healthy and mutually beneficial relationships I see here at Duke—and then I realized, this is Duke. Ain’t no one got time for that. So, instead, I’m going to talk about hook-up culture. Duke students LOVE talking about hook-up culture. We love talking about how much we hook up, our perpetual disdain for hooking up and our reoccurring participation in the process nonetheless. But, while college kids love talking about hooking up, which can confusingly refer to anything from making-out to sex, the outside world seems even more obsessed with it than we are. Since coming to college, I’ve repeatedly read about the moral depravity and crippling narcissism that plague my generation. It seems like reporters and researchers alike are consumed with trying to determine why college students hook up. Personally, I think it’s simple: Hooking up is awesome. It’s fun! It’s exciting! It’s a human being whose emotions you’re not obligated to be considerate of afterwards! This is college, after all. We’re supposed to make out with strangers. We’re supposed to have no-strings-attached fun. We’re supposed to be selfish. That is what we’re told is making the most of our time here. But, if it’s really all that great, why don’t people seem happier? To be clear, there is nothing inherently wrong with men and women consensually getting it on with whomever they please. I am not trying to discredit the plethora of my peers who truly thrive under this system. And there are a lot of positive arguments that can be made for the sexual exploration that hook-up culture facilitates. So, if taking home a different male and/or female every weekend genuinely makes you happy and fulfilled, then that’s awesome. You do you, and anyone else you want to, too. But from what I’ve seen, heard and experienced myself, I don’t think that’s the case for everyone. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationships here at Duke. I have always prided myself on the quality and strength of my friendships and my ability to forge bonds that extend beyond the superficial exterior. And I’m lucky. I have some pretty

fact of the matter is this: I am almost 20 years old, and I have never had a serious relationship. I don’t know how to function in a romantic partnership. I don’t know how to connect—physically, emotionally, mentally— with another person. An arguably fundamental part of being human, the ability to love and be loved, is something I know absolutely nothing about. This isn’t meant to be an obnoxious rant about being lonely and wanting someone to cuddle with. I stand by the notion that I am a strong, independent woman who listens to Beyoncé and doesn’t need a man to be happy. Where my concern lies is that, in exchange for meaningless trysts and protection from being hurt, we are missing out on the very real benefits of human connection. There seems to be this unspoken consensus that after college, after we get into grad school, after we establish our careers, after we become the epitome of what society deems successful, that is when we’ll find someone we care about. But learning to care, to be vulnerable, to trust—that’s something that’s important right now. That is paramount to our development as people. Relationships do exist at Duke, but they are not the accepted norm. Instead, we have hook-ups, arbitrary “things” and people who are “just talking.” We don’t define our interactions because doing so means we care, and caring exposes vulnerability. We are pressured by a culture that tells us relationships are a waste of time, and, so, we engage in meaningless encounters that, while fun, are incredibly unfulfilling for a lot of people. And I think it’s a shame that we feel ashamed if we want something more. Being vulnerable doesn’t make you weak. Wanting a relationship doesn’t make you desperate. And if you are lucky enough to find someone you care deeply and passionately about, it doesn’t mean you’ve settled. So this Valentine’s Day, I hope that whatever or whomever you decide to do, whether it’s for keeps or just for a night, you are doing what makes you happy. We all deserve to be happy. Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity sophomore and the editorial page online editor. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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ince I have been living in the United States, I have welcomed the celebrations and observance of Black History Month with mixed feelings. I believe, in principal, that dedicating a month in remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora in the West is a good thing. This month acknowledges the struggles with the troubling legacy of slavery, intentionally trying to come to

empowerment to very many daughters and sons of Africa and beyond in this country. Islam and Muslims are far from being absent from black history. Both the religion and its African followers were an integral part of forced African emigration to the West. No one knows the exact number, but a significant portion of slaves brought to the Americas from West and Central Africa from the beginning to the end of slavery were Muslims. Even though many of

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very year at Duke, there seems to be at least one or two pieces of writing, in The Chronicle or other publications, woefully lamenting the lack of a dating culture on our campus. Such jeremiads usually also lambast the hook-up culture at the same time, and to make matters more interesting—or awkward—for the reader, they might even contain a personal tale or two. Early on in my columnist career, I swore to myself

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terms with the shameful chapters of our own history vis-a-vis black Americans. This month can potentially help us collectively hold honest and difficult conversations about our past as a nation, and it could potentially help us relearn the lessons of the past as we move forward. It can help—but only if these Black History Month celebrations and observances are done in a meaningful way, free from empty ceremonies and cheap lip services to the deeply painful history of black people in this part of the world. A broad general assessment of the Black History Month celebrations that occur every February is beyond the scope of this column. I leave it to the moral imagination of every American to decide whether the conversations that these month-long remembrances spark are rewarding ones, or if they are adding insult to injury. I would, however, like to briefly discuss what is to me one of the most puzzling and disturbing aspects of this Black History Month tradition—the notso-subtle exclusion of the experiences of black Muslims from the overall history of black people in this country. Every February comes with numerous events and activities that highlight the different aspects of black history, taking place through various academic and non-academic platforms with little to no mention of Islam and Muslims as part of that history. The few events that have been organized to highlight the story of black Muslims in America are often, if not always, organized by Muslims themselves, not by centers or departments, the civic and governmental organizations who usually organize all Black History Month events. If you think I exaggerate, please do a simple Google search and check out the last couple of years’ Black History Month events on college campuses, in public school systems, events in Washington, D.C. or state capitals and so on. The absence of the “Black Mosque’s voice” in those conversations is hard to go unnoticed, and to me is unacceptable. It seems as if Islam was never really part of black history from day one. As if millions of black Americans today are not Muslims. As if black Muslims in America have not produced very many giants of “black religion” and voices of “black struggle” against slavery and white supremacy. It seems as if “black mosques” have not been a resource of comfort, healing and

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them were literate and observant Muslims at different levels, Islam within African slaves did not survive and completely disappeared over time. In the Deep South, where most black Muslims were sold, their brutal enslavement, their shameful forced conversion to Christianity and other heartwrenching obstacles to practicing their faith made it impossible for them to create and sustain any real Muslim community. Even though the Islamic and African Muslim heritage of these slaves was completely wiped out within a few generations, the story of Islam among black Americans does not end there. Late 19th and early 20th century Islam once again resurrected itself among black Americans as they recovered from post-slavery trauma. In their attempts to reconnect with their African roots, millions of black Americans found Islam. This resurrected Islam empowered many to claim their human dignity, pumping hope and inspiration into the hearts and minds of millions of black Americans and serving as a therapeutic healing power to their scarred souls. Iconic figures of this black American Islam include Elijah Mohamed, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, W.D. Mohammed and many others, all of whom played and continue to play pivotal roles in various human rights struggles for black Americans of the past and present. The point is this: “Black Mosque” is as black as it gets. It is as authentic, as African and as American as “Black Church” was, and is. The Muslim black American experience is an authentic and truly homegrown reality and an essential part of black history in this country. Therefore, a “Black Mosque” must not be considered a “Muslim thing,” independently existing from an overall black American reality in this country. Therefore, the “Black Mosque” voice and story must be part of the overall narration of black history in this country. This month-long attempt to remember and honor black history cannot be complete and authentic if it continues to selectively highlight certain stories within “black history” and continues to exclude and disregard others. In hopes of better Februaries together, God willing… Abdullah Antepli is the Muslim chaplain and an adjunct faculty of Islamic Studies. His column runs every other Thursday. Send Abdullah a message on Twitter @aantepli.

I would never partake in such a tradition. But, today, I betray that intention. I do so for two reasons. First, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow—I may never get a more serendipitous and fortuitously timed column run-date than this. Second, I am the only person at Duke, at least to my knowledge, who has written a political science thesis on the hook-up culture. Yes, there was an unofficial one published online my freshman year, but let’s not get in to that. Don’t worry, dear reader, you’re not going to get any personal anecdotes in this column. But I would like to briefly discuss a few of the concepts of my paper, which uses game theory to model the hook-up culture and predict conditions under which the culture might dissipate. I won’t get too deep in to the game theory here, but I encourage you to read the full text online if you are curious. The first thing I’d like to point out is that the sociological literature, generally speaking, shows that one mating culture tends to dominate a campus at a time. In other words, the dating culture or hookup culture might predominate, but rarely is there a critical mass of both. Why this is the case is not altogether clear, but it is an empirical observation that has been noted. At many college campuses today, for instance, the hook-up culture dominates the dating culture. Yet, talk to most Duke alums in their 40s or older, for example, and they will speak of a campus where “going-steady” was commonplace. There are many different interpretations of what caused the switch on college campuses from a primarily dating culture to a primarily hooking-up culture. The factors most often cited in the sociological literature include: 1) The introduction of co-ed housing and the lessening of supervision, 2) Changes in the gender distribution, 3) An increased rate of alcohol consumption, 4) An increase in access and consumption of pornography, 5) An increase in the sexualization of the mass media, 6) An increase in self-objectification, especially amongst women, 7) An increase in the prevalence of narcissism, 8) A decrease in the perceived risk of sexual interaction, and 9) Changing marriage norms. Regardless of what caused the switch, however, the question turns to whether the hook-up culture is something we want to keep around or alter. As with nearly everything in life, there are positives and negatives. But even if you think the hook-up culture is the worst thing in the world, almost everyone can agree there are certain ways the culture could be made safer. My thesis identifies

one inherent harm of the hook-up culture and five symptomatic harms, all supported by research. The inherent harm is pretty intuitive—emotional distress. Most evidence shows that the hook-up culture leads to less fulfilling and less emotionally enriching relationships than a dating culture. Symptomatic harms are different from inherent harms, though, in that they are not baked in to the system—they are characteristic of the hook-up culture but need

not be. Five symptomatic harms of the hookup culture born out by research include: 1) The hook-up culture’s facilitation of sexual assault, 2) Differences in reputational outcomes across genders (such as the “stud vs. slut” double standard), 3) The orgasm gap that exists in the hook-up culture, with women reaching orgasm only 32 percent as often in hook-ups as men, 4) The hookup culture’s increased transmission of STIs, and 5) The ambiguity of the hook-up script leading to misunderstandings or increased pressure, especially for freshman women. If one wanted to counteract the negative effects of the hook-up culture, my recommendation would be to implement policies or outreach designed to alleviate these harms. The third and last point I’ll note is the collective action dynamic of dating at college. According to survey data published in 2012, 72.4 percent of men and 74.6 percent of women at Duke would prefer to date more. Why, then, doesn’t more dating occur at Duke? The answer, in short, is that the pool of people in the “dating market” is so small that there is little to no benefit for a single individual to switch out of the hook-up market. Think about it: If only 50 people on campus are regular daters, there isn’t as high a likelihood you’ll find equal or greater utility by switching into that pool out of a hook-up pool of thousands. Not to mention that, since the total number of people dating is small, being someone who dates might itself carry a stigma. The issue is a collective action problem—if everyone who desired to see a more vibrant dating culture banded together to start dating, they’d theoretically be able to overcome the barriers that each individual faced acting alone. Indeed, one sees small pockets of dating culture within some tight-knit communities at Duke, the members of which all express a preference for dating. So, if a vibrant dating scene is ever to occur at Duke en masse, my guess is that it would arise out of some institutional change—such as a popular dating app or popular change in preference—that would consequently lead to a cascade effect increasing the total number of people in the dating population. My prediction, however, is that such an institutional switch is unlikely to occur anytime soon. Sorry if this thought ruins your Valentine’s Day. Daniel Strunk is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday. Send Daniel a message on Twitter @DanielFStrunk.

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day morning and extends until 6 p.m. Thursday. According to the warning, it is expected to snow throughout the morning before transitioning to sleet and freezing rain throughout the evening. It is expected to snow 3 to 6 inches, and precipitation is expected to end some time Thursday. A severe weather policy was also issued Jan. 28—eventually canceling classes for the entirety of that Wednesday. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said this has been a “distinctive year” of issuing severe weather policies. Although classes have been cancelled due to weather conditions before, this is the first time in recent history classes were cancelled two separate times in one year due to severe weather. He said the last ice storm was in 2002 and that there was a 22 in. snow storm in 2000. The snow storm in 2000 caused Duke’s first multiple-day class cancellation in recent history. In 2004, a Sunday evening snow storm cancelled morning classes Feb. 15, but they resumed after 10 a.m. A severe weather policy also cancelled classes Feb. 2003 for a full Monday and part of Tuesday morning. The winter storm warning also reminds North Carolina residents to travel safely and prepare for possible power outages.

“Travel will be dangerous through Thursday,” the warning states. “Accumulating snow and significant ice accumulation will result in downed trees and prolonged power outages, possibly beginning as early as this afternoon in the Southern Piedmont. Power may be out for more than a day if a half inch of ice occurs.” When severe weather is expected, Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh convenes a weather council to discuss the conditions and how to best prepare. The roads and entrances were pretreated prior to the snow falling, and generators are set to kick in for certain buildings in the unlikely case of a power outage. The council also makes a recommendation to Provost Peter Lange on class delays or cancellations, and Lange makes the final call on whether to cancel classes and, if so, for how long. Cavanaugh added that teams are currently preparing to remove snow from parking lots and roads. Although the winter storm warning reminds North Carolina residents to prepare for possible power outages, Moneta said Duke “won’t lose power.” “If you notice there aren’t power lines on campus—that’s the only reason why power gets lost because ice on tree branches brings down power lines,” he noted. He did note that there are some areas on campus, such as Swift Avenue apartments, that may experience a loss of power due to power lines. He said the administration has “hip pocket evacuation plans” for students who live in those apartments if they lose power. Moneta added that as a major medical and research campus it is important Duke does not lose power due to severe weather as it could affect patient care and eliminate years worth of research. In an email to the student body, Moneta said elevated walkways, primary sidewalks, ADA entrances, primary roads, parking lots and entrances to parking garages have been pretreated. “Members of the Duke community should only use priority roads, walkways and parking lots or garages during winter weather to reduce the potential for accidents and injuries,” Moneta wrote in the email to the student body Wednesday morning.

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“The biggest thing that we are trying to do is to run them... especially for our hospital and clinic-based employees...that need to get into lots for their vehicles,” Cavanaugh said. “Probably in the near future we will shut them down.” Chief of Duke Police John Dailey added that there have been two minor fender benders on campus, as well. He added that there is major traffic in the Triangle area due to the weather. DATA stopped running buses at 4 p.m. and Triangle Transit stopped running buses at 5 p.m. “Students thinking of driving to Chapel Hill right now should know the roads are packed with cars—it’s like gridlock in the community,” Dailey said. Senior Angela Woods started driving back to campus from her job in Research Triangle Park at around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The commute—normally 20 minutes—took her three hours. She said the road was covered with snow, and cars were either stopped or moving at less than five miles per hour. Woods said she was scared when some people were having to push their cars on her highway exit. “I don’t think Durham was prepared for this much snow,” said Woods, who said her hometown in northern Kentucky experiences heavy snow but knows how to handle it. “I was thinking, ‘I don’t want to sleep on the interstate.’” Students should also be aware that freezing rain is supposed to begin tonight, which can cause branches to break, Dailey added. There are so many accidents throughout Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill that police said they will only respond to more serious ones, according to The News and Observer. Motorists involved in minors accidents are urged to exchange information and report the incident later. Additionally, nearly all flights are cancelled at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

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