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Tufts’ Mary Pat McMahon to succeed Moneta By Lexi Kadis Senior Editor

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The University has named Mary Pat McMahon as the new vice provost/vice president for campus life, replacing Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. Since 2014, McMahon has served as the dean of student affairs at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. She will begin her role at Duke and succeed Moneta July 8. “I look forward to hearing from student leaders about ways to build upon the outstanding work of the Student Affairs team and deepen partnerships with graduate and undergraduate student leaders, the Durham community and the broader Blue Devil community,” McMahon said in a news release. President Vincent Price said he was “delighted” to welcome McMahon to the University in the release. “Her leadership in every part of student affairs--from residential life to wellness to the important work of inclusion, identity and culture--will contribute to our goal of having the most vibrant and dynamic university community,” Price said. “Mary Pat will be a wise and enthusiastic partner for students and faculty, and I look forward to working with her.” Provost Sally Kornbluth said that McMahon is an “experienced leader” with “boundless enthusiasm and energy.” Kornbluth noted that she was impressed by McMahon’s “communication skills” and her experience working with students on issues that are similar to those administrators deal with at Duke. At Tufts, McMahon helped to spearhead a review of the university’s undergraduate residential life, which led to the creation of all first-year residence halls and a restructured education curriculum. She was also a member of the President’s Mental Health Task Force at Tufts, where she was in See MCMAHON on Page 4

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Dozens injured after Remembering coffee downtown explosion shop owner Kong Lee By Isabelle Doan

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Ben Leonard Ten Duke employees were injured in the explosion in downtown Durham Wednesday, a Duke official confirmed Thursday afternoon. According to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, all Duke employees were accounted for after the explosion at 115 North Duke Street Wednesday morning. A total of 10—nine working in Duke offices and one on the street at the time—were injured, but none seriously, Schoenfeld wrote in an email to The Chronicle. The 10 were treated at the scene or at the hospital. “All Duke employees in the buildings directly impacted by the blast were evacuated, as were those in nearby buildings,” Schoenfeld wrote Thursday. “All total, more than 600 Duke employees were relocated yesterday.” The explosion destroyed a building on North Duke and Main Streets directly across the street from a leased building that housed Duke offices, he wrote. The explosion was said to be caused by a gas leak, which occurred when a contractor was boring under the sidewalk and hit a gas line. Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos said at a Thursday morning press conference that nine firefighters were injured—one, Durham firefighter Darren Wheeler, seriously injured—pushing the total injuries from the blast up to 25 people, including six critical injuries. The firefighters continued to rescue people after sustaining injuries from the blast. Alongside the Durham Police Department, firefighters were able to evacuate eight to 10 people before the explosion. In an email to The Chronicle, Schoenfeld confirmed

Kong Lee, the 61-year-old owner of the popular coffee shop Kaffeinate, died in the explosion that destroyed his shop last Wednesday. Lee opened Kaffeinate in 2017 with his two children. In a Facebook post, his children Diana and Raymond Lee described their father’s dedication to serving the Durham community. “He had the biggest, purest heart out of anyone we know. He always wanted a cafe because he loved to serve people, and we were finally able to build him one,” the post reads. “He loved being able to bring people something that would make them smile. The family we created at Kaffeinate made him so happy. We watched your smiles give him strength and joy.” The post notes that Lee valued family, often working 12 to 13 hour days “doing jobs no one else wanted to do,” but never complaining. Kaffeinate will be “indefinitely closed,” according to the post. Lee’s children wrote that the shop was built for their dad but added that they have “been discussing it and hope one day to be able to rebuild and reopen and bring his memory back to life.” According to Kaffeinate’s website, the Lee family has been in North Carolina since 1993, and the state became “the embodiment of the word ‘home’” for them. In the short time it had been open, Kaffeinate had already emerged as a popular spot for Duke students and Durham residents. Kaffeinate’s latest Facebook post has amassed over 1,900 comments as of Sunday, with expressions of love and support from both those who were regulars at Kaffeinate and those who had never been. “A lot of this still seems unreal, including the outpouring of love and support from our community,”

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All Ph.D. students to receive full year stipend

Women’s tennis wins 10th straight

‘Don’t forget to call your parents’

After about a year of student demands, every Ph.D. student will get paid year-round starting in 2022. PAGE 2

The 4th-ranked Blue Devils defeats Boston College in their last game before the ACC tournament. PAGE 6

Columnist Emily Liu reminds busy students to not forget about keeping up with family. PAGE 11

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Ph.D. students to receive Grad students will live in 301 Swift apartments next year 12-month stipend and internal allocation of funds, but it will also ensure that Duke can continue to compete for the best students and provide the most fulfilling You never really expect to open your educational experience,” she said. inbox and see an email that changes the With the nine-month schedule, students lives of you and all your peers, said Claire would be left without funding in the summer Ravenscroft, Ph.D. candidate in English. But if they were not able to secure it from Thursday, she did. sources other than their normal stipend. The University announced that the pay The Graduate School offered a “significant schedule for all Ph.D. students will be 12 number of summer research fellowships that months, meaning that Duke’s 2,400 graduate help bridge the gap for students on ninestudents will receive the full yearly stipend for month funding,” John Zhu, senior public the five years that Duke affairs officer of guarantees their funding We consider the decision to the Duke Graduate beginning in 2022. School, wrote in a 2018 email about the Ravenscroft, a member be an enormous victory in pay schedule. of the Duke Graduate the more than a year-long Students Union’s pay Currently, students’ campaign, explained that process. 12-month stipend is it’s a change the group has claire ravenscroft $31,160. “I am thrilled that been advocating for more Ph.D. CANDIDATE IN ENGLISH Duke is shifting to than a year. “We consider the a 12-month stipend decision to be an enormous victory in the more for all Ph.D.s, which has been one of GPSC’s than a year-long process,” Ravenscroft said. highest priorities,” said Travis Dauwalter, Provost Sally Kornbluth announced the president of the Graduate and Professional change in a news release Thursday. The change Student Council and a Ph.D. student in will go into effect in fall 2022. Currently, Ph.D. public policy and economics. students receive either nine or 12-month stipends Ravenscroft said that the change depending on what their program can afford, but “strengthens [her] conviction in the power of the change will ensure that all of Duke’s Ph.D. DGSU and workers on this campus.” The group, which Ravenscroft said is students are on the 12-month schedule. The change reflects Duke’s strong Southern Region Workers United SEIU Local commitment to graduate education, Kornbluth 27, particularly ramped up the push for the said in the release. pay change in the last few weeks and was in “It will require us to identify and sustain the the midst of organizing a protest event for necessary resources and to make what may be See STIPEND on Page 4 difficult choices around enrollment management

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Although Central Campus will no longer house undergraduates next year, graduate and professional students will have the option of living in 301 Swift Avenue apartments. Joe Gonzalez, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life, said that the apartments will house 20 to 25 graduate and professional students. The sections of 301 Swift not used for housing will be converted into administrative buildings, he added. “With the opening of The Hollows we have enough beds for undergrads and need a few spaces for grad/prof students,” wrote Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, in an email to The Chronicle. The apartments at 301 Swift currently contain the undergraduate fraternity sections for Sigma Nu and Kappa Alpha

Order. Gonzalez said that the buildings at 301 Swift “still had use in them,” as he described them as nicer than the facilities on the rest of Central Campus. Gonzalez explained that most of the students living in 301 Swift will be new graduate students, especially those coming from outside of the United States. “[These students] historically have had a harder challenge in terms of finding housing, given their distance,” he said. The change from undergraduate to graduate housing will return the buildings to their original use. Central Campus was constructed in the 1970s to house graduate and professional students and transitioned in the following decades to house undergraduates instead. Next year, as graduate students move back into 301 Swift, most undergraduates will be housed See SWIFT on Page 4

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Award Winners

Congratulations to the following students, organizations, faculty, and staff, who have received Duke University’s most prestigious campus-wide honors for student leadership and service. Award recipients and nominees will be celebrated at In The Spotlight on April 16, 2019 5-7pm, Penn Pavilion. The event is open to to the Duke community. FSL Chapter Awards Greek Leader of the Year: Fraternity: Matthew Conley, Sigma Phi Epsilon Sorority: Stephanie Wiehe, Zeta Tau Alpha Outstanding Chapter President: Fraternity: Ryan Dant, Sigma Phi Epsilon Sorority: Marisha Madhira, Chi Omega Outstanding New Member: Tobi Akinyelu, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Outstanding Chapter Advisor: Thomas Szigethy, Sigma Phi Epsilon Service to the Community Chidi Okonya, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Council Awards

IFC President’s Award: Hunter Prange, Alpha Delta Phi IFC Contributions to the Council: Matthew Conley, Sigma Phi Epsilon William J. Maschke Jr. Memorial Award: Calum Keeley, Kappa Alpha Order MGC President’s Award: Lizzet Clifton, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. MGC Contributions to the Council: Sunny Zhang, alpha Kappa Delta Phi International Sorority, Inc. NPHC President’s Award: Jair Froome, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. NPHC Contributions to the Council: Sloan Talbot, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Panhellenic President’s Award: Jules Frost, Chi Omega

Contributions to the Council: Stephanie Wiehe, Zeta Tau Alpha Excellence in Academics: Chi Psi Delta Tau Delta Psi Upsilon Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Delta Pi Delta Delta Delta Gamma Phi Beta Excellence in Community Involvement: Chi Psi Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Chi Omega Zeta Tau Alpha Excellence in Membership Engagement: Chi Psi Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Chi Omega Gamma Phi Beta Excellence in Risk Reduction: Sigma Phi Epsilon Excellence in Chapter Management: Chi Psi Sigma Phi Epsilon Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Delta Pi Chi Omega Gamma Phi Beta Chapter of the Year: Chi Psi

The Student Organization Line-Up SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER Best New Organization: Hear at Duke Best Overall Organization: Duke Swing Dance Best Executive Board Member: Samantha Woog (Duke University Wind Symphony) NOVEMBER/DECEMBER Best New Organization: Duke Sleight Club Best Overall Organization: Duke Smart Home Best Executive Board Member: Archana Ahlawat (Duke Conversations) JANUARY/FEBRUARY Best New Organization: Duke CommuniTEA Best Overall Organization: Student Association for Geospatial Analysis Best Executive Board Member: Steph Ng (Body Banter)

New Organizations added in 2018/2019

Alpha Pi Omega Sorority The Gatekeepers Pureun Duke Sleight Club Duke Association for the Middle East Duke Low-Income/First Generation Students Duke Rotaract Application Processing Rotaract Club of Duke Simple Charity Duke Crux Inside Education

Hong Kong Student Association Duke Gymnastics Plant & Botany Connections Arab Student Association Southeast Asian Students Association United Black Athletes Pakistani Student Association Women in Politics Duke Data Analytics Consulting Club Duke Sheroes FIRST at Duke Platform Tennis Duke Students Against Gender Violence Freshly Squeezed Pulp Duke Gaming Duke Persian Students Association Duke Innocence Project Diavoli Blu Duke Sports Coaches Association

Queer and Trans Leadership Series Recognition Janelle Taylor Shom Tiwari Marie Helen Kreyer Miriam Levitin

Julie Anne Levey Memorial Leadership Award Catherine McMillan Carlee Goldberg Joyce Huang

Lars Lyon Volunteer Service Award Gino Nuzzolillo

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Idalis French Moreen Njoroge

WomC’s

The WomC Campus Impact Award: Sydney Lane The WomC Emerging Campus Award: Amelia Steinbach The WomC Community Impact Award: Uyi Idahor The WomC State Impact Award: NC Council for Women and Youth Involvement The WomC National Impact Award: Kelly Fair The WomC Global Impact Award: Anwuli Okonjo The WomC Woman of Strength Award: Cathy Watson

Student Affairs Distinguished Leadership and Service Awards Building Alliances through Collective Engagement: Rachel Berlowe Binder Commitment to Diversity: Anya Bali Demonstration of Integrity: Trey Walk Expanding the Boundaries of Learning: Dorothy Alexis Respect for the Community: Brian Buhr

William J. Griffith University Service Award Contributions to Duke: Matthew Conley and Anya Bali

For more details, visit https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/ucae/leadership/leadership-service-awards

Contributions to Durham & Local Community: Trey Walk Contributions to Global Community: Dillon Leovic

Betsy Alden Outstanding ServiceLearning Award

Student Category: Frances Beroset Faculty Category: Kevin Caves Community Partner Category: Jeanette Stokes, Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South, Inc.

The Forever Duke Student Leadership Awards Caroline Amoroso Kristel Black Eladio Bobadilla Matt Brantley Michael Brunetti Angel Clark Temis Coral Ariana Eily Valentine Esposito Rory Henry Shandiin Herrera Kushal Kadakia Justin Lana Sarah Loftus Donald Moratz Felix Nwogbo Charlie Pearlman Reed Perry Kristina Smith Stephanie Stefanski Lance Tran Amulya Vadapalli Tim Yoon

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‘Better every time I make it’

Sophomore discusses how family enchilada recipe reminds her of home By Rose Wong Staff Reporter

This is the second part of a series about the power of food to bring us home. In part one, junior Dina Daas shared her family’s Musakhan recipe. Sophomore Lourdes Reyes’ grandparents migrated to the United States from Mexico in the 1940s. They opened a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, where Reyes grew up. A recipe for enchiladas—corn tortillas rolled around cheese and covered with sauce—has been passed down Reyes’ family for generations.

After bonding with her family during meals of enchiladas throughout childhood, Reyes recently learned how to make the dish herself. Reyes made the dish with The Chronicle, recreating a taste of home in a dorm kitchen here at Duke. Periodically stirring a pot of rice, Lourdes dipped tortillas into hot oil and shared the stories rolled inside her family’s enchiladas. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Lourdes Reyes: You want to dip the tortillas in oil to soften them up. If not, they’ll break when you try to roll them up. The Chronicle: Why did you want to

share this dish? TC: What’s Big Red? LR: It’s one of my favorite foods. I learned LR: You don’t know what Big Red is? It’s a how to make it from my cousin. She learned it soda. Even for breakfast, people would drink it. from my tía (aunt in Spanish) and my tía learned It’s a little bit like Fanta. it from my grandma, who is from Mexico. Lourdes popped the pan into the oven. LR: San Antonio is so cool. There’s this really, really interesting mix of Texan culture TC: Does making it remind you of them? LR: It reminds me of home. I feel very and Mexican culture. There’s actually a word for it—Tejano. It’s the proud honestly, that mix of Mexican and I can make it and I’m like ‘Dude, try this.’ Texan things. We have Tejano music, Tejano After the rice food. browned, Lourdes stirred in water, seasoning and TC: Is San Antonio tomato sauce. LR: The special particularly Tejano? LR: Yes, it is the city ingredient for the rice of Tejano. And the food is tomato sauce. That’s is Tejano, because it’s what gives it flavor. not perfectly Mexican, It’s an ingredient that’s particular to because it has evolved since Texas first came Mexican rice. Lourdes rolled Mia Chang | Contributing Photographer into the United States. Lourdes finished the each tortilla up with cheese, and placed them atop chili sauce in dish, covering the enchiladas with a final layer of a baking pan. chili sauce and cheese. She helped herself to a bite, LR: There are so many Mexicans and with a side of rice. Hispanics in San Antonio. So the Mexican TC: How is it? restaurants there are amazing. At home, my dad LR: It gets better every time I make it. makes amazing tacos.

TC: Do you miss Mexican food when you’re at Duke? LR: Yes, definitely. I eat Sazón a lot. It’s not Mexican, but it’s pretty good. They have barbacoa. Mia Chang | Contributing Photographer In San Antonio, people eat barbacoa with Lourdes Reyes cooks enchiladas to remind her of home in San Antonio, Texas. Big Red.

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TC: How do you think it compares to how your family makes enchiladas? LR [laughs]: Far off. My grandma was an amazing cook. She would make tortillas from scratch for every meal, not just a special occasion. Our family says that no one can cook better than grandma.

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DURHAM FROM PAGE 1 that the Duke offices downtown at 710 West Main Street and 700 West Main Street have remain closed since the explosion, and the Duke employees have been relocated to other Duke offices. Other Duke downtown buildings are open, including Chesterfield, where classes are being held. However, the downtown shuttle route has been modified. Schoenfeld wrote that 710 West Main Street sustained the most damage, and that it and 700 West Main Street will be closed for assessments and repairs. Zoldos said that at least 15 buildings were damaged. The Durham Fire Department is working with building owners to try to get people back into their buildings. “Safety is a major concern because of the possibility of additional structural collapse as well as the potential for hazardous materials being on site,” Zoldos said. “There will be a lot of dust and debris that’s getting stirred up.” The Durham Fire Department Fire

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Marshal’s Office, the Durham Police Department, the State Bureau of Investigations, the State Fire Marshal’s Office and The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are in the process of investigating the blast, he added. According to WRAL, five patients were at Duke Hospital Thursday. One of the patients was in good condition, two were in serious condition and two were in critical condition, WRAL reported. Schoenfeld wrote that Duke Hospital and Duke Regional Hospital activated their mass casualty plans and provided care to the injured, including several first responders, following the explosion. “The Duke emergency response team under Kyle Cavanaugh’s leadership mobilized quickly, as drilled, and provided wide-ranging services from communications and transportation to office relocation and road closings to speed the wounded to the hospitals,” Schoenfeld wrote, referring to the vice president for administration. “The Duke family came together with Durham to support one another, and to restore our community.”

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next Thursday called “Pay-Ville.” The event will still happen, Ravenscroft said, but they’re hammering out exactly what it will look like now that the change has been announced. The University guarantees funding for graduate students through their fifth year, and covers health-care premiums for the students through their sixth year. “While the majority of our Ph.D. students already receive year-round funding, we believe that providing 12-month stipends, at the full rate, is vital for the future of doctoral education at Duke,” Graduate School Dean Paula McClain said in the news release. The dean went on to say she was grateful for the leadership of GPSC in advocating for the issue. Another point that graduate students have advocated for in recent months was a need for new students relocating to Durham to receive funding sooner than the end of September. Beginning this

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charge of analyzing the increase in students seeking mental health resources. McMahon served as a member of the Steering Committee for Tufts’ Sexual Misconduct Prevention Task Force, where she supported student-led initiatives that promoted consent education and bystander intervention. Kornbluth also acknowledged the work of Moneta, the current vice president for student affairs, calling him a “transformative leader.” “He established a high standard of excellence in all areas—from housing and dining to student activities and student wellness,” she said in the release. “Larry has led a complex organization with great skill.” Moneta is slated to retire June 30 after 18 Charles York | Special Projects Photography Editor years at Duke. Ten Duke employees were injured as a result of the explosion downtown.

fall, Duke is bumping their access to the funding up to help with the relocation costs. Dauwalter said in the release that he wants to thank University leaders for recognizing the benefits the change will have on the Duke students’ experiences. “For students who are on a nine-month stipend, this new commitment will eliminate the anxiety of securing external funding over the summer, and they can turn their attention to their research and dissertation,” he said.

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on West Campus—with the exception of those upperclassmen living off-campus or in 300 Swift, or first-years living on East Campus. As for 301 Swift’s former occupants, Kappa Alpha Order’s section will be located in Craven on West Campus, whereas Sigma Nu’s section will move across the street to 300 Swift. The Board of Trustees has created The Future of Central Campus Task Force that is charged with proposing a plan for the future uses of the land, which may include building, selling or being left vacant. “We do expect to use this for graduate and professional housing for a good while,” Gonzalez said.

LEE FROM PAGE 1 the Facebook post reads. “We lost the best dad we could have ever asked for.” At the time of his death, Lee was fully supporting his elderly mother who lives with the Lee family in Raleigh. Donations are being accepted and will be used to care for Lee’s mother, pay for funeral expenses and more. Among three GoFundMe campaigns, community members have raised more than $150,000 as of Sunday night.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

SENIOR SEND-OFF

Blue Devils sweep Boston College for 10th straight victory and cruises into the ACC tournament By Hank Tucker Associate Sports Editor

Duke left no doubt that it is one of the best teams in the ACC and the country heading into the postseason with a dominant sweep to wrap up the regular season Sunday morning. In their third match in five days, the fourthranked Blue Devils were in control from the start in singles play against 0 Boston College and BC 4 won 4-0 at Sheffield DUKE Indoor Tennis Center, with the outdoor courts still unplayable after two days of rain. Duke has now won 10 matches in a row and will begin the ACC tournament as the No. 2 seed Friday. It was the last regular-season home match for seniors Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin, though the Blue Devils certainly put together a strong enough year to host the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament in three weeks. “They’ve been two stalwarts in our program. They’ve done everything that we’ve asked them to do,” Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “Both are tremendously better tennis players than they were when they came into school. Both have emerged as great people and great leaders. Whatever they go on to do on the tennis court or off, they’re going to have great careers.” The Blue Devils (21-2, 13-1 in the ACC) took care of business in a critical match

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Maria Mateas earned her first top-10 win since September with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory against No. 8 Anna Rogers to start their busy week Wednesday night, taking down No. 9 N.C. State (21-5, 10-3) 5-2 at home. After capturing the doubles point with wins on Courts 2 and 3, No. 13

Maria Mateas, senior Kaitlyn McCarthy and freshman Margaryta Bilokin cruised to straight-set victories to clinch the match. Mateas trounced No. 8 Anna Rogers 6-1, 6-2

for her first win against a top-10 opponent since September. Hamlin added a win on Court 3 to the final tally. Duke followed that up with another convincing 6-1 victory against Syracuse (128, 5-8) Friday night at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center with rain drenching the outdoor courts in Durham. Once again, the Blue Devils found success on the last two doubles courts to secure the first point, and McCarthy quickly wrapped up her 100th career win in singles, becoming the 25th Duke player ever to reach that milestone. The senior lost just two games en route to a straight-set win against Libi Mesh. Chen, Bilokin and Hamlin weren’t far behind McCarthy with wins to clinch the match for Duke, and No. 18 Meible Chi rebounded from a first-set loss to take the second frame 6-2 and win the super tiebreaker 10-8. But No. 19 Gabriela Knutson avoided the sweep for the Orange, beating Mateas 10-8 in a super tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets. In Sunday’s match against the Eagles (159, 5-9), the Blue Devils needed late heroics from Bilokin and Mateas to win their 10th straight doubles point. The two teams split the matches on Courts 1 and 2, leaving it all up to Duke’s duo on Court 3, which trailed 3-5 and 15-40 on the brink of defeat. But the tandem saved three straight match points with Boston See W. TENNIS on Page 8

BASEBALL

Bullpen dominance pushes Duke past Hokies By Ramona Naseri Staff Writer

Coming off four straight wins, Duke could not wait to get back on the field for a three-game set against Virginia Tech. While poor weather caused the Blue Devils to wait another day, Duke picked up right where it left off. After rain postponed Friday’s game to a doubleheader Saturday at Jack Coombs Field, the competition went both ways, as each team was able to tack a win under their belts. It came down to 0 a solid VT performance 4 by the bullpen in the DUKE 6 rubber match Sunday VT that gave Duke the 2 final push to a series DUKE 5 victory. VT “What led us to 9 winning the series DUKE without question was the unbelievable job out of the bullpen this weekend,” said Duke head coach Chris Pollard. “If you go back and look at the numbers, we went 15 in two thirds innings without giving up a run out of the bullpen this weekend.” The Blue Devils (20-16, 8-10 in the ACC) did a solid job on the mound Sunday as they completely shut the Hokies down after the third

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Senior Hunter Davis and the rest of Duke’s bullpen shut down Virginia Tech’s offense, giving the Blue Devils the room they needed to earn a much-needed ACC series victory. inning. It was the combined efforts of senior Hunter Davis and sophomore Thomas Girard that held Virginia Tech scoreless in the last 6.2 innings. Not only did the Hokies go scoreless in the last two-thirds of the game, but Duke’s pitchers only allowed two hits in that time. The performance also brought career

highs for both pitchers. Davis pitched a season-high of 68 pitches in his career-high of 4.1 innings on the mound. He also notched four punchouts and just one hit. Girard came in at the last 2.1 frames and gave away the second of Virginia Tech’s two hits en route to a career-high of six strikeouts.

Instead of losing confidence after a tie in the third inning, the Blue Devils were able to keep a positive mentality to get the job done. “We’ve kind of adopted a saying as we See BASEBALL on Page 8

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Sloppiness plagues Duke in crushing defeat By Jonathan Browning Staff Writer

For the past three years, the Duke-Notre Dame game has been decided by one goal. And, each time, the Irish came out on top. But with the Blue Devils having already surpassed their win 15 total from the past two years, things ND looked to be different this year. And 7 they were, just not in the way that the DUKE hosts had envisioned. No. 12 Duke fell to fourth-ranked Notre Dame at Koskinen Stadium by a score of 15-7. After consistently proving their skill against unranked opponents this year, the Blue Devils have struggled against teams in the top 25, going 1-6 in those matchups, with the lone win coming against Virginia Tech. After dominating the draw all season, ranking first in the country in that category and winning the draw in 10 consecutive contests, Duke didn’t look at all like itself against Notre Dame—the No. 2 control percentage team. At the end of the day, the Irish had decimated the Blue Devils in that category, easily winning 16-7. “Really disappointed in our effort today,” said Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel. “I felt like we did not compete or execute our game plan at all. They’re very good and we didn’t compete well on the draw and because we didn’t compete well on the draw, we gave them too many opportunities.” Notre Dame (13-2, 5-2 in the ACC) jumped out to a 6-0 lead less than seven minutes into the opening half behind an early hat trick from sophomore midfielder Andie Aldave. Sophomore attacker Charlotte North opened the scoring for Duke (9-6, 2-4) and sophomore midfielder Katie Cronin tacked on another, but the Irish responded with two goals of their own. After a back and forth affair, the Blue Devils scored three of the final four goals of the half, bringing the deficit

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Although Charlotte North tried to spark the Duke offense, the Blue Devils could not find a rhythm against Notre Dame. back to four with a score of 10-6. “I thought we got into a rhythm defensively [towards the end of the first half],” said Kimel. “Offensively, when we had the ball we got the looks we wanted and we finished. I think we had taken 9 shots and scored 6 goals so that’s pretty good from a percentage standpoint.” After taking momentum into half with them, the Blue Devils looked to continue their scoring ways in the second half. Notre Dame had other plans. The Irish quickly scored at the beginning of the half but North responded, cutting the

deficit back to four. It would never be closer, as Notre Dame rattled off four more goals in the half and Duke never saw the back of the net again. After an efficient first half, the Blue Devils were anything but in the second half, only scoring one goal on nine shot attempts—the same number of shot attempts as they’d had in the first half. They were taken out of any semblance of rhythm in the second half, often rushing for the first available shot See W. LACROSSE on Page 8

MEN’S LACROSSE

Blue Devils ride late run to critical conference victory By Mitchell Gladstone Sports Features Editor

As morning turned to afternoon in Durham, there was not a raindrop to be seen. But with storms rolling in, a top-10 matchup had to wait just a bit. Four and a half hours after the original noon start, No. 6 Duke turned it on late, riding a 7-1 outburst during the final 19:11 to push past fourth-ranked Virginia 12-7 Saturday at Koskinen Stadium. 7 The Cavaliers came UVA DUKE 12 to Durham having already secured the top seed in the upcoming ACC tournament, yet the Blue Devils found a way to extend their home winning streak to eight after a stunning early-season defeat to High Point. Sophomore attackman Joe Robertson— who knotted the game at six apiece in the third quarter—led Duke with three scores, all coming during that late surge, and senior goalie Turner Uppgren made a dozen saves, as the Blue Devils moved into a tie for fifth in scoring defense among all Division I teams. “The guys were excited to play,” head coach John Danowski told GoDuke.com. “It’s the last regular season game in Koskinen and they just wanted to play. We had mentioned it yesterday and again this morning at pregame meal that [a delay] could happen and they would have to

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Joe Robertson led the Blue Devils in Duke’s upset victory with three tallies. handle whatever comes our way.” If the change of plans had any impact on Duke (10-3, 2-2 in the ACC), the Blue Devils certainly didn’t show it. They grabbed a quick 2-0 lead within the first five minutes courtesy of goals by Sean Lowrie and Reilly Walsh. Of course, Virginia wasn’t going to go quietly. The Cavaliers responded with three goals of their own to grab control while they held Duke scoreless for nearly 17 minutes. But the Blue Devils regained the lead at 4-3 with another Lowrie goal and Nakeie Montgomery’s 14th tally of the season. Virginia (9-3, 3-1) then got back-toback scores via Matt Moore, who finished

the day with a game-high four goals, before the hosts leveled things just prior to intermission. “I don’t think we were happy at halftime,” Danowski told GoDuke.com. “We scored twice on man up, but we were relatively disorganized. We didn’t communicate really well on the field.” The stage was then set for Duke’s overwhelming run. The Blue Devils have been a second-half team all season long, outscoring opponents 78-53 out of the locker room this season prior to Saturday. After the Cavaliers scored seven minutes into the third quarter, Virginia’s top-10 offense went silent.

At the same time, Duke began to heat up, as Robertson got his first goal of the day. CJ Carpenter scored 51 seconds later and right off the ensuing faceoff, senior Brad Smith put home his 20th goal of the year. In the span of a minute, the Blue Devils went from down 6-5 to up 8-6, and the momentum was theirs. “The second half I thought we were more organized and played better together,” Danowski told GoDuke.com “I think it was important that we just play right.” Duke would go on to score three goals in the first 11 minutes of the fourth quarter, extending its advantage to as many as five at 11-6. The two teams would trade scores as the final minutes ticked away, but the Blue Devils had done more than enough to secure their 10th win of the year. Now, Duke will ready for a neutral-site matchup against Marquette next Saturday morning at Bethpage High School in Bethpage, N.Y. The Blue Devils will also be scoreboardwatching as No. 18 North Carolina visits No. 10 Notre Dame at noon—a Fighting Irish win would make Duke the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament whereas a Tar Heel victory would bump the Blue Devils all the way down to the No. 4 seed. Either way, Duke will get a postseason rematch with Notre Dame in Chapel Hill in less than two weeks.

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College serving, capped by a volley slam and a fist pump by Bilokin, and the Blue Devils won six more points in a row to take control, eventually winning the match 7-5. “It was two completely different teams out there from the energy level at the beginning of that match to the energy level from 5-3 down,” Ashworth said. “If they had done that earlier, maybe we’re not in that situation, but they played a great four games there in a row and played smart and played disciplined and really played to targets and didn’t give up any free points.” Duke didn’t need to play under any such pressure in singles even with Mateas resting, taking early leads on every court and getting comfortable wins from Bilokin, Hamlin and Chen to clinch the match. Now, the Blue Devils will turn their attention to the ACC tournament in Cary, N.C., with a potential rematch against top-ranked North Carolina looming in the finals next Sunday. The Tar Heels are the only team to beat Duke so far this season, winning 4-0 in the semifinals of the ITA Indoor National Championships in February and beating the Blue Devils again 4-1 in Chapel Hill in March. “We wanted to come out and kind of set the tone for the week ahead this weekend. That was one of our goals, and I thought that we played two really complete matches,” Ashworth said. “People stepped up in the fact that they’re playing some of the best tennis they’ve played all spring, so I think we’re in a really good place right now.”

started this run,” said Pollard. “We’re all gas and no break. I want our guys to compete with an edge and I thought we competed very well today.” Although Duke completed the series with a win, Virginia Tech (21-16, 6-12) came off strong in the second game to even the series. The Hokies showed some strength on the mound and locked in a couple of insurance runs to secure the 6-2 victory. “I was really impressed with Virginia Tech’s arms. To be honest with you their arms were a tick better than we thought they were going to be,” said Pollard. “They’re a very good team defensively so you see a lot of good arms and they don’t make very many mistakes defensively, so you really have to earn everything you get offensively. Even though the Hokies already had a 4-0 lead by the fifth, the Blue Devils tried to fight back with two runs of their own. Freshman Ethan Murray broke the scoreless run with a RBI double to left center, bringing the game to 4-1. Sophomore Joey Loperfido followed suit and earned his team another run in his first triple of the season. After that however, the Hokies responded with a couple of runs and did a solid job defensively to finish the game 6-2. Duke also owes this series win to an efficient performance in Game 1 that led to a 4-0 victory. Although the game was suspended on Friday afternoon due to lightning, the Blue Devils picked up where they left off at the bottom the fourth. A single by Murray gave Duke the early lead. The Blue Devils secured the win with three more insurance runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. After another successful weekend for Duke, the Blue Devils are looking ahead to what a win against Virginia Tech will mean come tournament season. “We’ve now won five out of our last six ACC games,” said Pollard. “It looks like depending on what happens with the Miami-Virginia series, it will put us in fourth place in the coastal division. Series wins over teams in your division are huge when it comes to ACC tournament seeding so today was a really big win to steal this series.” The Blue Devils will be back at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park to take on Texas Tech in a mid-week game Tuesday. This will be a rematch for Duke after it lost to the Red Raiders in the Super Regional last June.

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Olivia Jenner uncharacteristically struggled at the draw against Notre Dame. when given the opportunity to score rather than waiting for a better shot. Duke ended with zero assists on seven made goals to Notre Dame’s eight assists. “[Notre Dame’s] goalie is one of the best goalies in the country,” said Kimel. “We had a very specific scout in terms of the looks we wanted to put on cage for her because she’s jumpy and she comes out high. The opportunities that we had in the second half—we did not take good shots, we didn’t move her at all. We shot right to her stick.” Duke ended the day with 18 shots to Notre Dame’s 44. And, after going 3-for-3 on free-position shots in the first half, the Blue Devils went 0-for-3 in the second. Defensively, however, there was a bright spot. After not making a single save against East Carolina, goalkeepers Gabbe Cadoux and Chase Henriquez combined for a season-high 16 saves. It’s a loss that the Blue Devils will feel for a while, not only because of the disappointing result but because of the physicality. Both teams fouled significantly more than usual, with Notre Dame picking up 24 fouls and Duke committing 36—its season average is 19. In the 14 matches prior to this one, the Blue Devils had received 18 yellow cards—they received six Sunday. The Blue Devils have one more match before the start of ACC championships, a Friday night showdown at Koskinen against rival North Carolina in another top10 matchup. “We have to compete better starting [against UNC] and be able to execute better than we did today,” Kimel said.

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ast week, Georgetown University students voted in favor of a referendum suggesting a $27.20 tuition increase. If the referendum is approved by their Board of Trustees, the extra revenue will be used to fund “charitable purposes” to benefit the descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold by the University in 1838 to pay its debts. In 2017, Georgetown formally apologized for the sale as part of a larger effort to grapple with its history, especially in relation to slavery. That same week, UNC-Chapel Hill Police announced that two people were arrested for the March vandalism of the Unsung Founders Memorial at UNC, a commemoration of labor done by people of color at the university. These two events remind us that the histories of our universities are often intertwined with exploitation, whether of enslaved people or otherwise, and we retain an obligation to confront and expose these histories. The policy proposal endorsed by two-thirds of student voters at Georgetown would be the first attempt by an institution of higher education to use student funds to monetarily correct its historical transgressions—in other words, to pay reparations. In the previously referenced 2017 apology, Georgetown president John J. DeGioia

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the university’s involvement in slavery is certainly not. Samuel Stanhope Smith, Princeton’s seventh president (1795-1812) was not only a slaveholder but also the inspiration for the American Colonization Society, an organization dedicated to sending freed slaves back to Africa under the assumption that they were unable to integrate into American society. All six of Princeton’s presidents before Smith were slaveholders as well, as were the two to follow him. Though Duke University was formally established in 1924, the history of our University is also clearly connected to slavery, a reality which we as a community continue to neglect. Though it is not mentioned on the Rubenstein Library page about him, Washington Duke, the industrialist for whom Duke University is named, purchased a girl named Caroline, who was no more than twelve years old at the time. She remained enslaved to the Duke family for at least five years, after which there are no more records of her existence. Furthermore, according to the Duke Homestead historic site and museum, Duke also “rented the services of an enslaved man named Jim in the early years of the Civil War.” Contrary to the sanitized

narrative of the Dukes as beneficiaries of hard work and good fortune, it is undeniable that their success and thus the establishment of this University are intertwined with the ugly realities of forced labor and enslavement. The history of the Duke family is not the only part of the University steeped in racist legacies. Duke recently complied with a demand to remove the name of Julian Carr, a “virulent white supremacist” from a building on East Campus. Previously, the first-year dormitory Aycock, named after the North Carolina governor and staunch segregationist, was renamed East Residence Hall. A similarly unknown history is that of the Trinity College students who formed the Trinity Guard, a quasi-reserve force created to support the Confederate war effort, many of whom served as guards at a Confederate POW camp. Georgetown’s actions come at a time when several politicians vying for the Democratic nomination for the presidency have advocated for reparations, bringing a once niche recommendation to the forefront of national discourse. Yet the defacement of the memorial at UNC as well as the still unresolved debate over Silent Sam, the confederate monument, remind us that if the needle has moved at all, it has been very little. We write not to offer policy recommendations or under any pretense of having the solution to centuries of oppression and violence. But if these recent stories: at Georgetown, down the road at UNC, or in the national political news suggest anything to us, it is that now may be the time to grapple with histories long ignored and with the present realities of marginalization and bigotry that continue. It is absolutely the least we could do. This was written by The Chronicle’s Editorial Board, which is made up of student members from across the University and is independent of the editorial staff.

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made clear that slavery was “an evil that our university was complicit in” and that the school will engage in a “communal reckoning.” Since then, Georgetown officials have also renamed two buildings on campus that had previously memorialized Jesuits involved in slavery. Additionally, an African American Studies Department has been created and the university plans to unveil a Institute for the Study of Slavery and its Legacies among a slew of other reforms. Although Georgetown’s stab at reckoning is unique,

Letter: How will Duke address sexual harassment?

he Chronicle, along with The New York Times and other major news outlets, has reported on the United Methodist Church (UMC)’s vote during a February 26th special session of the General Conference to tighten its ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-gender marriage. This controversial decision deepened the rift between its progressive and conservative leaders and 12.5 million members worldwide and increased the possibility of a historic split. There are also implications for UMC-affiliated universities like Duke. We were delighted to see your April 11 article, “Duke joins higher education partnership to combat sexual harassment.” We find it ironic, however, that this appeared two days after The Chronicle published, “Nearly a decade apart, two women say professor sexually harassed them,” which outlined many of the shortcomings of how Duke has treated, and still treats, claims of sexual and other harassment. We are distressed that President Price has not yet answered letters of concern about these issues, including the public letter sent to him by Professor Jill Hicks-Keeton, the

open letter of support for Professor Hicks-Keeton by her classmates who witnessed her abuse, or the public statements by Ms. Lara Haft concerning the inadequacy of institutional response to her experiences. We are gratified that Duke has joined this important initiative to combat sexual harassment, and look forward to participating actively in the practical steps that Duke will undertake to implement a true “atmosphere of inclusion.” Most importantly, we remain anxious to learn more about the concrete steps that will be taken to address issues in our Department and throughout the University, so that we might view joining this “higher education partnership” as more than window-dressing. Marc Z. Brettler, Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies, professor of religious studies Mark Goodacre, Frances Hill Fox Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer W. Knust, professor of religious studies Laura S. Lieber, Director of Center for Jewish Studies, professor of religious studies David Morgan, Chair and professor of religious studies

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he other day, I finished giving a campus tour and stood around on Abele Quad to answer any last remaining questions that the visitors had. One mother came up to me and said, “So you’re graduating soon—” My phone vibrates. It’s an incoming call from my mom. I pick up and before she can even say hi, I whisper hurriedly, “Sorry, I can’t talk right now. I’m in the library because I have a midterm tomorrow. Can I call you back later?” I often feel isolated from the things that happen back home

Emily Liu COLUMNIST when I’m on campus, and sometimes I feel guilty for going so far away for school in the first place. I tend to miss out on big family news unless I make a pointed effort to keep up to date—I forget which members of my extended family are engaged now and whose wedding is coming up when, who just got a new job or who is moving to a new city. Especially when I’m overwhelmed with midterms or projects, it’s easy for me to forget to ask for updates from my more distant family members. Naturally, I prioritize the life that is right in front of me. Every day that I’m away from home, my life gets a little further and further removed from that of my parents. Firstly, I live on the complete opposite coast of the US from where my parents live in California. Outside of my immediate nuclear family and one cousin, an entire ocean separates me from the rest of my extended family. On top of that, there’s the whole language barrier. My parents don’t understand the research that I’ve done or the organizations that I’m a part of because I don’t know how to accurately sum them up in Chinese. (To be honest, it’s hard enough to do that in English.) The fact that I can’t even fully explain and share all that my parents have given me access to here at Duke just makes it harder for me to adequately show my appreciation and love for them. However, I can’t just place the blame on the language barrier, because I know that I get easily frustrated when I can’t find the right words. It’s a constant fight against myself to remind myself that the explanation is worth it. For example, my parents came to visit me at my host parents’ apartment two summers ago in Madrid, Spain. One of my favorite memories still to this day is translating between Chinese, English, and Spanish as my two sets of parents became friends with each other over jamón ibérico and glasses of wine.

More recently, I was confronted with the reality of my parents’ age. This past winter break, we went on a hike in Mt. Jingshan Park in Zhuhai, China. The hike consists of only stairs winding up the mountain, and I ran up two stairs at a time. I didn’t wait for my parents as I made my way to the top because I was impatient. Ten minutes passed, and my parents still hadn’t shown up at the top of the mountain yet. After waiting a bit longer, I finally saw my mom round the corner and shortly afterwards, my dad followed suit. Seeing them out of breath made me feel guilty and ashamed for not looking out and keeping pace with them. This was a family trip, so why did I leave them behind? Now that we had all made it to the top, there were three options for how to get back down. Firstly, we could take the same stairs we took coming up. Secondly, we could ride a cable car. Thirdly— and this was the option that I was most interested in—we could ride an alpine coaster down the mountain. I had seen people in carts speeding past me as I climbed up the mountain, and the prospect of riding an alpine coaster was one of the main reasons why I had so readily agreed to do the hike in the first place. I eagerly stood in line with my parents, ready for our turn. Once we reached the front of the line, to our collective dismay, the man working the coaster asked us to leave. In explanation, he simply pointed to the sign. One rule was that you couldn’t be over

55 years old, and he could tell that my parents didn’t make the cut. I felt my heart sting. I’ve always thought of my parents as invincible. As a toddler, when I couldn’t reach the top drawer, I’d yell for Mom or Dad. Now, when I’m cooking, I’ll call my parents to ask for specific measurements (even though I know they’ll just tell me to guesstimate anyways). But sometimes, they’ll call me to ask for my advice or my dad will forward me important emails so I can draft a reply for him. The reality of not just my parents’ steadily increasing age but also my own is something that I am still not quite ready to confront. This is a reflection on both the passage of time and the creation of distance. Everyone says that college is a period for selfdiscovery and growth, which is true. We gain independence and self-awareness and attempt to figure out our true passions and goals, and that’s all great—but it’s impossible to do this without first acknowledging your roots. Everything I’ve done in my life I can credit in some way to my parents. And yet, the things I need to say to them most are also the ones I never say enough: Thank you. I miss you. I love you. I’ll pick up the phone now and tell them that. Emily Liu is a Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Fridays.

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read and appreciated Quinn Edwards’ (Pratt ‘22) excellent response to the Editorial Board’s spiteful, unproductive, and inconclusive March 29 rant about something-or-other pertaining to the unfortunate state of the Democratic primary. Quinn’s letter, which I encourage all to read, identifies the elusive and hypocritical nature of the Board’s argument. I’m writing, however, to highlight one line in the piece that ought to disqualify the Board from commenting on any election. The Board rightly points out that President Donald Trump’s racially-coded rhetoric is the key strategy of his campaign and an obstacle to any challenger, but they claim that this ideology

is based in “the myth of the declining white, working class male.” The profound tone-deafness of this comment likely results from the vast overrepresentation of wealthy suburbs at Duke, and the resulting

Andrew Bates GUEST COLUMNIST disinterest in rural—often meaning white— issues. From the vantage points of Alpharetta or Orange County or Weston or Greenwich,

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where white people tend to make it out all right, I imagine it would really seem that poverty is only a black and brown problem, and that white conservatives are primarily well-endowed, selfdeceiving racists. But spend a few days at the home of one of Duke’s handful of rural students, or drive 50 miles outside any Southern or Midwestern city, and the poverty you’ll see is nondiscriminatory. Think about the yearly drive to Beach Week, through rural North and South Carolina. Every year, I hear people at Myrtle joke gleefully about the junky and destitute towns along the way. Yet some sort of disconnect—perhaps the unsightly Confederate flags and “HELL IS REAL” billboards—prevents people from truly seeing the clear evidence of white poverty and government failure dotting the route to the beach. I’m here to tell you that there is no myth, that the decline of every part of the working class is quite real, politically explosive, and only getting worse as incomes decline, costs of living rise, and an insidious insecurity sets in among blue-collar Americans. I believe that Duke students’ hearts are usually in the right place. But having grown up in smalltown Kentucky, amid the heroin crisis, declining education funding, vanishing state pensions, and the last gasp of the once-mighty coal industry, it hurts me deeply to see the daily struggles of friends and family members ignored and relegated to the status of a racist myth. The Board fails to see that the real “myth” is not the decline of the so-called white working class; it’s the Right’s insistence that this decline is due to immigrants, climate protection, and taxes on the rich. Democratic candidates

should not be scolded for reaching out to voters, including many of my high-school classmates, who are consistently ignored by the left and deceived by the right. By doubling down on progressive purity tests and poking fun at candidates like O’Rourke or Biden or Booker or Klobuchar who preach unity, the Editorial Board is choosing to learn nothing from the 2016 election, the “basket of deplorables” fiasco, and the Clinton campaign’s colossal failure in the Midwest. It is also unintentionally showcasing its privilege. It’s incontestable that poverty is tied to race in America, but to think, as do the Board and many other progressives at Duke, of inequality in a purely abstract sense—as an academic metaphor for generations of racism rather than a policy-mediated calamity affecting the most vulnerable among every identity—is privilege incarnate. The decline of the working class, white or otherwise, puts real lives at risk and poses an existential threat to democracy, as the past few turbulent years have shown us. Talk of a “myth of the decline of the white working class” frequently comes from the same mouths that lament rising inequality, environmental injustice, and weak education funding. This is all but an acknowledgement that for elite college students, and certainly for the Editorial Board, some people’s problems matter more than others’. I can only hope that the next time the Editorial Board considers the 2020 election, their attitude toward the crisis of the working class will be less cavalier. But I’m not counting on it. Andrew B. Bates is a Trinity senior studying Public Policy and French.

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